CyberSecurity Strategy, Policy, Legislation and Compliance

To ensure that all sectors and entities are aware of their obligations towards CyberSafety and CyberSecurity, it is necessary to ensure that national legislation and policies are defined, enacted and enforced.

ictQATAR has developed a national Information Assurance framework within which national policy, legislation, and standards fit in and cover electronic transactions & commerce, cybercrime, Internet security, information protection & privacy and protection of critical information infrastructures.

Critical Infrastructure Protection

Critical Infrastructures are the complex and highly interdependent systems, networks and assets that provide the services essential to daily life in today’s networked world critical systems from electrical power to banking services to government operations must be reliable and resilient in order to continuously provide people living and working in Qatar with the necessary services.

ictQATAR protects the computer systems and networks supporting Qatar’s critical infrastructure by improving the maturity of information available, integrity and confidentiality within all of the country’s main vertical sectors.

Cyber Security Intelligence

For a connected nation, there is a need to conduct proactive research for cyber threats and ensure that attacks can be detected and prevented before they cause real harm. Q-CERT’s cyber security intelligence aims to stay vigilant against possible cyber threats that may arise in today’s networked world, through threat monitoring, trend analysis and advisories.

Cyber Incident Management and Coordination

Even with the most comprehensive proactive security prevention processes in place, cyber incidents will occur. Q-CERT target is to contain any possible damage that may arise from incidents. The key is to help organizations and citizens in Qatar respond appropriately to incidents through timely reporting, analysis and effective mitigation strategies..

CyberSecurity Education and Enhancing Technical Capabilities

Humans, as the primary consumers of technology, need to have some basic understanding about the security challenges that they and their systems face, how these may be mitigated and what their obligations as users are. For those responsible for the management of technology, this knowledge needs to be focused, deeper and formally tested.

This program provides a rich series of workshops, tutorials and briefings tailored for those who use IT at every level of an organization. Our experienced instructors conduct the workshops in both English and Arabic.

Cyber Security Resilience

To improve the information security posture within the government sector, Q-CERT directs its efforts towards improving the cyber security resilience by conducting risk and security assessments and enabling resilience management. These services help organizations design and maintain their information infrastructure in conformance with relevant standards and conform to accepted global best practices.