Coordinator General COMSTECH, Prof. Dr. M. Iqbal Choudhary, called on Senior Vice President of International and Govt. Engagement Division and Head of Organization of the Islamic Cooperation – Computer Emergency Response Teams (OIC-CERT), Mr. Mohd Shamir Hashim, on 10 August 2022 at Menara CyberAxis, Cyberjaya, OIC-CERT Secretariat, Malaysia.
Mr. Hashim gave a brief presentation on the activities of OIC-CERT and discussed the mechanism and highlighted the key areas of implementation. He informed that OIC-CERT would participate in the Steering Committee meeting of the Implementation of OIC STI Agenda. Both the heads of organizations discussed ISO IEA 17001 certification, whereas OIC-CERT offered organizing online certificate courses together with COMSTECH along with jointly organizing an international conference with COMSTECH. OIC-CERT is an affiliate institution of the OIC with the vision to be a leading cyber security platform to make the world a safe cyber space. The mission of OIC-CERT is to provide a platform to develop cyber security capabilities to mitigate cyber threats by promoting global collaboration. COMSTECH is an OIC ministerial standing committee on scientific and technological cooperation working for the socio-economic development of OIC member states through the application of science and technology.