December 21, 2010

Dr. Imad Hoballah, TRA acting Chairman and CEO, participated in the Arab Day for Safety and Security in Cyberspace conference, yesterday, December 20,2010. This event was organized by the Antonine University in collaboration with the Arab Observatory for safety and protection in cyberspace and was held under the auspices of H.E the Lebanese Minister of Justice, Professor. Ibrahim Najjar.

The workshop will be held over 3 days (20 to 22 December 2010) at the Antonine University campus in Baabda, and will be marked by the presence and participation of a number of Parliament Members as well as CEOs and general managers from the public and private sectors, representatives of the International Telecommunication Union and the Arab League in addition to a group of engineers and professors.

Dr. Hoballah participated in the first session, titled "The need for global cooperation," which brought together the former president of the Experts Committee affiliated to the European Commission that prepared the Convention on Cybercrime, Professor Henrik Kaspersen , the Director General of the National Agency for Information Safety in Tunisia, Dr. Belhassen Zouari and the Information Management Director at the Arab League, Professor, Al Habib Almulhi.

Dr. Hoballah delivered a speech titled "Policy and Strategy in the regulations to achieve protection and safety" in which he highlighted the risks of electronic networks misuse in the modern society and the possible ways to build an efficient national Cybersecurity strategy.

He also shed the light on the efforts of the “Regional Panarab Observatory for Safety and Security in cyberspace” to promote the culture of Cybersecurity, and highlighted the TRA efforts in considering a set of regulatory measures that can help secure the cyber space. On the other hand, he exposed the actual situation of Cybersecurity safety in Lebanon and proposed several recommendations to be considered by all the sectors to help put the country on the right track.

To view the agenda of the event click here
To view Dr. Hoballah’s speech click here
To view the related press release click here