Thursday, August 03, 2006

Hawkamah and ISACA create MENA region's first IT corporate governance standard


Hawkamah Institute for Corporate Governance (Hawkamah), a subsidiary of the Dubai International Financial Centre Authority, today announced its partnership with ISACA, a leading global association in information technology (IT) governance, control, security and assurance.

The two organisations today signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will create the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region's first IT corporate governance framework.

The new standards set by Hawkamah and ISACA provide a crucial step toward improving corporate governance standards in a critical risk area for public and private sector entities in the MENA region. Today's signing has a number of core objectives, including to:

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