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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has launched a ‘Coordination Center Portal’, aimed at facilitating its licenses in protecting national critical telecom data and infrastructure.
The authority in a statement on Monday said the PTA took the initiative as part of its strategy to improve the security posture of the Pakistan Telecom Sector. The portal namely Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) would be accessible at https://sec.pta.gov.pk.
The portal would enable the PTA and its licensees to share threat intelligence with each other to achieve regulatory compliance of PTA Cyber Security regulations, the authority said, adding the portal was set up after close coordination and input from the telecom operators.
Mostly, this portal would facilitate information sharing and exchange between PTA and telecom service providers on the latest cybersecurity threats, incidents, vulnerabilities, security news and other related information. The PTA said continual improvements in the portal would be carried out based on operational requirements.
PTA has introduced the CERT portal for its licensees, in continuation to its efforts to improve security posture of Pakistan Telecom Sector and to protect and safeguard National Critical Telecom Data and Infrastructure. pic.twitter.com/WJ8IzEQchD
— PTA (@PTAofficialpk) April 5, 2021
Earlier, PTA had ordered Jazz to stop using the term ‘Super 4G’ in all sorts of advertising including commercials and bill-boards.
According to a letter by PTA to Jazz, the authority has directed the mobile operator to stop the term within 15 days by making essential arrangements. “A compliance report should be submitted to this office within the stipulated time period,” the letter said.
The authority has said that the term “Super 4G” and phrases like “Super nahi tou 4G nahi” are considered to be misleading for an average consumer as there is no justification for such superiority in terms of technology or otherwise have been intimated or witnessed.