Security discovered at audit time
Controls retrofitted after a system is built cost more than controls designed in, and the finding usually lands in the week you can least afford it.
Cybersecurity
Security as a design input, not an audit finding.
Threat detection, identity and compliance aligned to the frameworks your board answers to, from GDPR and SOC 2 to UAE PDPL, CBUAE, SAMA and the DIFC and ADGM regimes. Security is part of every system we build, and a practice in its own right.
The problem
What standing still costs
Access nobody can account for
Leavers with live credentials and privileges that grew with tenure are quiet risk. If access reviews are painful, they are overdue.
Compliance as an annual scramble
Evidence assembled in the fortnight before the audit is a tax on the whole organisation. Evidence produced by delivery, as work ships, costs almost nothing.
What the practice covers
Security architecture and review
Design reviews, hardening and penetration testing for the systems that run your business, including the AI systems we and others build.
Identity and access
Single sign-on, privileged access and identity governance across your estate, so the right people reach the right systems and nothing else.
Detection and response
Monitoring, alerting and incident response wired into our 24/7 managed operations, with response times written into the contract.
Compliance, wherever you operate
Gap assessments and remediation against the regimes you operate under, from GDPR and SOC 2 to UAE PDPL, CBUAE, SAMA, DIFC and ADGM, with evidence your auditors can use.
Proof, not promises
Clients cite our cybersecurity domain knowledge as a reason they stay. Compliance work at Sahara Bank cleared full regulatory review across the programme.
Client results
Where this practice has delivered
Modernising core banking at Sahara Bank
A comprehensive digital transformation of core banking operations on Temenos T24, repositioning the bank as a digital-first institution while daily operations kept running.
99.9%System uptime through the transition
100%Regulatory compliance achieved
Full IT buildout for a new Middle East office
The complete technology estate for Burns & Wilcox's new Dubai insurance office: infrastructure, security and operations from a standing start, delivered ahead of schedule.
EarlyDelivered ahead of schedule
ZeroBusiness disruption
Before you book
Common questions
Which regulatory frameworks do you work under?
GDPR, SOC 2, UAE PDPL, CBUAE, SAMA and the DIFC and ADGM regimes, with gap assessments and remediation producing evidence your auditors can use.
Do you secure AI systems as well?
Yes. Security review covers the AI systems we build and the ones you already run, treated as part of the estate rather than an exception to it.
What happens when something is detected out of hours?
Detection and response are wired into our 24/7 managed operations from Dubai, with response times written into the contract rather than implied.
Do you carry out penetration testing?
Yes, alongside design reviews and hardening, so weaknesses are found by people you have hired before people you have not.
Do we have to start with the two-week diagnostic?
No. The diagnostic is where transformation programmes begin. An assessment, a review or a compliance engagement starts with a scoping conversation, usually within the week.
One accountable team
Works alongside
Managed Services
Your IT estate run around the clock from Dubai
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Bring us the workload
Not every engagement needs the two-week diagnostic. A migration, a build or a support contract starts with a scoping conversation about your estate and your dates. Tell us what you are running and we reply within one business day.