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technology related risks and cyberattack case examples from healthy blend of multiple hierarchy
threats. NIBAF has been the industry across the globe to levels including senior, middle
conducting online awareness create better understanding among management and junior leaders of
sessions of Cybersecurity in the participants of possible cyber SBP. The program was designed to
collaboration with Office of the threats and also deliberated on let the senior leaders share their
Chief Information Security Officer possible measures that could be success recipes for succeeding in
(OCISO)-SBP whereby highly adopted to avoid both financial and their respective domains. Another
trained experts in cybersecurity reputational damages. These key aspect of the program was that
conduct these sessions on a sessions have proved to be helpful the participants were divided into
regular basis. This training has now in reducing the risk of human errors small groups and they were
been made mandatory for all SBP which may unintentionally result in encouraged to develop and test the
employees to attend on an annual breach of confidentiality, integrity concepts on real issues
basis. So far NIBAF has offered five and availability of secured confronting them and share their
iterations which were attended by information. learning. They felt the content and
around 300 participants. The main exercises were extremely relevant
objective cybersecurity training and all challenges discussed
session is to promote basic Leadership Challenges initially were resolved by the end of
cybersecurity awareness among the program. Since this program
employees and enable them to and Skills for Women was only offered to female officers,
recognize cyber threats, avoid This two-day program was they suggested that a similar nature
potentially harmful actions, and designed keeping in view the of program should also be offered
take informed steps to protect the gender balance initiative taken by to all officers of SBP.
security of SBP. During the session SBP for development of female
our experts cover topics related to officers within SBP and banking
social engineering attacks, industry. First iteration of the Mid-Career Management
identifying suspicious and phishing program was conducted on Development Program
emails, ransomware attacks, and November 28-29, 2022 and was
guide employees how to protect attended by 23 female officers from (MMDP) – Batch-1
themselves being victims of SBP, SBP BSC and Commercial MMDP is a two-week long training
potential cyberattacks. The trainer Banks. Services of Ms. Afia program designed for the specific
also discussed different Mansoor and Mr. Khurram Aleem need of SBP for the development of
Khan from M/s. OG-4 officers who are eligible for
Schuitema were promotion to the position of Senior
engaged to deliver Joint Director (OG-5). Based on the
the program. The eligibility criteria, around 54 OG-4
sessions were highly officers are eligible for the
interactive and the promotion in the next higher grade
theory elements hence it was decided to conduct
interspersed with the two iterations of MMDP.
reflective, Accordingly, the 1st iteration was
collaborative conducted from December 2-17,
exercises. The 2022 and was attended by twenty
highlight was the five officers.
Theatre of Intent
Activity whereby There were two prime objectives of
participants saw this program firstly to provide an
overview
functional
of
entire
leadership
challenges being spectrum of SBP and broadly
on
the
emerging
focusing
enacted and then co- challenges and road ahead, and
performed solutions
to typical dilemmas. secondly to develop and hone the
Another appreciated managerial and leadership skills of
participants. These sessions were
activity was Serious intended to prepare them for
Play with participants
constructing Lego embracing upcoming challenges
associated with their new roles.
models highlighting
the solutions to their
leadership
challenges. The In order to meet the overall
objectives, the program consisted
participants were a