Cybersecurity compliance services for UAE businesses, ISO 27001, PDPL, SOC 2 and PCI DSS
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Cybersecurity Compliance Services in the UAE

Meet the standards your clients and regulators expect, ISO 27001, PDPL, SOC 2, PCI DSS, with controls that actually hold up at audit, not just on paper.

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Cybersecurity Compliance: Controls That Run, Not Just Policies That Exist

Compliance in the UAE has got more complicated. ISO 27001 is increasingly expected by enterprise clients and procurement teams. UAE PDPL has added data protection obligations across almost every sector. SOC 2 is now a standard requirement for SaaS and cloud providers working with international customers. PCI DSS governs every payment card environment. For most organisations, the question is not which standard applies. It is how to manage several at once without running parallel programmes for each.

The compliance failure we see most often is not a policy gap. It is an operationalisation gap. Controls are written on paper but not running in practice. Evidence is collected inconsistently. Auditors arrive and the team is scrambling to fill holes that were visible months earlier. The standards are not the problem; the operating discipline around them is. That is where most compliance work actually needs to happen.

IP Care helps UAE organisations align to ISO 27001, UAE PDPL, SOC 2, PCI DSS and sector-specific frameworks through hands-on implementation, not template delivery. For NESA / UAE Information Assurance Standards compliance specifically, which applies to UAE critical-sector entities and carries its own audit process and domain structure, see our dedicated NESA Compliance page. If you need NESA alongside another framework, we run those as an integrated programme.

Compliance standards and deliverables covered, ISO 27001, PDPL, SOC 2, PCI DSS

WHAT WE COVER

Standards & Deliverables

From the first gap assessment to the audit itself. The standards we work across and the deliverables we produce at each stage.

  • ISO 27001, gap assessment, control implementation and certification readiness
  • UAE Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL), data inventory, privacy controls and subject rights
  • SOC 2 Type I and Type II, trust service criteria mapping and evidence collection
  • PCI DSS, cardholder data environment scoping and QSA-ready evidence
  • sector-specific frameworks for healthcare and Dubai government entities
  • Gap assessment and prioritised remediation roadmap across any framework
  • Policy authoring, information security, data protection, acceptable use, third-party
  • Evidence packs and pre-audit preparation so the formal audit is the routine one

Capabilities

What's Included

ISO 27001 Implementation

Gap assessment, control implementation, policy authoring and audit preparation for ISO 27001, from your first assessment through to certification readiness and annual surveillance.

UAE PDPL Data Protection

Align to the UAE Personal Data Protection Law, data inventory, lawful-basis mapping, privacy notices, subject-rights procedures and the technical controls that back them up.

SOC 2 Readiness

Prepare for SOC 2 Type I and Type II audits, trust service criteria mapping, control design, evidence collection and readiness assessment before the auditor arrives.

PCI DSS Compliance

Scope your cardholder data environment, close control gaps against the PCI DSS requirements and prepare evidence for your QSA assessment.

Gap Assessment & Remediation

Honest gap analysis against whichever framework applies, control-by-control scoring, prioritised remediation roadmap and hands-on implementation to close the gaps.

Policy, Controls & Audit Support

Policy authoring, control narratives, evidence packs and audit preparation, so the auditor sees a programme that runs, not one assembled the week before.

Why IP Care

What Sets Us Apart

Operating in the UAE since 2003
Two decades of UAE delivery across banking, healthcare, government-adjacent and enterprise. The pattern recognition across overlapping standards compounds across engagements.
PDPL-aware from the start
UAE Personal Data Protection Law is mapped into every relevant engagement, not treated as a separate workstream or an afterthought before audit.
Hands-on implementation, not reports
We implement controls alongside your team rather than delivering a gap report and stepping back. The audit pass is the deliverable, not the documentation.
Multiple frameworks, one programme
ISO 27001, PDPL, SOC 2 and PCI DSS share substantial control coverage. We run integrated programmes where it makes sense. You do not pay for the same control twice.
Backed by Cyber Advisory
Where compliance intersects with security architecture, cloud posture, identity, Zero Trust. Our Cyber Advisory practice covers the strategy layer.

Our Delivery Approach

How We Deliver

A proven, repeatable approach, used on every engagement.

01

Assess

Gap analysis against the relevant standard, control-by-control scoring, applicability mapping and a prioritised view of what to fix first.

02

Remediate

Hands-on control implementation, technical and procedural, closing priority gaps with your team, not delivering a report for them to action alone.

03

Document & Policy

Policy framework, control narratives and an evidence repository built to what auditors actually look for, not template documents filled in overnight.

04

Audit Support

Pre-audit mock assessment, evidence presentation preparation and on-site support during the formal audit so nothing is a surprise.

05

Maintain

Ongoing control operation, quarterly evidence refresh and readiness for annual surveillance or recertification cycles.

Who It's For

Industries We Serve

Banking & FinanceHealthcareGovernment-AdjacentHospitalityEnterpriseTechnology & SaaS

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Questions & Answers

Frequently Asked Questions

Which standard do we need, ISO 27001, PDPL, SOC 2 or PCI DSS?

That depends on your clients, sector and what data you process. ISO 27001 is the broadest and increasingly expected by enterprise procurement teams. UAE PDPL applies to almost any organisation processing personal data of UAE residents. SOC 2 is the standard requirement for SaaS and cloud providers working with international customers. PCI DSS applies if you handle payment card data. Most organisations need more than one. We help you scope which apply and design a programme that addresses them together rather than in separate workstreams.

Do you handle NESA / UAE IAS compliance too?

Yes, but NESA carries its own complexity, 188 controls across 15 domains, sector-specific overlays and its own audit process run through UAE sector regulators. For that reason it has a dedicated page with the full programme detail. See our NESA Compliance page. If you need NESA alongside ISO 27001 or another framework, we run those as an integrated programme so controls are not duplicated.

Can you take us all the way to ISO 27001 certification?

We support organisations through to certification readiness, gap assessment, control implementation, policy authoring, evidence collection and pre-audit preparation. The formal certification audit itself is conducted by an accredited certification body, which is separate from us. We prepare you for it and can be present during the audit to support control walkthroughs and evidence presentation.

How long does ISO 27001 implementation take?

It depends on your starting position, organisation size and how much of the control work you handle internally. We scope timeline and effort after the initial gap assessment rather than publishing a generic figure, a realistic estimate requires seeing your actual control maturity and gap profile, not applying a template. What we can say is that each stage is scoped and priced separately, so you have clarity before committing to the next phase.

Do you cover UAE PDPL data protection obligations?

Yes. UAE PDPL work covers data inventory and classification, lawful-basis mapping for processing activities, privacy notice and consent management, data subject rights procedures, data breach notification processes and the technical controls, encryption, access management, retention. That back them up. Where PDPL requirements overlap with ISO 27001 controls, we map them together so you are not building two separate compliance programmes for the same underlying controls.

Ready to Pass Your Next Audit?

Start with a gap assessment. We will map you against the standard and lay out exactly what to remediate. No commitment required.

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