GEC NEWS WIREDSG organizes lectures for the Dubai public as part of its participation in the UAE Innovation Week
Dubai Smart Government (DSG) conducted a number of talks on information security titled ‘Be smarter than your smart device’ at Mirdif City Centre. The talks were part of DSG’s participation in the UAE Innovation Week between November 22 and 28 in response to the call of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai for innovation and best practices.
The talks included many aspects of information security and how to take adequate protection on smart devices, on social media and the risks that children might face online. It included the hidden dangers of apps, how to understand security settings and ways to protect privacy and identity theft online.
H.E. Ahmad Bin Humaidan, DSG Director General, said: ” “DSG strategy 2014-2017 stresses the necessity of applying the highest information security standards to all our services to ensure the provision of highly reliable smart services that bring happiness to customers and meet their satisfaction.”
Earlier, DSG won the top information security award in the category of “Best Information Security Program Implementation” in the field of Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) for online and Smartphone payment services (ePay and mPay). The award was given by the Gulf Information Security Expo and Conference (GISEC 2015).
