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Keep public services running,
and public trust intact.
Federal and emirate-level government, ministries, municipalities, semi-government entities and police services hold data citizens cannot opt out of giving. We watch around the clock, respond in minutes and help you account for every incident. Government agencies train with us.
Why attackers target the public sector.
Essential services, sensitive records and stretched IT teams make every level of government a target.
Ransomware on municipal services
Groups encrypt billing, permitting and records systems, knowing residents notice within hours and councils feel the pressure. Many now steal data before they encrypt.
State-sponsored espionage
Foreign intelligence services target policy files, negotiating positions and the people who hold them. They are patient and prefer access that lasts.
Citizen data theft
Tax, benefits, licensing and health records are permanent and valuable. One compromised system can expose a whole population.
Credential and identity attacks
Phishing, password spraying and stolen session tokens against cloud email and collaboration tools are the most common way in.
Police and justice systems
Case files, evidence and informant records carry risk to safety and to prosecutions. A breach can compromise investigations and court outcomes.
Shared services and suppliers
Shared IT providers, software vendors and inter-agency connections link many organizations. A breach at one can reach all of them.
The rules you answer to.
UAE federal and emirate-level requirements first, then Saudi Arabia and Qatar, then the national regimes in Asia.
| Framework | Who it applies to | What we help with |
|---|---|---|
| UAE Information Assurance (IA) Regulation | Federal government entities and critical-sector organizations in the UAE | Controls assessment, continuous monitoring and the incident handling the regulation expects |
| Dubai Electronic Security Center (DESC) Information Security Regulation (ISR) | Dubai government and semi-government entities | Gap assessment against the ISR, programme design and audit evidence |
| UAE Cyber Security Council national policies and guidance | Federal and emirate-level government entities | Programme alignment, incident readiness and coordination support |
| NCA Essential Cybersecurity Controls (ECC) and Critical Systems Cybersecurity Controls (CSCC) | Saudi government entities and operators of critical national infrastructure | Controls assessment, remediation and the monitoring and incident evidence NCA expects |
| NCA Cloud Cybersecurity Controls (CCC) | Saudi government entities using cloud services, and the providers that serve them | Cloud configuration review, controls assessment and monitoring |
| Saudi PDPL (SDAIA) | Public and private entities processing personal data in Saudi Arabia | Breach investigation and documented incident records |
| Qatar National Information Assurance (NIA) standard | Government agencies and critical-sector organizations in Qatar | Gap assessment, controls implementation support and audit evidence |
| Singapore Cybersecurity Act | Owners of designated critical information infrastructure in Singapore | Risk assessment, audit support and incident readiness |
| CERT-In directions (India) | Government organizations and service providers in India | Fast triage and scoping so incidents are reported to CERT-In within the window the directions set |
Specialist work for public institutions.
Law enforcement training
Digital forensics, evidence handling and cybercrime investigation training for police services, taught by practitioners who work live cases. See law enforcement training.
Evidence that survives court
Forensic work and chain-of-custody documentation built for prosecutions, disclosure and judicial review, packaged on TYR.
Council and executive exercises
Tabletop exercises that walk elected officials and senior staff through a ransomware event, including public communication and service continuity decisions.
How we help governments and agencies.
MSOC
An autonomous SOC watching your networks and cloud tenants around the clock, containing threats in under two minutes, with senior analysts on top.
Learn more →IR retainer
Pre-agreed terms and guaranteed response from four hours down to one, so the team answers first when something goes wrong.
Learn more →SKULDLaw enforcement training
Forensics, evidence handling and cybercrime investigation training for police services and investigative agencies.
Learn more →BifrostDigital forensics
What was accessed, by whom and when, documented to a standard prosecutors, regulators and courts accept.
Learn more →ForsetiGRC & compliance
Ongoing control management and evidence for the UAE IA Regulation, DESC ISR, NCA ECC and privacy obligations, kept current between reviews.
Learn more →Tabletop exercises & playbooks
Rehearse a public-facing incident with council, executives and communications before it happens.
Learn more →What buyers ask.
We are a municipality or semi-government entity, not a federal ministry. Do we need a 24/7 SOC?
Attackers time ransomware for nights, weekends and public holidays because that is when nobody is watching. Your residents rely on your services around the clock, and detection should run the same way.
Will an autonomous SOC take systems offline without asking?
No. It acts inside boundaries you set, logs everything and takes nothing irreversible without senior sign-off. You can run it human-in-the-loop until you are comfortable.
Where does our data live?
We deploy to meet each client's data-residency requirements, including in-country where regulation requires it, and we operate to the group's SOC 2 Type II controls.
Will you negotiate with attackers if we are hit by ransomware?
Yes, when it helps. Our responders negotiate with threat actors after identification and sanctions screening, to buy time, gather intelligence and protect your options while we contain and recover. We never recommend paying a ransom.
Talk to someone who has worked with government.
Put a specialist on a call to scope monitoring, response or law enforcement training. No charge, no commitment.