Course Overview

As cyber threats continue to evolve, organizations must align their cybersecurity programs with national governance frameworks to strengthen resilience, ensure regulatory compliance, and protect critical services. The UAE National Cybersecurity Framework provides a structured approach for governance, risk management, collaboration, and continuous improvement across government entities, critical infrastructure operators, and private organizations. This course offers a practical guide to understanding and implementing the framework.

This course begins with the UAE National Cybersecurity Governance Model, exploring the three-tier governance structure, reporting relationships, and coordination between the Cyber Security Council (CSC), Emirate Leads, Sector Leads, and Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) entities. It then examines the five-phase cybersecurity adoption lifecycle, including understanding strategic objectives, assessing cyber risks, implementing national controls, monitoring security effectiveness, and collaborating through national information-sharing initiatives. Finally, the course covers the operational implementation of the UAE Information Assurance (IA) Standard v2.1, including its management and technical control families, control prioritization, and reporting through the National Cyber Index Platform.

By the end of this course, you will be able to implement the UAE National Cybersecurity Framework and align organizational cybersecurity programs with national governance and compliance requirements.

What You Will Learn

  • Understand the UAE National Cybersecurity Governance Model and the roles of national, emirate, sector, and CII stakeholders.
  • Apply the five-phase cybersecurity adoption lifecycle to strengthen organizational cyber resilience.
  • Implement the UAE Information Assurance (IA) Standard v2.1 using management and technical control families.
  • Prioritize cybersecurity controls, perform compliance reporting, and align security initiatives with national directives.
  • Strengthen governance, risk management, collaboration, and continuous cybersecurity improvement across the organization.

Program Curriculum

  • Three-tier Governance Model (CSC, Emirate Leads, Sector Leads)
  • Reporting Lines & Interaction Protocols (CSC, Emirate, Sector, CII)
  • Chapter 1 Quiz

  • Understand: Aligning with Strategic Objectives and the National Threat Landscape
  • Assess: Identifying Risks to Critical Services
  • Implement: Deploying Controls and National Directives
  • Monitor: Continual Review of Control Effectiveness
  • Collaborate: National-level Information Sharing & Coordination
  • Chapter 2 Quiz

  • Architecture of the 15 Management (M) and Technical (T) Control Families
  • Prioritization: P1 vs. P2-P4 Controls
  • Using the National Cyber Index Platform for Reporting
  • Chapter 3 Quiz

Instructor

Mohammad Mahjoub

Mohamad Mahjoub is a highly accomplished author, trainer, speaker, and esteemed expert in the field of cyber security. Holding a prestigious array of licenses and certifications, including CISSP, ISO 27005 Risk Manager, ISO 27001 Lead Implementer, CISA, PMP, ITIL, and Data Protection Officer (GDPR), he brings a wealth of knowledge and experience

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