IT Security Audit Dubai

Our audits are scope-driven, and we agree the boundaries with you before starting, so the report is relevant to your actual risk profile rather than generic. A standard SME audit covers all the controls that regulators, insurers and enterprise clients are most likely to ask about.

We map audit findings to the controls required by the frameworks most relevant to Dubai businesses. The gap analysis identifies which controls you already satisfy, which are partially implemented and which are missing entirely, with a remediation roadmap that prioritises by risk and implementation effort.

The deliverable is a written report, not a spreadsheet of scanner output. It has three layers: an executive summary (one page, suitable for board presentation and insurance renewal), a technical findings section (each finding with severity, evidence, business impact and remediation steps), and a roadmap (findings ranked by risk-reduction value and implementation effort, with a suggested 90-day action plan). All findings are assigned a severity (Critical / High / Medium / Low) using the CVSS framework for technical issues and an equivalent scoring for policy and process gaps.

A penetration test actively attempts to exploit vulnerabilities to demonstrate impact. A security audit reviews configurations, policies and access controls without active exploitation. Both are useful; they answer different questions. An audit tells you whether the controls are in place and correctly configured. A penetration test tells you what an attacker can actually achieve given the gaps the audit finds. We offer both; for most Dubai SMEs, an audit is the right starting point, especially when the goal is compliance documentation rather than red-team simulation.

NESA and ISO 27001 both mandate periodic review, annually at minimum for most scopes. Organisations that process payment cards (PCI-DSS) or health data (ADHICS) typically require semi-annual reviews. Beyond compliance, a security audit is warranted after any significant infrastructure change (cloud migration, new office, acquisition), after a security incident, or before a large client due-diligence exercise where they will ask for evidence of your security posture.