COUNTRY FOCUS : PAKISTAN
How important is the protection of consumer data and what safeguarding practices do you have in place to ensure this ?
Protection for customer data is paramount . Recent state bank and government legislation have beefed up the regulation governing customer privacy and data protection . The region takes PCI DSS and GDPR compliance very seriously . Banks are expected to do everything in their power to secure consumer data properly using data classification , database encryption and data leakage prevention techniques .
How do you expect the banking and finance sector to develop in terms of security preparedness ?
We can expect banking in the region to follow along similar lines to the rest of the world . To stay competitive , we are evolving the Digital Transformation of our services . Before long , they will be almost exclusively available to customers via mobile or online .
All CISOs , regardless of geography , must continually study the global threat landscape and stay up to speed with the latest techniques to defend against them .
Kamran Meer , CISO , United Bank Limited
Automation and orchestration will be introduced to help under-pressure SOCs better prioritize and respond to increasing volumes of threat alerts .
More and more services will be delivered via cloud applications – introducing highly complex , multiple points of risk . Here too , we can expect further automation to ensure security policy standards are instantly applied to every new point of risk .
What best practice advice would you give to someone looking to become a cyber professional in a role similar to yours ?
All CISOs , regardless of geography , must continually study the global threat landscape and stay up to speed with the latest techniques to defend against them .
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