TSPB ANNUAL REPORT 2017

Based on the awareness that technological transformation is the key to the future, we closely monitored the global innovations and strengthened our infrastructure. Document Management System Improvements were achieved in performance and reporting through hardware and software upgrades made to the Document Management System that is used for
 the Association’s information, document and process management needs. A total of 7,287 new documents were added to the Document Management System during 2017, which brought the total number of documents kept on the system to 83,340 as at 31 December 2017. Corporate Website The infrastructure and content of the website were constantly updated. During 2017, our website was visited 252,029 times by users from ten different countries, namely Turkey, England, United States of America, Russia, Italy, Austria, Iraq, Germany, France and China. Member Management System Active since November 2012, the Member Management System collected various data about intermediary institutions, and produced periodic and annual reports. Major web browsers no longer support plug-ins between NPAPI platforms. Therefore, E-signature Java Applet application that was being used on the client side of the E-signature Notification Module designed for official notifications our members need to make to our Association was transformed into a desktop application, thus immunizing electronic signing against changes in web browsers. Information Gathering System and Business Process Integration Applications forwarded through the Information Gathering System was integrated into the system that is being used for business process management. Hence, review of application owners’ demands and provision of responses thereto became more controlled. Software for Collecting and Reporting of Leveraged Trading Transactions Under the CMB’s Investment Services Communiqué, a software was developed to collect the prices and spread announced by intermediary institutions for leveraged trading transactions, which are then processed using statistical methods and made public. The software has been introduced for use by intermediary institutions. Security Scanning The software and hardware vulnerabilities of the data center were identified in line with the report that resulted from the penetration/attack tests. Necessary steps were taken in line with 
the suggested solutions devised. Infrastructure Updates and Security Within the frame of Data Center infrastructure updates, servers, virtualization, replication and security software were upgraded while firewall and other hardware equipment were updated. Information Technology 44 TCMA 2017 Annual Report