Doha: The two-week 7th industrial security course for officers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), organised by the General Department of Industrial Security at the Ministry of Interior, kicked off yesterday in Doha, within the framework of security cooperation and coordination in the field of industrial security among the GCC states.
The course discusses topics, including the relationship of industrial security with the overall system of national security, industrial security tasks and duties, security risk management, security planning, industrial security and terrorism, crisis and emergency management, relationship between industrial security and the police, relationship between industrial security and occupational health and safety, security risk management processes, and risk assessment methods. Assistant Director-General of Industrial Security Lt. Col. Rashid Mohammed Al Hajri stressed the importance of the course in enhancing frameworks of cooperation and coordination between the Gulf states in oil and gas protection.
He said that industrial security is an indispensable necessity to protect vital oil, gas, and other facilities, pointing out that one of the most important natural resources that countries seek to secure are energy sources, especially petroleum energy.
Al Hajri added that the world is witnessing security challenges that require developing new strategies and visions to enhance the protection of common internal and regional industrial interests and economies.
He said the course represents a periodic meeting for GCC officers to discuss matters related to industrial security as one of the important pillars of Gulf security. Al Hajri stressed the importance of the course in developing work system and exchange experiences among the GCC states and raise the industrial security man to the required level of professional accuracy, objectivity and expertise.
