FIA becomes Africa’s first financial intelligence unit to earn global data security certification
Uganda’s Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA) has received an international certification for the way it protects sensitive financial information. Finance Minister Henry Musasizi said it is the first financial intelligence unit in Africa to achieve the standard. The authority was awarded the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification for its Information Security Management System at a ceremony on Thursday.…
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