The UAE National Computer Emergency Response Team (aeCERT) one of the UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) initiatives established to facilitate the detection, prevention and response of cyber incidents in the UAE, presented at the Telecom Fraud Prevention & Revenue Assurance Summit 2010 held in Dubai on Sept 20, 2010.

The IQPC, however, gathers global and regional fraud and revenue assurance experts from regional and international leading operators; bearing in mind that the Middle East’s communications network becomes increasingly diversified and network security continues to be a concern, operators and ultimately customers are increasingly vulnerable to fraudulent activity.

The objectives of TRA participation is to enhance the performance of the ICT sector in the UAE by safeguarding competition, providing fair access to the domestic infrastructure, and ensuring the optimal use of natural resources through the implementation of best practice in every area.

In this regard, H.E. Mohamed Al Ghanim, Director General of the TRA, stated: “We are pleased to participate in the Telecom Fraud Prevention & Revenue Assurance Summit as we look forward to develop education and awareness strategies to combat fraud in the region."

In his turn, Eng. Ahmad Hassan, the Monitoring & Response Team Leader, stated: “This summit is covers various types of telecommunication fraud in fixed and mobile telecom networks, analyzing the techniques used to detect and locate perpetrators of electronic crimes in telecom and IP networks."

Yet, during the past decade, the UAE has become one of the most significant business hubs in the region, arousing the need to safeguard the critical information and communication technology infrastructure; especially that today we live in a new technological era, where every day and every moment spill out a new array of cyber security threats and risks that may affect the businesses adversely.