The UAE’s industrial base, energy, water, aviation, ports, and advanced manufacturing, is among the most strategically important in the region, and among the most targeted. In OT and ICS environments, weaknesses in segmentation, remote access, identity, or unmanaged assets create pathways with real operational and national consequence. UAE operators need a partner fluent in both the plant floor and the Emirates’ information-assurance regime.
Arista Cyber delivers engineering-led OT/ICS cybersecurity services aligned to IEC 62443, the UAE Information Assurance Standards, and NIST SP 800-82, informed by the Purdue Model. We prioritise controls by consequence to safety, availability, and production, and produce implementation-ready outputs designed for governance, audit, and safe deployment in live industrial environments.
From a single facility to a national multi-site program, we act as your engineering-led OT security advisor across the Emirates. New to the discipline? Start with our complete guide to OT security.
Establish a defensible understanding of OT assets, communications, and risk exposure that directly impact safety, reliability, and production continuity.
Translate assessment findings into an OT-aligned architecture that supports operations, maintenance, and safety objectives.
Sustain security performance through continuous visibility, response readiness, and disciplined recovery.
Embed cybersecurity into daily operations through role-based capability and shared accountability.
UAE OT security is governed by national information-assurance standards and emirate-level regulators, layered over critical-infrastructure protection policy. We align your program to the standards that apply to your sector and emirate. For the framework foundation, see our guide to IEC 62443.
The national IA Standards (originating with NESA and now under the UAE’s cyber authority) set baseline and advanced controls for entities operating critical information infrastructure. We map OT controls to the applicable IA requirements.
For entities in Dubai, DESC’s Information Security Regulation (ISR) applies. We align OT programs to DESC expectations for government and critical-sector organisations in the emirate.
UAE CIIP policy designates and protects nationally critical systems. We help designated operators demonstrate the OT resilience and controls the policy expects.
IEC 62443 structures our program design, and we align to sector requirements such as ADNOC’s OT security expectations for its operations and supply chain.
We are an engineering-led OT security company with an implementation mindset, not a generalist IT firm applying IT playbooks to a plant floor. That difference shows up in every engagement.
We start with structured diagnostics using IEC 62443 and risk-based methods to establish an accurate view of exposure, asset criticality, trusted pathways, and the most likely routes to loss of control or view.
Our recommendations account for legacy platforms, vendor limitations, strict change windows, and safety requirements. Solutions are enforceable in the field, not just documented in a report.
We align OT, IT, engineering, and leadership around clear decision rights and role-based responsibilities, reducing execution friction and supporting resilience beyond a single project.
We support single-site improvements and multi-site programs with consistent standards alignment, while respecting the local operational realities of each site.
Our OT/ICS cybersecurity training is suitable for organisations across a wide range of critical and industrial sectors.
We are engineering-led and align to the UAE Information Assurance Standards, DESC requirements, and IEC 62443, while designing for the legacy platforms, safety constraints, and change windows of real industrial plants. We serve critical operators across Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and the wider Emirates.
Yes. We map OT and ICS controls to the UAE Information Assurance Standards for critical information infrastructure, and to the Dubai Electronic Security Center’s Information Security Regulation for entities in Dubai, translating those requirements into concrete OT architecture, segmentation, and monitoring.
Yes. We structure programs to IEC 62443 and align them to sector requirements such as ADNOC’s OT security expectations, helping operators and their supply chains meet the controls demanded of nationally critical energy operations.
IEC 62443 for program and zone/conduit design, NIST SP 800-82 for ICS guidance, and the Purdue Model for segmentation, mapped to the UAE IA Standards, DESC ISR, and CIIP policy as they apply to your sector and emirate.
Yes. We use passive monitoring methods and carefully chosen monitoring points so visibility improves without introducing instability into control systems, essential for the high-availability environments common across UAE critical infrastructure.
Talk to an engineering-led OT security team that understands UAE critical infrastructure and the national information-assurance regime.
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