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JAWWAL PAY: The First Company to Obtain the PCI

DSS Certificate of Compliance with Information &
Payment Security Standards

The National Electronic Payment Company, payment channels and services to its PCI, praised the company's efforts during
Jawwal Pay, attained the certificate customers. On the other hand, Eng. the past period and its investment in the
of compliance with the application of Alaa’ Al-Qasem, the Director of the IT field of information security in order to
information security standards and Department for Jawwal pay, expressed his secure the confidentiality of data and
electronic payment card data from the contentment in the company's obtaining the endurance of its electronic services
Payment Card Industry Data Security this certificate as the first company in the provided to customers and companies
Standards International Council (PCI field of electronic payment ;clarifying that safely, congratulating the company on
DSS), as the first company in the field of comprehensive and accurate protection this well-deserved certificate. It is worth
electronic payments. The ceremony of and security standards aim to prevent the mentioning that the (PCI DSS) certificate
handing over the certificate took place risks which may result from the penetration is considered as a data security standard
at the headquarters of Jawwal. In this of payment cards data, stressing the for electronic payment cards, so that it
context, Mr. Ibrahim Khammash, the G.M company's commitment and investments works all over the world to verify security
of Jawwal pay, expressed his happiness in the latest technological solutions, procedures related to payment cards. This
for earning this certificate, which was keeping pace with all developments certificate also contributes to enhancing
the result of the efforts of the company's related to protecting the confidentiality the confidence of subscribers and verifying
staff over the past period to ensure the of customers’ data, and applying the the ability of the company’s systems to
security and protection of its customers’ latest standards that contribute to the securely store and process payment card
confidentiality. He added that this implementation of banking operations in a data.
certificate is a reflection of the company's properly safe & secure manner. In his turn,
strategy and interest in providing secure Mr. Rabee’ Barakat, the certified auditor of

Cologix and Console Connect by PCCW Global
Expand Collaboration into Canada with First Ever

Pop in Montréal

Cologix, North America’s leading network-
neutral interconnection and hyperscale
edge data center company, and Console
Connect by PCCW Global today announced
that the Console Connect Software
Defined Interconnection® platform is now
available at Cologix’s MTL7 data center in
Montréal through a new Point of Presence
(PoP). Through its collaboration with
Cologix, Console Connect is increasing
its interconnection footprint across
Canada with availability of the automated
platform to Cologix’s customers across
all 20 Canadian data center locations. The
collaboration enables Cologix’s Canadian
customers to directly connect to Console
Connect’s Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) partners and employees around the supports the growing cloud connectivity
platform, providing on-demand access world. Customers can also experience the requirements of enterprises in Canada.
to international connectivity across the flexibility and speed of on-demand, private Using either the secure Console Connect
Console Connect fabric to more than 650 connectivity using the Console Connect web portal or its API, Cologix’s Canadian
data centers in over 50 countries. With self-service portal bringing them instant customers can quote, order, deliver and
Console Connect, Cologix’s Canadian and direct access to major cloud platforms, manage their network connections to
customers can automate connectivity as well as direct links to 20 data center leading cloud platforms including Amazon
at the network edge to their customers, locations across Canada. The platform Web Services®, Alibaba Cloud, Google

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