UAE's PRIDC Program wins the 'Information Security Award'

The prestigious award was given during the third session of the Government Technology Summit held recently in the Thai city of Puckett, with the participation of a large number of Asian government delegations and IT experts. The UAE project was awarded the Information Security Award among 212 nominee programs from 14 participant countries including Singapore, Malaysia, India, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia in addition to other nominees from other European and American countries.

H.E. Darwish Al Zaraouni, General Director of the Emirates Identity Authority, said that this award should be the joy and pride of all UAE people and was a result of huge efforts made by the UAE to adopt state of the art information technology systems to manage its affairs under the wise leadership of H.H. Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan the President of UAE and H.H. Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum the UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai.

Al Zaraouni added that the Information Technology Award won by the PRIDC program came in recognition of its robust infrastructure and various features and benefits provided to the U.A.E. population. He confirmed that, since its incorporation, EIDA has worked hard to enhance the infrastructure of this project through adopting the latest and most advanced technologies in the world under the continuous support of H.H. Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, EIDA Board Chairman, and the direct follow up by H.H. Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Interior, EIDA Vice Chairman.

Al Zaraouni explained that the Judging Panel chose the PRIDC program according to five criteria, i.e. the Scope, KPIs, Innovation, Functionality and Productivity; whereas the PRIDC Program was the best among other nominated programs in view of its compliance with all the said criteria. He indicated that EIDA is also nominated to the 2008 Business Process Award among the other award categories offered by the conference; i.e. Information Management, Information Security, Business Process, Service Innovation and Digital Inclusion.