NCCPL allows remote access on coronavirus threat

NCCPL allows remote access on coronavirus threat

KARACHI: National Clearing Company of Pakistan (NCCPL) has allowed stock investors to access the company remotely in the wake of spread of coronavirus epidemic.

A notification issued on Monday said as part of this endeavor, NCCPL’s is providing an option to all its clients to connect remotely from any location in Pakistan to avail and access all the services provided by the Company.

In order to avail this option, clients are required to meet following basic pre requisites:

Two Mbps Internet connection from any vendor with Public static IP.

Share the above connectivity details with NCCPL customer services through official communication channel.

On fulfillment of these requirements, NCCPL technical support team will get in touch to setup necessary configuration at client’s end.

NCCPL has been continuously updating and aligning its processes, technology and human resource capabilities as per emerging national and international Business Continuity challenges.

The NCCPL said: “We are also making sincere efforts to ensure that all such scenarios are covered in our Business Continuity Drills. Because of recent outbreak of pandemic diseases CORONA, NCCPL has improved its business continuity planning with key focus on mitigating such risks.”

With reference to pandemic diseases such as the recent outbreak of COVID’19, NCCPL has designed a live BCP drill involving all its business applications.

This activity is planned on March 18-19, 2020 with special focus on NCCPL staff conducting daily operations from remote locations.

“We would also encourage all NCCPL clients to take part in this activity and connect NCCPL business applications from remote locations as well in order to test and ensure continuity of their operations from their remote setups.”