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What is NESA in UAE

NESA is the abbreviation for National Electronic Security Authority. NESA, now known as Signals Intelligence Agency or SIA UAE, is authorised by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government and is responsible for improving national cyber security by protecting its information and communications infrastructure.

ValueMentor is a leading Risk & Compliance service provider in UAE, helping companies achieve NESA / SIA Compliance using UAE Information Assurance Standards.

As part of this mandate, NESA has developed Information Assurance (IA) standards to provide security compliance requirements for entities that support critical national services across all sectors to have a minimum level of security. ValueMentor’s team of NESA UAE compliance experts helps organizations comply with the regulatory requirements of NESA with ease.

Our NESA UAE Consultancy Services

NESA GAP Assessment

Evaluate the current state of your NESA Compliance using the NESA UAE IAS gap assessment methodology.

NESA Risk Assessment

We perform ISMS Risk Assessments based on the UAE National Cyber Risk Management Framework.

NESA Risk Treatment Plan

We help you develop Risk Treatment Plans that remediate the gaps and risks identified to acceptable levels sticking to NESA standards.

NESA Policies & Procedures

Our security analysts will design and develop the required Information Security policies and procedures for you.

Security Testing

Our expert security testing wing conducts periodic vulnerability assessments and penetration testing as a part of the SIA UAE compliance process.

Security Awareness

We help organizations by delivering Security Awareness Training for employees so that your most fragile link of security is not people.

NESA Progress Reviews

Our review team perform routine NESA Implementation progress reviews to ensure effective compliance management.

NESA Internal Audits

Internal audits help you pinpoint deviations from the defined NESA ISMS policies and procedures.

Technology Implementations

We provide the finest advisory on technology gap remediation and execution of technical controls.

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Phase 1 – Assessment

The first phase of a NESA Compliance project is to estimate the current state of compliance.

Identify Critical Assets

Project Initiation
Understand the organization
Identify critical business services
Identify information infrastructure

Gap & Risk Assessment

Assessment of current state and mapping it to NESA Standards
Identification of threats and vulnerabilities exploiting the gaps resulting in risk.

NESA Controls Identification

Identify cyber security controls that can mitigate the risks and thereby result in NESA Compliance.
Define NESA Risk treatment plan

NESA Compliance Reports

Develop the NESA mandated reports such as CII Operator reports, NESA Progress report and NESA Risk Assessment & Management document

Phase 2 – Control Development

This second phase of the project is to develop the controls to treat the risks identified. NESA Risk Treatment Plan provides the directions for this phase of the implementation.

NESA Policies & Procedures

NESA UAE policies and procedures establish the basis for implementing cyber security best practices.

Security Awareness

Humans are considered the most vulnerable link in cyber security. Security awareness improves human understanding in developing an organization’s cyber security posture.

Technology Controls

Security Architecture
Technology gaps
Configuration advisory

Management Controls

Operational controls
Physical Security
Managerial Controls

Phase 3 – Security Services

This phase of the engagement delivers existing security practices for the organization. Different services performed by the ValueMentor team are: –

Periodic Security Testing

Vulnerability Assessments
Penetration Testing
Security configuration reviews

SIEM & Incident Response

SIEM Solution deployment
24×7 Security Monitoring
Security Device Management

Managed Network Security

Next Gen Firewalls, UTMs
URL Filter, Web Security
Wi-Fi Security
VPN and remote access security

Data & Endpoint Security

DLP Solutions
Patch Management
Endpoint security
Mobile Device Management

Phase 4 – Compliance Review

This phase of the engagement delivers existing security practices for the organization. Different services performed by the ValueMentor team are: –

ISMS Performance Review

Evaluate the performance of the ISMS against the defined metrics. It helps in the continual improvement of the ISMS.

NESA Internal Audits

Perform periodic ISMS audits to assess compliance with defined policies and procedures of NESA standards.

Mock Compliance Audit

Perform mock compliance audits help you identify the weak areas of ISMS implementation.

External Audit Support

Assist the customer during the compliance audit to meet the required NESA requirements.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

1. Who should comply with UAE NESA Standard?Angela Maria2022-09-20T08:23:33+00:00

1. Who should comply with UAE NESA Standard?

NESA compliance goes mandatory for: –

All government organizations
Semi government organizations
BSFI, fintech organizations
Any business organization identified as UAE critical infrastructure

2. What are the goals of NESA’s IAS Standard?Angela Maria2022-09-20T08:35:31+00:00

2. What are the goals of NESA’s IAS Standard?

The National Electronic Security Authority (NESA) Information Assurance Standards (IAS) UAE intends to enhance the overall cybersecurity in the nation. The major reasons behind the introduction of the NESA IAS standard is to: –

Improve the security of critical cyber assets in the UAE.
Lessen infrastructure security risk levels against any threats.
Promote cybersecurity threat awareness across the nation.
Improve infrastructure, resources, and technical capabilities.

3. How many security controls and standards fall under NESA’s IAS Standard?Angela Maria2022-09-20T08:37:17+00:00

3. How many security controls and standards fall under NESA’s IAS Standard?

UAE IAS includes 188 security controls and standards grouped into 4-tiers based on priority (from PI to P4). NESA designed these controls based on 24 threats collected from various industry reports and prioritized them based on the recorded breach ratio. P1 marks the tier with the highest priority and P4 with the lowest. Of the 188 security controls, 39 belong to tier P1, helping address 80 % of the breaches identified by NESA. Hence, implementing PI controls illustrates an organization’s foremost step towards achieving compliance with NESA requirements.

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NESA Compliance UAE

What is NESA in UAE

ValueMentor is a leading Risk & Compliance service provider in UAE, helping companies achieve NESA / SIA Compliance using UAE Information Assurance Standards.

Our NESA UAE Consultancy Services

NESA GAP Assessment

NESA Risk Assessment

NESA Risk Treatment Plan

NESA Policies & Procedures

Security Testing

Security Awareness

NESA Progress Reviews

NESA Internal Audits

Technology Implementations

Would you like to speak to a NESA Consultant?

Phase 1 – Assessment

Identify Critical Assets

Gap & Risk Assessment

NESA Controls Identification

NESA Compliance Reports

Phase 2 – Control Development

NESA Policies & Procedures

Security Awareness

Technology Controls

Management Controls

Phase 3 – Security Services

Periodic Security Testing

SIEM & Incident Response

Managed Network Security

Data & Endpoint Security

Phase 4 – Compliance Review

ISMS Performance Review

NESA Internal Audits

Mock Compliance Audit

External Audit Support

Would you like to speak to a NESA Consultant?

Other Services in UAE

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

1. Who should comply with UAE NESA Standard?

2. What are the goals of NESA’s IAS Standard?

3. How many security controls and standards fall under NESA’s IAS Standard?

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