AIRLINK 75.00 Decreased By ▼ -0.25 (-0.33%)
BOP 5.14 Increased By ▲ 0.03 (0.59%)
CNERGY 4.50 Decreased By ▼ -0.10 (-2.17%)
DFML 33.68 Increased By ▲ 1.15 (3.54%)
DGKC 90.44 Increased By ▲ 0.09 (0.1%)
FCCL 22.70 Decreased By ▼ -0.28 (-1.22%)
FFBL 32.91 Decreased By ▼ -0.66 (-1.97%)
FFL 9.87 Decreased By ▼ -0.17 (-1.69%)
GGL 11.09 Increased By ▲ 0.04 (0.36%)
HBL 114.90 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
HUBC 136.10 Decreased By ▼ -1.24 (-0.9%)
HUMNL 10.13 Increased By ▲ 0.60 (6.3%)
KEL 4.64 Decreased By ▼ -0.02 (-0.43%)
KOSM 4.74 Increased By ▲ 0.04 (0.85%)
MLCF 40.00 Decreased By ▼ -0.54 (-1.33%)
OGDC 140.11 Increased By ▲ 0.36 (0.26%)
PAEL 27.50 Decreased By ▼ -0.15 (-0.54%)
PIAA 25.07 Increased By ▲ 0.67 (2.75%)
PIBTL 6.80 Decreased By ▼ -0.12 (-1.73%)
PPL 123.70 Decreased By ▼ -1.60 (-1.28%)
PRL 27.31 Decreased By ▼ -0.24 (-0.87%)
PTC 14.05 Decreased By ▼ -0.10 (-0.71%)
SEARL 59.70 Decreased By ▼ -2.15 (-3.48%)
SNGP 71.80 Decreased By ▼ -1.18 (-1.62%)
SSGC 10.47 Decreased By ▼ -0.12 (-1.13%)
TELE 8.74 Decreased By ▼ -0.04 (-0.46%)
TPLP 11.50 Decreased By ▼ -0.23 (-1.96%)
TRG 66.20 Decreased By ▼ -0.40 (-0.6%)
UNITY 25.78 Increased By ▲ 0.63 (2.5%)
WTL 1.41 Decreased By ▼ -0.03 (-2.08%)
BR100 7,836 Increased By 32.9 (0.42%)
BR30 25,678 Decreased By -138.2 (-0.54%)
KSE100 74,765 Increased By 233.7 (0.31%)
KSE30 24,082 Increased By 127.7 (0.53%)

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has hired a reputable third-party security audit firm to conduct an independent Vulnerability and Penetration Testing (VAPT) of its website.

It is reliably leant that the SECP has taken a number of measures to improve security system of its IT systems and website.

According to the details, the SECP’s quality assurance team has executed the initial vulnerability scan immediately after the said incident.

During the scan period, the access to company name search at SECP’s website restricted through secure tunnel for white-listed entities only.

The SECP has immediately revised the API secret keys used for data exchange with other government entities.

The SECP has also appointed a full time dedicated Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) on August 24, 2022. The recruitment process for hiring of CISO was already at final stage. The position was vacant following the resignation of earlier CISO.

The Chief Information Security Officer is in the process of carrying out an internal assessment.

The SECP has immediately approached the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) for blocking the website companieshouse.pk, which has displayed the data/ information of companies, supposedly copied from the SECP’s website. The access to the said website has been blocked already.

Moreover, the Enterprise Information Security Policy and supporting policies and procedures are in place.

At the same time, the ISMS certification and surveillance audits are conducted at regular intervals. The IT audit is conducted at regular intervals.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2022

Comments

Comments are closed.