NEWS
Omani
investors urged
to prioritise
cybersecurity
High-speed government
network launched in Oman
T
he Ministry of Technology and
Communications in Oman has organised
a cybersecurity workshop for investors at the
ministry headquarters.
The workshop, targeting public and
private investment organisations, aims
to spread awareness on the recent
World Economic Forum (WEF) report on
Incentivizing Responsible and Secure
Innovation, and to incentivise investors
on prioritising cybersecurity risks on their
investment portfolios.
This will help them ensure the security of
their investments and maximise the return
on them because cybersecurity attacks have
been proven to cause huge financial losses
on well-established organisations.
During the workshop, Eng Badar Ali
Al Salehi, the Director General of
Oman National CERT at the Ministry
of Technology and Communications,
and the head of the ITU-Arab Regional
cybersecurity centre, gave a presentation on
global and national trends in cybersecurity
and gave an overview for the country.
He also took the participants through the
WEF report and the basic principles of
cybersecurity that investors can incorporate
throughout their investment journey.
Eng Al Salehi also presented the
Cybersecurity Due Diligence Framework, and
the assessment methodology by the WEF
guiding investors to assess cybersecurity
during the investment journey.
Members of investment agencies in
the private and public sectors attended
the workshop.
T
he Ministry of Technology and
Communication in Oman together
with Oman Broadband and Ooredoo
has launched the high-speed Oman
Government Network (OGN) in Muscat.
This is an integrated and safe
government network that meets the
future demands of e.oman projects,
like the G-Cloud, the official Oman
eGovernment services portal, the
National Data Center and other e.oman
infrastructure projects.
Dhafir bin Saif Al-Kalbani, Director
General of Infrastructure, speaking on
behalf of the Ministry of Technology and
Communication, said: “The high-speed
Oman Government Network replaced
the current OGN in 63 government
entities in Muscat including all ministry
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headquarters and some of their main
branches in the capital.
“They were linked using fibre optics
network in a way that helps these entities
in benefiting from the new network to
provide their eServices with a better
quality and a speed that reaches 1 GB in
all government sites.
“Moreover, the new network will play
a role in upgrading the capacity of the
OGN’s ISDN lines and elevating its
quality while decreasing the previous
costs. Our hope for this network is for
it to have a vital role in supporting a
quicker Digital Transformation process in
Oman and serving all important sectors
like health, education, manufacturing,
tourism, economy and other sectors
through providing high-quality eServices.”
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