Over 20 years’ experience in the IT field. Started her career as a Systems Engineer at Petroleum Development of Oman LLC where she worked on security related projects. Moved to Central Bank of Oman as a Senior Information Security Officer, followed by heading the Information Security Management Department. Currently Acting General Manager of Information Technology.
Attained her BSc in Information Systems from Sultan Qaboos University, and MSc in Information Technology from the University of Glasgow. In 2017, Nahla attended the Essentials of Leadership Program at London Business School, and completed an online program called Disruptive Strategy at Harvard Business School in April 2018. Nahla is Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), and Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC).
Nahla is aiming to raise the importance of information security, and the risks associated with the confidentially, integrity and availably of the data. Her main objective is to link the strategic business objectives of the organization with the Information Security objectives. She is interested in Information Security Compliance. She was nominated by the government to be part of the UK-GCC Women in Cyber Security Fellowship Program 2019-2021, and as part of the Skills Syndicate Group whose program of work centered on the completion and evaluation of a qualitative and quantitative survey to assess the cybersecurity skills gap across the GCC. In the course of her work, she became a certified Innovation Leader (CIL) after successfully completing a course on the subject, together with an Executive Program on Innovation and Strategy for Business Leaders (ISBL) delivered online over a 10-week period by the Institute for Knowledge Exchange (IKE) in the United Kingdom (Completed March 2022).
In 2020, she won the Executive Lady in Cybersecurity award from the Middle East Women in Cybersecurity Association (WiCSME) in the virtual conference held in November 2020. In 2021, she won the Omani Women Prize in celebrating the Omani Women Day presented to her by the government of Oman.
In May 2022, Nahla was appointed as Acting GM of Information Technology Directorate at Central Bank of Oman. She is managing a huge portfolio of Information Technology assets, and looking forward to develop the directorate, and enhance the current processes.