Dubai: The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) established the 24/7 Cyber Defence Centre in the emirate to predict potential threats and protect the organisation’s data.
The centre was a major step towards ensuring information technology and reflects Dewa’s ongoing commitment to adopt the best solutions and technologies, ensuring the safety, credibility and accountability of services.
Dewa became the first government organisation in Dubai to establish such a centre, in adherence with the vision of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to make Dubai the smartest city in the world.
“The Cyber Defence Centre reflects Dewa’s efforts to enhance efficiency using our resources to make Dubai a safe place for citizens, residents and visitors to live and work as part of the objectives set by the Dubai Plan 2021. Dubai works efficiently and professionally to ensure the security of individuals and the community,” Saeed Mohammad Al Tayer, managing director and CEO of Dewa, said.
Marwan Bin Haider, executive vice-president of Innovation and the Future at Dewa, said Dewa understands the importance of immediately dealing with potential security threats that can affect smart cities.
“Dewa established the 24/7 centre to predict potential threats and ensure that preventive measures are in place to protect our data, by monitoring our services and technical assets round the clock, handling incidents with care, and limiting the effects of potential threats, to become a pioneering government organisation across all levels,” Bin Haider said.
Dewa received a certificate of commitment towards ISO standard ISO 27037:2012, which provides guidelines for dealing with digital evidence. The certificate also includes guidelines to assist with the identification, collection, and preservation of information.
Dewa was granted the certificate following a series of evaluative audit and control operations.
