The Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA), in conjunction
with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), hosted a
training workshop on Oct. 11 in Qatar to help senior technical officials and law
enforcement officers gain critical skills for use in investigating cybercrime.
Dr. Richard Lamb, senior program manager DNSSEC, ICANN, led the
workshop, which provided those in attendance with strategies, techniques and
tools to identify abuses of the Domain Name System (DNS). The workshop featured
demonstrations and hands-on exercises so that attendees could better understand
the methodology behind DNS crime investigation.
“CRA takes cybersecurity matters very seriously, and through
such strategic training workshops we intend to build capacity among relevant
agencies and technical professionals to equip them with the required skills and
knowledge to intercept and block any DNS-related cyber-crimes and to enhance
their familiarity with internet protocols,” Faisal Al-Shuaibi, CRA spokesperson, said.
Workshop attendees included representatives from CRA,
Ministry of Transportation and Communications, Ministry of Interior, Public
Prosecutor, QCERT, Qatar Armed Forces, Q-Post, Ooredoo, Woqod, Qatar
Electricity and Water Company, Oryx GTL, Qatar Petroleum, Commercial Bank,
Qatar Petrochemical Company, Qatar International Islamic Bank, and Kahramaa.
