NESA / SIA compliance
Meet the UAE's national information-assurance standards with proven controls.
The UAE Information Assurance Standards — long known as NESA and now overseen by the Signals Intelligence Agency and the Cyber Security Council — set the security baseline for government entities and critical national infrastructure. We translate the standard's controls into your environment, remediate the gaps, and build the evidence that stands up to review.
What NESA / SIA is
The UAE IA Standards define a risk-based set of security controls for entities important to the nation's critical information infrastructure. Organised into management and technical controls with priority tiers, they apply to government bodies and operators in sectors like energy, finance, transport and telecoms.
Who needs it
Federal and emirate government entities, and private operators of critical national infrastructure — energy, utilities, finance, telecoms, transport. If your organisation is designated part of the UAE's critical information infrastructure, compliance is expected.
How we help
- Applicability and gap analysis against the IA controls
- Risk assessment and control prioritisation
- Remediation design and implementation support
- Policy, procedure and evidence development
- Continuous compliance and reporting
- Independent validation of control effectiveness
FAQ
NESA / SIA — FAQs
Is it still called NESA?
The standards originated with NESA and are widely still referred to that way, though oversight now sits with the Signals Intelligence Agency (SIA) and the UAE Cyber Security Council. The control set is what matters, and we work to the current version.
Who has to comply with NESA/SIA?
Government entities and operators of critical national infrastructure. If you've been designated as part of the UAE's critical information infrastructure, the IA Standards apply to you.
How does this relate to ISO 27001?
The IA Standards map closely to ISO 27001. A well-built ISMS covers a large share of the requirements, so we align the two to avoid running parallel programmes.
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