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The mGovernment Centre of Digital Innovation (CoDI) is a ma-
jor milestone on the mGov roadmap. It provides the mGov Lab
that performs all the testing necessary to ensure the security
and quality of mobile apps developed by government and aca-
demic organizations throughout the UAE.
The mGov Lab also checks for potential security gaps in apps
and makes sure they are operationally compatible with major
international platforms such as iOS, Android and such.
Each mobile app passes through a multi-stage testing before
being approved into the UAE government app store. Apps are
tested for potential malware, making sure they are perfectly
secure and safe by conducting hacking mockups.
These thorough measures aim to protect data and user pri-
vacy against any form of leakage. Smart systems are adopted
and run by a specialized Emirati team, who
is fully capable and aware of all stages and
aspects of app development and use mech-
anisms.
After completing all required testing, the mo-
bile app shall be included on the UAE gov-
ernment app store, found on Apple Store
and Google Play.
During
his
speech at the Arab
Social Media Influenc-
ers Summit (ASMIS) recently
held in Dubai, Sheikh Majed Al Sa-
bah, CEO at 360, Founder of TFK and a
key Arab influencer on Snapchat, urged
responsible and positive contributions on
social networking sites.
Al-Sabah recounted how he started using
Snapchat when one of his friends sent him
a photo and decided to share it with oth-
ers. For him, this photo marked the con-
tribution of positive content that benefits
followers on social media sites.
He said he decided to use the site to com-
municate with his children, sharing knowl-
edge and information of interest to them
through the site that lacked useful infor-
mation of interest to Arabs. Soon after, he
was documenting his travels and trips by
noting down information and taking pic-
tures he believes will be useful to others.
Sheikh Majed continued saying that
through his trips, he tried to offer additional
details to encourage people to read and
know more about nutrition, food, places,
fashion and other interesting topics.
During the session entitled “Global on
Snapchat”, Sheikh Majed Al-Sabah said
that H.E. Mohammad Al Gergawi called
him to inform him he was chosen to par-
ticipate in the summit. At the time of the
call, he was having a haircut at the bar-
ber’s shop!
Majed Al-Sabah
calls for positive attitude on social media
CoDI
to test and verify security and functionality of mobile apps
25
May
2015
