Efforts to Strengthen Cyber Safeguards
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QATAR | Page 24 SPORT | Page 1 Qatar’s al-Attiyah storms to INDEX DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 2, 3, 24 COMMENT 22, 23 Baja Spain REGION 4 BUSINESS 1-6, 12 QTA to open offi ces 18,478.00 10,485.56 44.19 ARAB WORLD 5, 6 CLASSIFIED 7-11 +42.00 -48.84 -0.56 INTERNATIONAL 7-21 SPORTS SECTION 1-12 in Turkey and US victory +0.23% -0.46% -1.25% Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 MONDAY Vol. XXXVII No. 10160 July 25, 2016 Shawwal 20, 1437 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Second gold for Qatar Eff orts to In brief QATAR | Event strengthen Emir to attend Arab summit HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani heads Qatar’s delegation to the 27th session of the Arab League Council at the summit level, starting cyber today in the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott. The conference is being held under the slogan “Summit of Hope”. Arab foreign ministers began a preparatory meeting on Saturday ahead of the summit. Qatar’s delegation to the foreign ministers’ safeguards meeting is headed by its permanent representative to the Arab League, Saif The round table brought together a in Cyber Security programme. We rec- bin Muqaddam al-Buainain. group of cyber experts to support ognise the importance of collaborating innovation and open discussions in with industry to provide our students SPORT | Basketball this field of growing importance to with the skills of the future to solve Qatar some of the most pressing cyber chal- Qatar win Asian lenges facing industry and government Championships The discussions that took place over Qatar yesterday won the second lobal technology leader Lock- the past few days will help us develop edition of the FIBA 3x3 U18 Asian Qatar’s Mohamed Ibrahim Moaz celebrates on the podium after winning the discus throw gold medal with a hurl of 63.63 heed Martin has joined hands the talent pipeline in this area of critical basketball championships in Cyberjaya, metres at the IAAF World Under-20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland, yesterday. He required only one attempt to win Gwith Hamad Bin Khalifa Uni- national signifi cance to Qatar.” Malaysia. Reigning U18 3x3 world the title ahead of Poland’s Oskar Stachnik (62.83m) and Hleb Zhuk of Belarus (61.70m). Qatar finished the event with two gold versity (HBKU) and the University of Prof Dimitrios Serpanos from the champs Qatar remained undefeated medals, Abdalelah Haroun having won the 400m two days ago. See also Page 11 in the sport section for earlier story. Patras, Greece, to support the develop- University of Patras and director of the in the tournament and capped their ment of Qatar’s national cyber security Industrial Systems Institute said: “The fine run with a 21-9 defeat of the capabilities. University of Patras is a leading Europe- Philippines in the final. Last June, Qatar The announcement was made at the an University in engineering, including had won the 2016 FIBA 3x3 U18 World fi rst International Cyber Security Tech- electrical and computing, with strong Championships after beating Brazil in nologies Round Table recently. activities in cyber security research.The the final in Astana, Kazakhstan. In line with Qatar National Vision participation and support to this round 2030, the round table is part of Lock- table demonstrates the commitment of ASIA | Dispute heed Martin’s growing collaboration to the faculty to address the growing cyber Asean deadlocked Filipino population support the country’s national cyber se- security challenge to academia, indus- curity objectives. try, and governments around the world. on South China Sea The round table brought together a Bringing talent together with a global Southeast Asian nations, meeting in group of multi-national cyber experts lens will bring the innovative approach the Laos capital of Vientiane, failed from across academia and industry to we need to shape a more secure future.” to find common ground on maritime support innovation and open discus- Tom Milton, chief executive, Lock- disputes in the South China Sea in Qatar hits 222,712 sions in this fi eld of growing importance heed Martin Qatar, said: “We are ex- yesterday after Cambodia stuck to its to Qatar and the greater GCC region. cited to support a strong foundation of demand the group make no reference The discussions also focused on the preparedness for the emerging cyber to an international court ruling By Joey Aguilar build-up of the next generation of cyber threats this region will face. Today’s against Beijing in a statement. Foreign Staff Reporter defenders. The outcome of the two-day increasingly complex security environ- ministers from the 10-member Asean round table will support the develop- ment requires dynamic collaboration met for the first time since the UN- ment of a comprehensive framework to with academia, industry, and govern- backed Permanent Court of Arbitration ore than 2,22,000 Filipino cultivate the human-capital and edu- ment to execute Qatar’s national cyber in the Hague handed an emphatic expatriates are now working cational framework necessary to solve priorities.” legal victory to the Philippines in the Min Qatar, an increase of over future cyber challenges across diverse According to him the round table was maritime dispute earlier this month. 34,000 from last year, according to the sectors of national importance. just the beginning. Philippine embassy. Prof Amine Bermak, acting associate “Lockheed Martin looks forward to SYRIA | Plight Quoting fi gures provided by the provost and ICT division co-ordinator, leveraging our global technology exper- Ministry of Interior, the mission said HBKU said: “Later this summer, we look tise to support Qatar’s eff orts to keep Air raids hit four the latest number of Filipinos working forward to welcoming our fi rst cohort of its networks and citizens safe from the hospitals in Aleppo in the country was 222,712, while the students to our new Master of Science emerging cyber challenges,” he added. Air raids have hit four makeshift number for 2015 was 188,000. From left: Philippine labour attache Dicang, ambassador Santos, consul general hospitals in Syria’s battered Aleppo city, “This excludes those who are on Reyes, and UFOQ chairman Ed Anami at a media gathering last week. doctors said yesterday, jeopardising family visa, family visit, and business/ PICTURE: Imelda Enrile medical care for more than 200,000 tourist visas,” consul general Roussel desperate civilians in rebel-held areas. Reyes, who has newly arrived in Doha, bassy is currently “instituting” several semi-skilled, low-skilled, household The bombardment since Saturday said. He was introduced by ambassa- changes at the chancery to serve them service workers and professionals. Asylum-seeker kills woman has worsened the plight of residents dor Wilfredo Santos to reporters last better. Labour attache David Des Dicang of besieged eastern neighbourhoods week. Santos said the mission had in- cited an increasing number of Filipino of Syria’s second city, where food With an increasing number of Filipi- creased the number of data-capturing workers in the hospitality and food and in Germany machete attack and medical supplies are becoming nos arriving, Reyes noted that Doha was machines to accommodate those who beverage sectors as well as in the serv- increasingly scarce. Page 6 one of the busiest Philippine embassies applied for new as well as renewal of ices sector, who are being deployed to AFP nothing to indicate this was a terrorist around the world. passports. Among other measures un- Qatar Reutlingen, Germany attack,” local police said in a statement, AFGHANISTAN | Violence The Filipino population in the coun- der consideration are outsourcing the “These include cleaners, hotel staff , adding that the attack happened after try is also augmented by an average of visa application process and imple- cook and waitress, among others,” he the perpetrator “had a dispute” with Kabul in mourning 20 new births every month, the embas- menting an appointment system to said, noting an increasing demand for Syrian asylum-seeker was ar- the woman. aft er terror attack sy offi cial said. make the embassy less crowded. maintenance workers as the number of rested yesterday after killing a After killing her with a machete, the Kabul was plunged into mourning “A lot of Filipino mothers are giving Filipino expatriates can also call the new business establishments operating A woman with a machete in the suspect then injured a man and woman yesterday after its deadliest attack for birth here in Qatar, and many couples embassy hotline (5527-5123) for inquir- in the country has increased. southwest German city of Reutlingen, before being arrested, it said. 15 years killed 80 people, reigniting also get married here, around four to six ies and assistance while feedbacks are According to the Philippine Over- in an incident police said did not bear The incident took place in the centre concern that the Islamic State group per week,” he added. also being addressed by the embassy. seas Employment Administration, the the hallmarks of a “terrorist attack” of Reutlingen, a city of some 100,000, was seeking to expand its foothold The embassy conducts wedding cer- “Please bear with us. We are doing average annual number of deployed and could have been a crime of passion. located near Stuttgart. in Afghanistan. Tempers were frayed emonies twice a week, on Mondays and everything possible to make it more land-based Filipino expatriates to Qa- Two people were also injured in the The bloodshed sparked scenes of a day after the twin bombings that Wednesdays. However, Reyes also not- convenient for our Filipino nationals,” tar ranged between 94,000 and 114,000 assault, which ended when the 21-year- panic in the city, a TV news channel tore through crowds of Shia Hazara ed that an average of two Filipinos die the envoy pointed out.