NESA UAE Get end-to-end support for NESA Compliance Achievement for your UAE-based business with SharkStriker We help UAE-based businesses with step-by-step guidance throughout their NESA compliance achievement journey from assessment to implementation for staying compliant in a highly volatile regulatory environment. Home Compliance NESA Understanding NESACompliance To ensure a fundamental cybersecurity posture of businesses in the UAE, The Signals Intelligence Agency established a set of guidelines. These guidelines are a set of industry best practices and over 188 security controls in cybersecurity that assist organizations to develop cybersecurity resilience against both emerging and known threats. If your business falls under NESA compliance, SharkStriker can help you with a dedicated service that provides you the help you need at every step towards achievement. The NESA IAS guidelines: What do they say? The Signals Intelligence Agency (previously the NESA) has defined specific guidelines for protecting the most valuable digital assets of the nation. Evolving threats, hacktivists, and state-sponsored attackers are continuously looking to steal these assets.: And IA regulations seek to ensure a default level of cybersecurity posture for the most critical organizations of the nation. These IA regulations include: Sector-wise detailed information on the status quo level of information security prevalent in organizations. Risk assessment of organizations for effective implementation of IA regulations. A detailed definition of the roles and responsibilities for all the key personnel who will plan and execute compliance activities. A step-by-step guide on the development, implementation, monitoring, and the overall improvement of information security based on guidelines. A list of security controls that can be used to defend against some of the common cyber attacks for reference. A comprehensive updated list of all the common known threats and vulnerabilities. Provision of a set of specific security measures and controls that address sector-specific information security bottlenecks. Guidance on the implementation of security measures to remediate against the most common vulnerabilities and threats. Definition of compliance from the point of view of Information Assurance and approach that is to be adopted. Steps to create awareness and communicate information pertaining to combating threats and attending to vulnerabilities. SharkStriker Approach The Signals Intelligence Agency (previously the NESA) has defined specific guidelines for protecting the most valuable digital assets of the nation.Evolving threats, hacktivists, and state-sponsored attackers are continuously looking to steal these assets. And IA regulations seek to ensure a default level of cybersecurity posture for the most critical organizations of the nation. These IA regulations include: Assessment Rollout & Implementation Security Services Compliance Review Assessment Our approach starts with assessing your existing business infrastructure to determine how compliant it is with IAS regulations stated by SIA (Signals Intelligence Agency). Identify Assets Identify systems where critical information is stored Understand compliance requirements Identify critical service Identification of controls Determine controls that can help bridge identified gaps Strategize and build a risk treatment plan Gap & Risk Assessment Conducting vulnerability and risk assessments Identify compliance gaps in the current information systems Generation of Compliance Reports Audit the current posture and develop a compliance report Rollout & Implementation After the assessment, we start implementing the right tools and solutions to roll out the risk treatment plan. Security Measures Implement security measures, policies, and procedures based on the risk treatment plan Technology Controls Implement the exemplary architecture that fosters alignment with the risk treatment plan Technology and tools configuration Awareness Run training and awareness programs to educate your employees Mitigate human errors and make your cybersecurity resilient Management Controls Procedural, managerial, and operational controls to mitigate risks Enhance physical security Use IAMs to assign roles to different users and prevent unauthorized access Security Services The security services phase focuses on supplementing your existing infrastructure to enhance security strength and resilience. SharkStriker’s comprehensive range of services provides you with a complete security solution. Periodic Security Testing Vulnerability Assessments Penetration Testing Security configuration reviews Managed Network Security Firewall Installation & Management Firewall Configuration Assessment Network Security Monitoring Threat Detection and Response Managed SIEM Solution 24/7 Security Monitoring Incident Response Cloud & Endpoint Security AI-based EDR Solution Cloud Security Assessment Cloud & Endpoint Security Monitoring Compliance Review In the last phase, we review and audit the implementation of the IAS guidelines framework. We conduct periodic audits and reviews to strengthen your ISMS. ISMS Review Review the performance of your ISMS to find and mitigate any deviations Continuous improvement of ISMS Mock Audits Conduct mock audits to identify weak and exploitable areas of the ISMS Internal Audits Internal Audits Periodic audits of ISMS and the risk treatment plan to ensure that the plan is still relevant Assess if your business is following the defined metrics and procedures External Audit Support Assistance with external audits to ensure that your ISMS meets NESA IAS compliance standards and gets the certification UAE-NESA Standards Here are some of the security controls established in UAE-NESA compliance standards Management Control Family Security Management M1: Strategy and Planning T1: Asset Management M2: Information Security Risk Management T2: Physical and Environmental Security M3: Awareness and Training T3: Operations Management M4: Human Resource Security T4: Communications M5: Compliance T5: Access Control M6: Performance Evaluation and Improvement T6: Third-Party Security T7: Information Systems Acquisition, Development, and Maintenance T8: Information Security Incident Management T9: Information Security Continuity Management UAE IA Standards lists a total of 188 security controls, which are further classified in a priority manner based on their impact. NESA suggests implementing the controls with priority 1 first and then priority 2 to 4. Priority Controls P1 39 P2 69 P3 35 P4 45 How can we Help You with ourNESA Compliance Services? We possess some of the best in cybersecurity in terms of tools, resources, and experts with extensive industry experience. We conduct a top to bottom assessment of the entire organization and look for gaps in NESA compliance and prepare a report along with the measures and policies that are to be implemented. The risks and vulnerabilities mentioned in the risk assessment are treated by devising a compliance plan that comprises all the policies, procedures, rules, and measures that are to be taken for complete compliance. Post implementation of the plan, we conduct an audit such that the remaining gaps and loopholes are taken care of and there is 360-degree compliance. Business Benefits of being NESA compliant Provides a set of guidelines and security controls to improve cyber security posture Ensures that fundamental measures are taken for information security in an organization. Assists organizations with a comprehensive list of common threats and vulnerabilities to be defended against. Renders structure for awareness on how to combat threats and address vulnerabilities. Defines roles and responsibilities for all key personnel to plan and execute compliance activities. Become NESA IAS-ready with SharkStriker Get Started
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