NESA / UAE IAS
NESA / UAE IAS Compliance — Information Assurance for UAE Government and Critical Infrastructure
NESA (UAE Information Assurance Standards) compliance services for UAE government entities and critical infrastructure operators. Gap assessment against the 188 IAS controls, P1 baseline implementation, risk-based scoping of P2–P4 controls, and audit evidence — delivered from our Dubai office.
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Deliverables
Scoping & Gap Assessment
Confirm whether and where the UAE IAS applies to you, then measure your current controls against all 188 requirements.
Applicability and scoping
Whether the standard applies to you as a government entity, critical infrastructure operator or supplier, and which systems are in scope
IAS gap analysisKey
Control-by-control review against the 188 controls across the management and technical families
IAS risk assessment
The risk assessment that decides which P2–P4 controls become mandatory for your environment
Remediation roadmap
A prioritised plan that starts with the P1 baseline and sequences the rest by risk
Control Implementation
Put the required management and technical controls in place, reusing what your ISO 27001 ISMS already covers.
P1 baseline controlsKey
The mandatory tier first — the 39 controls that address most of the threats NESA identified
Policies and procedures
IAS-aligned information security policies, mapped to existing ISO 27001 documentation where you have it
Technical controls
Access control, logging, network and endpoint hardening, backup and incident response aligned to the technical control families
Awareness and training
Role-based security awareness required under the management controls, delivered in English or Arabic
Audit Evidence & Ongoing Compliance
Evidence, reporting and periodic reassessment so compliance holds up at review time, not just on day one.
Audit preparationKey
Evidence collection and an internal audit ahead of regulator review
Compliance reporting
Self-assessment and reporting packs in the format the regulator expects
ISO 27001 alignment
The IAS is built on ISO 27001 — we map the two so you are not running duplicate programmes
Annual review
Periodic reassessment as your systems, the controls and the standard itself change
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