DOHA: The Ministry of Transport and Communications’ (MoTC) Qatar Computer Emergency Response Team (Q-CERT) has organised a four-day National Information Assurance (NIA) Policy Implementation training course at its offices in Al Nasr Tower.
Delivered by professional, certified trainers, the course was attended by representatives from 16 critical government and semi-government sectors.
It was part of a series of NIA Policy training sessions planned for this year by the Ministry’s Cybersecurity Sector. “The training is part of our strategic objectives for building up national capacities in the realm of cybersecurity and MoTC continues holding such training courses to develop and sharpen the national cyber defence capabilities countrywide,” said Eng. Khalid Al Hashmi, Assistant Under-Secretary of Cyber Security at MoTC.
“The NIA Policy is the national information security policy and it is mandatory for government entities and critical industries. It helps organisations to implement an information security management System and, thereby, build a cybersecurity culture within the business and improve their cybersecurity maturity,” he added.
