Dubai: The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) announced the launch of the first mGovernment laboratory in the Arab region, dedicated to verifying the quality and security of mGovernment applications.
The laboratory will also test whether applications submitted comply with international standards and best practice.
The initiative comes as part of a wider national effort to shift towards a smart government in line with the vision of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
“The mGovernment laboratory is an innovative and unique regional project that ultimately reinforces the UAE’s leadership in the field of mGovernment. The importance of this laboratory lies in protecting both the users and government entities from security threats that might arise from unauthorised applications,” said Hamad Obaid Al Mansouri, director of the mGovernment Initiative.
“This technical centre, developed by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, will be available to everybody. It is with great pride that we are at the heart of the provision of such a service given the importance of it to our colleagues in government entities. The launch of this lab certainly puts us one step closer to achieving the goals set out in the UAE mGovernment initiative,” he said.
The mGovernment lab contains state-of-the-art advanced operating systems designed specifically to testing smart applications.
All the required software is in place and specialists have already started testing operations for a variety of UAE government entities.
Once completed, the lab will provide full security screening, load testing for applications and accounts for the government entities which wish to verify their applications remotely.
