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🇦🇪 Middle East · Data resident in United Arab Emirates

Cybersecurity in United Arab Emirates.

UAE organizations meet the Federal PDPL plus DESC, NESA/SIA standards and DIFC/ADGM rules, against geopolitically-driven, targeted threats. WoneShield delivers sovereign protection, recovery and post-quantum readiness for the region's digital-first economy.

United Arab Emirates · Cyber Risk Snapshot
Top threat
Targeted at…
Key regulations
3
Data residency
In-country
Most-targeted sectors
Finance
88%
Government
82%
Energy
74%
Aviation
66%
Targeted and geopolitically-motivated attackslive
Ransomware against finance, energy and aviationlive

Compliance

The regulations UAE organizations answer to.

PDPL

Federal Personal Data Protection Law

National data-protection law with breach-notification duties.

NESA / SIA

NESA / SIA Information Assurance Standards

National information-assurance controls for entities and critical sectors.

DIFC / ADGM

DIFC & ADGM data-protection regulations

Financial-free-zone data-protection regimes aligned with GDPR.

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Threat landscape

What UAE organizations are up against.

Targeted and geopolitically-motivated attacks
Ransomware against finance, energy and aviation
Phishing and credential theft

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89%
Exposure score
Critical risk
Expected annual loss
د.إ8.8M
approx., based on industry benchmarks
More exposed than 76% of UAE financial services orgs.
Ransomware91
Phishing / BEC98
Data breach86
Downtime78
Applicable in United Arab Emirates
PDPLNESA / SIADIFC / ADGM
Breach-notification duties & penalties apply.
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