Al khaliji aims for best practice in it security as part of the ramping up of its activities
• 180 staff undergo IT Security Awareness Training
• Emphasis on employee awareness to ensure compliance
• Procedures in place to tackle hacking and industrial espionage
180 al khaliji staff have undergone thorough IT Security Awareness Training to understand the potential internal and external IT security threats that face today’s banks and also to learn how to mitigate these threats. The course, which concentrated on employee awareness, seeks to ensure best practice among staff to complement existing technical security measures. Staff were drilled in awareness and procedures to handle a range of risks including hacking, password misuse and industrial espionage.
Tarek Hashisho, Senior Executive, Information & Communication Technology, said: “Information security awareness training is one of the most critical aspects of any bank information security strategy. For this reason, we have worked to develop procedures to mitigate these risks”.
The awareness program, developed and run by Intelligence Secured, a niche IT security consultancy, is designed to help companies meet international best practice guidelines in IT risk and compliance.
