Ooredoo and the Qatar Central Bank (QCB) hosted a development event for Qatar’s leading financial institutions, as the private and public sectors come together to enhance the nation’s online security.
The cybersecurity workshop, which took place at the QCB’s new premises in Doha, included a range of presentations on cybersecurity issues that were tailored specifically to needs of the financial sector in Qatar.
Security experts from Ooredoo and leading security partners such as Si Consult, Arbor, and Zscaler, participated in the workshop, discussing information security challenges in the financial sector and how businesses can address these effectively.
Abdel Hadi Ahen, acting director of Banking, Payments & Settlement Systems Department at QCB, said: “Qatar Central Bank seeks to promote and maintain financial stability in Qatar, and we are working hard to address the new generation of online threats facing the financial sector today.
“This event provided an important opportunity to outline Qatar’s enhanced security requirements, demonstrate the range and depth of solutions available within the market, and to encourage organisations to work together and share best practices to deliver more effective managed security.”  Ooredoo Qatar COO Yousuf al-Kubaisi said: “Ooredoo is the leading Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) in Qatar, and we are working with a growing number of companies to help them secure their data and their organisations. In line with the QCB’s regulations relating to data security and online systems, we are helping our financial sector clients to achieve full compliance and offer the highest level of safety and security for their own and their customers’ information.”
During the event, Ooredoo representatives gave a detailed presentation of core solutions for financial companies and explained how Ooredoo’s cyber-security solutions can enable local financial institutions to comply with QCB’s security requirements.
Ooredoo’s MSSP solutions can be tailored to any company size, from a small broker’s office up to large banks, and includes a security operations centre with 24x7 incident detection response, web security and more.
The event was attended by 35 leaders from the technology, IT, security, and risk management departments in financial sector organisations.  
Ooredoo has been a pioneer in educating businesses on cybersecurity in Qatar, and the event aimed to teach attendees the importance of online security, as well as complying with strict security policies.
For full details of the solutions available, business customers can arrange a meeting with an account manager or contact the business team on 800-8000.