The head of cyber security, Dr. Muhammad Al-Kuwaiti, has confirmed that the UAE has managed to deal with the global technical error, with great professionalism and efficiency, and to quickly overcome this global crisis, because all sectors have recovered and returned to work perfectly, thank you. to the strength, sustainability and flexibility of the country’s digital infrastructure and national cyber security standards.
The Chairman of the Cybersecurity Council said that the remarkable success in overcoming the consequences of the technical error that affected the performance of vital sectors in several countries of the world is due to the strategic partnership with the global service provider CrowdStrike. a national cyber system with flexible and resilient systems capable of meeting and addressing various global digital challenges while maintaining business continuity.
Al-Kuwaiti added that the partnership with CrowdStrike comes in the framework of working together to build a sustainable cyber future, noting that thanks to this strong partnership, it had the greatest positive impact on the country’s digital systems that were quickly recovering from the technical failure. world.
He explained that the collaboration with Crowd Strike is based on the three fundamental pillars of cyber security, which is “promoting skills”, which aims to spread the culture of cyber security awareness among different sectors of society, through initiatives such as “Cyber ” adding that the Council looks forward to working with Crowd Strike to expand collaborative best practices across all members of society and proactively address and respond to emerging threats.
Al-Kuwaiti added that the second pillar is “technology”, since the Cyber Security Council, using the latest technological tools of the company “CrowdStrike” and the National Cyber Operations Center, was able to detect and treat cases of service interruption. using artificial intelligence techniques and in collaboration with… Various service providers and cloud computing companies; He said: The Cyber Security Council was able to implement rapid solutions and implement continuous monitoring to ensure business continuity across all sectors.
Al-Kuwaiti pointed out that the third pillar is “policies and standards”, and due to the continuous rapid flow of information from CrowdStrike, the Cyber Security Council established standard operating procedures and strong operational concepts, allowing for clear governance in public and private. the sectors
He added that governance has facilitated the dissemination of accurate information and prevented the dissemination of false and misleading information.
