Responsibilities Information Security Unit

- Determine information security requirements and set up minimum level of information security in accordance with accredited rules and regulations as well as best security practices.
- Identify potential risks to information security
- Develop and implement a crisis management plan
- Protect information from unauthorized access, alteration or damage
- Manage security information software for information centers and the e-portal
- Set the university information security policies according to international standards
- Determine the standards and features of programs to protect the administrations and units associated with the university
- Design a policy for handling security information problems in short time
- Promote the culture of information security among the university staff
- Conduct quality assurance tests for the network and systems
- To be on the lookout for the state-of-the-art technology that may improve the efficiency of workplace
- Grant access permission to information centers for authorized persons.
- Review security policy and propose a plan of how to improve them
- Ensure that all information centers have the necessary security tools (e.g. devices, software)
- Test the effectiveness of anti-virus software on users’ computers
- Submit security status report to the head of the unit
- Undertake any other assigned tasks