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Precautionary Measures Taken to Safeguard UAE's Digital Infrastructure

Against Cyberattacks

The National Cybersecurity Council said it is constantly and case in collaboration with relevant entities in the UAE, in order to
regularly overseeing, in cooperation with security teams in the investigate and assess what happened. It has been shown that
UAE, the digital infrastructure and systems of the country, and is some UAE-based entities were attacked, and as such necessary
taking all precautions and procedures necessary to safeguard the measures were taken to deal with these incidents and secure
UAE's digital infrastructure, stop cyberattacks and ensure quick constituencies," said the statement. "In parallel, the teams involved
recovery. In a statement, the Council calls upon all organizations began communicating with SolarWinds and global partners from
in the government and private sectors to follow the guidelines security organizations and technical service providers to follow
issued by UAE security teams in order to respond to this type of progress on the matter, obtain information and actions to contain
attacks. The Council also advises to promptly apply necessary the incident," added the statement.
updates to the systems and take all measures that would protect
all networks. The Council, while affirming its readiness to provide
all the required support to any entity affected or seeking advice
and support, invites all entities to reach out to the national
computer emergency response team (aeCERT) or relevant security
teams, Recently, cyberattacks have witnessed an unprecedented
development, with them becoming increasingly complex and
frequent. During the past days, SolarWinds has dominated
the news headlines as the most recent victim of advanced
cyberattacks, where threat actors injected a malicious code in an
update for SolarWinds Orion, resulting in a series of cyber incidents
for the entities that downloaded the update worldwide. "Hence,
the Cybersecurity Council would like to note its acknowledgement
of the SolarWinds attack, where it has proactively worked on the

Bangladesh's Mobile Users Reach 168.36 Million

The total number of mobile phone operator of the country, added nearly in November, they lost 2,01,000 mobile
subscribers reached 168.36 million 2,00,000 new subscribers during the period internet users during the same period.
in November going up by 2,98,000 while market leader Grameenphone added At the end of November, 101.90-million
from October, according to a report of only 8,000. The mobile operators altogether subscribers were using internet on their
the Bangladesh Telecommunication added 9,00,000 new subscribers in October mobile devices compared to 102.10 users
Regulatory Commission (BTRC). Robi 2020. Although the operators maintained in October, the BTRC report mentioned.
Axiata Ltd, the second-largest mobile positive growth in their subscriber base

Five Companies in Bahrain Licensed to Offer Telemedicine Services

FIVE companies have been licensed to Hessa Al Dosari said offering healthcare affiliated to it, in addition to the rights and
offer telemedicine services in Bahrain. The remotely was vital to ensure continuous duties of the patient. “Policies on how to
move from the National Health Regulatory care for patients during the coronavirus deal with consultations and respond to
Authority (NHRA) comes amidst the pandemic. “Services in these licensed complaints must be ensured.” Dr. Al Dosari
Covid-19 pandemic and aims to support companies vary from specialized to added that the service provider must abide
digital healthcare systems in the country. general,” Dr. Al Dosari said in a statement by professional ethics in treatment and in
Telemedicine is the distribution of health- yesterday. “All companies licensed to maintaining the confidentiality of patient
related services and information through practice telemedicine services adhere to details. She said telemedicine was not
telecommunications technologies. It the requirements, the most important of applicable to restricted drugs. The GDN
connects patients to healthcare services which is that practitioners of the profession reported in May that Bahrain’s first NHRA-
through interactive videos, remote must be licensed by NHRA. “All (NHRA) licensed telemedicine service went online
monitoring or electronic consultations. policies must be in place that clarifies the through Doctori.
NHRA health facilities department head Dr. role of both the center and the doctors
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