Compliance & Regulations/Middle East/NESA / SIA
Critical Infrastructure · United Arab Emirates

UAE NESA / SIA

The UAE's national information assurance baseline applicable to CII operators and government entities.

Regulator
UAE Cybersecurity Council (formerly NESA, now SIA in some contexts)
Jurisdiction
United Arab Emirates
Status
Active.
In force since
Active
Regulator's source
Who it applies to

Critical Information Infrastructure operators, government entities.

Audit / certification status

Continuous evidence pipeline available; audit support included for all customers.

What it requires

What NESA / SIA actually requires.

These are the obligations a regulated entity owes — the things an assessor or supervisor will ask about.

01

188 controls (priority P1 → P4) plus management framework.

02

Compliance reporting to the Cybersecurity Council.

How Safeguard maps to it

Pre-mapped controls. Continuous evidence.

Each requirement above is bound to live telemetry — not screenshots. The mapping below is what your auditor or regulator sees.

NESA control crosswalk with priority-banded evidence.

Multi-regulator reporting overlay (NESA + Federal Decree-Law 45/46).

Evidence we produce

Artifacts your auditor accepts.

Each evidence artifact is signed and timestamped. Auditors can verify integrity without trusting Safeguard.

NESA compliance pack.

Cybersecurity Council reporting templates.

Related frameworks

One evidence base. Many regulators.

These frameworks share substantial control overlap with NESA / SIA. Customers running one assessment typically satisfy the others with the same evidence base.

Ready for NESA / SIA?

Bring the framework. We'll walk the controls with you — section by section, evidence packet by evidence packet, with the regulators you actually have to answer to.

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