The UAE Computer Emergency Response Team (aeCERT), one of the UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) initiatives, launched a national campaign to raise security awareness for judges in cooperation with Dubai Courts. First of its kind in the UAE, the initiative aims to strengthen security alertness against digital crimes among judges, present means of dealing with such crimes, and reinforce the role of the law for the purposes of establishing a safe online environment.
The initiative kicked off with a series of awareness lectures held in the grand auditorium in Dubai Courts presented by Eng. Ali Al Emadi and Eng. Iman Al Awadi, members of the aeCAERT team and attended by Judges from various litigation specialties. The lectures saw the launch of the Cybercrime Litigation Guide that contains a review of various types of cybercrimes and related evidence material such as hard disks, E-mails, files, mobile phones records, RAM and cache memory, in addition to photos and multimedia content.
Commenting on the nation-wide aeCERT campaign, H.E. Mohamed Nassar Al Ghanim, Director General of TRA said: “Creating a safe and secure digital environment is a strategic goal for the TRA. aeCERT will allow government bodies and authorities to benefit from the latest technologies applied in the fields safeguarding data and information against all kinds of cyber attacks.”
On his part, Eng. Tarik Al Hawi, Director of the Computer Emergency Response Team Department, highlighted the importance of the workshops in facilitating technical aspects of lawsuits to support the judges in performing their duties on par with the highest internationally-recognized standards.
“The growing number of cyber and online crimes was the catalyst behind launching the aeCERT campaign. This is a strategic step to guarantee preparedness to handle all litigation issues of this digital era,” Al Hawi said.
The campaign included several workshops on different types of cybercrimes such as e-mail crimes, identity theft using malicious software, and information theft among other crimes.
Saud Al Dhawyani, Head of Information Infrastructure, and Acting Director of IT Department at Dubai Courts underlined the importance of this cooperation saying: “The MoU signed with TRA will immensely contribute in providing the Judiciary system with crucial information about cybercrimes. We look forward to building on this partnership with aeCERT, and we would like to thank the TRA for their continuous efforts to facilitate the litigation procedures.”
