Cybersecurity Compliance Services UAE

Security support for UAE teams

We work with UAE-based and regional teams to assess controls, prepare evidence, run testing, and coordinate remediation for customer, regulator, and board assurance.

• PCI DSS, ISO 27001, SOC, VAPT, cloud reviews, and application testing.
• Gap reviews, policies, risk registers, evidence checks, and readiness workshops.
• Regional delivery support with CyberSigma offices and consultants serving UAE operations.

Which UAE regimes apply to you

The UAE is not a single regime. Federal law, free-zone law and sector regulators overlap, and which set binds you depends on where you are incorporated and what you handle — a DIFC-registered firm and a mainland one answer to different data protection laws.

• UAE Information Assurance Standards (IAS) — the national baseline, issued by the Signals Intelligence Agency (formerly NESA/TRA), applied to critical infrastructure and the entities that serve it. What UAE IAS requires →
• Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021 (PDPL) — the federal personal data protection law covering mainland processing. What the PDPL requires →
• DIFC and ADGM data protection — the financial free zones run their own regimes (DIFC Law No. 5 of 2020; ADGM Data Protection Regulations 2021). Entities inside them follow those instead of the federal PDPL, which is the detail most often missed in scoping.
• Sector regulators — CBUAE for licensed financial institutions, DESC's ISR standard for Dubai government entities and their suppliers, and ADHICS for Abu Dhabi healthcare.
• PCI DSS — applies wherever card data is handled, independently of the above. CyberSigma is listed by the PCI SSC as a QSA Company authorised for CEMEA, which includes the UAE. PCI DSS QSA services in the UAE →

How we deliver in the UAE

Assessments are led by senior assessors, with independent quality review before anything is issued. Where a regime requires a locally licensed or nationally accredited auditor, we say so during scoping rather than after — our PCI QSA authority is the credential we hold directly for this region.

• Cybersecurity audit — UAE
• VAPT and penetration testing — UAE
• Data privacy audit — UAE
• National cyber compliance — UAE
• AI security assessment — UAE