GCC Cybersecurity Consulting · Est. 2022

Cybersecurity, engineered as a business discipline

Secneural is a specialist consulting firm helping organisations across the GCC strengthen resilience, improve governance, and enable secure, effective transformation through one unified engagement methodology, regulator-grade evidence, and outcomes Boards can act on.

01 · PROGRAMME Transformation 02 · DATA & Privacy 03 · CYBER OPS SOC · IR · IAM 04 · FORENSICS DFIR 05 · COMPROMISE & Discovery 06 · OT/IOT Cyber Physical 07 · GRC Compliance

100+

Clients Globally

200+

Engagements Delivered

50+

Cybersecurity Consultants

QA • KSA • UAE • IN

Regional Offices

Who we are

A specialist firm, focused exclusively on cybersecurity

Focused, agile, and built for the regulatory complexity of this region. We were founded in 2022 with a single purpose: to give organisations across the Gulf a credible, locally embedded partner for the questions that matter most the ones that touch strategy, regulators, plant floors and boardrooms in the same engagement.

Qatar · Saudi Arabia · UAE · India

Clients buy outcomes, not phases.

We work with organisations of every size from large enterprises to fast-growing businesses helping them navigate operational, regulatory and technology risk with clarity and confidence.

Our work spans technology risk and compliance, control and assurance reviews, assessment and testing, incident response, and the implementation of fit-for-purpose security technology.

With deep experience across regulated and growth oriented sectors, we help organisations sharpen operational effectiveness, manage risk proactively, and build capabilities that outlast the engagement.

We treat cybersecurity as a business discipline. That distinction shapes everything that follows from how we scope a gap assessment to how we present a quantified risk view to your Board.

Why Secneural

Six reasons the region's most demanding
organisations choose us

We don't believe in framework theatre, audit reports that never get read, or cyber roadmaps disconnected from how the organisation actually runs. Here is what we commit to instead.

One methodology, not seven projects

ADAPT runs privacy, OT, audit, SOC and forensics engagements on the same operating rhythm so deliverables, evidence and governance plug into one programme view, not seven disconnected ones.

Regulator grade evidence, not slideware

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Every recommendation is backed by evidence, traceability and documentation built to stand up to regulators and auditors not just to look good in a deck.

GCC-fluent, locally embedded

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We pair global expertise with genuine regional knowledge, so every solution fits the local regulatory and business reality from day one.

Outcomes Boards can act on

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Executive-ready reporting that speaks in risk, priority and business impact not technical noise your leadership has to translate.

Privacy and OT built in, not bolted on

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Privacy and operational technology requirements are engineered into the programme from the start, never retrofitted after the fact.

Capability that stays, not dependency

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We build your team's internal capability and resilience so you can operate with confidence long after we've gone.

Service Portfolio

Eight portfolios. One operating rhythm

From strategic transformation to plant-floor OT and forensic investigation, every engagement runs on the same five phase ADAPT methodology — so deliverables, evidence and governance plug into one programme view, not eight disconnected projects.

01

Security Programme Transformation

Security strategy, compliance frameworks, policy design and cyber risk quantification (FAIR) to set the programme agenda. One rationalised control framework. A target operating model your organisation can actually run.

02

Data Security &
Privacy

Implementation of GDPR, PDPL, QCB and PCI obligations. Data classification, DLP, encryption and privacy impact assessments. DSAR drills, ROPA, breach playbooks and third-party reviews privacy run as an operating discipline.

03

Cyber
Operations

SOC maturity, detection engineering against MITRE ATT&CK, IAM & PAM, threat hunting, incident response, DevSecOps and cloud security. SOAR automation, purple-team exercises and crisis tabletops your day-to-day defensive muscle, measured.

04

Digital
Forensics

Host, network, malware and mobile forensics aligned to ISO/IEC 27037 and 27043. Fraud, insider threat and misconduct investigations. Court-defensible evidence packs, expert-witness reports and forensic retainers for sustained readiness.

05

Offensive Security
Assessment

We combine vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, red teaming and security validation into a single threat-led engagement that simulates real-world adversaries and proves how your defences hold up.

06

OT, IoT & Cyber
Physical

OT security assessment, IoT / IIoT / IoMT, smart grids, robotics and telecom device security. Passive discovery, IEC 62443 zone-and-conduit design, safety systems honoured, and IT-to-OT lateral movement materially reduced.

07

Governance, Risk &
Compliance

Compliance audit and implementation across PCI DSS, ISMS, BCP, QCSF, NCA ECC, SAMA, GDPR and PDPL. Policy development, IT risk, training, and CISO / BCP / DPO-as-a-Service. One unified control framework that satisfies every audit on the calendar.

08

AI Security &
Governance

Artificial intelligence is transforming every industry and introducing new attack surfaces, governance challenges and regulatory obligations. From GenAI adoption and AI-powered business applications to intelligent automation, we help you secure the models, govern their use, and stay compliant across the full AI lifecycle.

Engagement Methodology

One unified engagement model ADAPT

Why one methodology? Because every engagement whether it's a privacy programme, an OT assessment, a compliance audit, a forensic investigation or a SOC build moves through the same five beats. ADAPT is the operating rhythm that keeps deliverables, evidence and governance in one programme view rather than a set of disconnected projects.

A

Assess

Understand the current state: regulatory obligations, threats, maturity, and the gaps that matter most to your risk and your Board.

D

Design

Design the right approach for the engagement control architecture, test plan, investigation strategy or operating model mapped to the outcome you need.

A

Apply

Execute the work: implement controls, run the test, conduct the investigation, or stand up the capability bringing your people with us.

P

Prove

Validate that it works and that the evidence holds up through audits, testing, reviews, readiness checks and defensible documentation.

T

Transform

Hand over to sustained operation: monitoring, performance tracking and continuous improvement capability that stays with your team.

Regulatory Coverage

Fluent in the GCC regulatory landscape

We map every engagement to the relevant national framework and reconcile it against international standards so controls aren't duplicated, evidence isn't
re-created, and audits don't compound.

Qatar

  • NIA — National Information Assurance
  • QCSF — Qatar Cybersecurity Framework
  • QCB Data Handling & Cloud (Banking)
  • PDPL (Law 13) · NCSA Registration

Saudi Arabia

  • NCA ECC-1 & ECC-2
  • SAMA Cyber Security Framework
  • CITC Cybersecurity Regulations
  • PDPL · CCC Critical Systems

United Arab Emirates

  • NESA IAS / UAE IA Standards
  • TDRA · CBUAE Information Security
  • Dubai DESC ISR · ADHICS (Health)
  • UAE PDPL · DIFC & ADGM DP Laws

Bahrain

  • NCSC Cybersecurity Framework
  • CBB Cyber Risk Management Module
  • Personal Data Protection Law
  • iGA Information Classification

Kuwait

  • CITRA Cybersecurity Framework
  • Central Bank of Kuwait IT Security
  • Communications & IT Regulatory
  • Data Privacy Protection Regulation

Oman

  • NCSP / OCERT Cybersecurity
  • CBO Cyber Resilience Framework
  • Personal Data Protection Law
  • Critical National Infrastructure
International & Sector Frameworks — Reconciled across engagements
How We Engage

Four ways to start working with Secneural

Most engagements begin at one of four entry points. From there, scope expands or contracts based on what the assessment reveals never on a pre-packaged, off-the-shelf product. Every entry point runs on the ADAPT model.

Mode 01 · Diagnostic

Regulatory gap & maturity
assessment

A bounded, time-boxed engagement against the framework that matters to you QCSF, NCA ECC, SAMA CSF, ISO 27001 producing a quantified risk register, a prioritised remediation roadmap, and an honest baseline linked to strategy.

Mode 02 · Implementation

Programme transformation
& build

End-to-end design and roll-out of a unified control framework, target operating model, policy hierarchy and KRI architecture. Suitable for organisations preparing for certification, regulator examination, or large-scale transformation.

Mode 03 · Assurance & Testing

Testing, validation &
readiness

Internal audit cycles, red / purple-team exercises, DSAR drills, OT-IR drills, regulator readiness reviews and crisis tabletops designed to prove the programme works under conditions that mirror real audits and real adversaries.

Mode 04 · Managed & On-Demand

Retainer & "as-a-Service"
models

CISO-as-a-Service, BCP-as-a-Service, DPO-as-a-Service, forensic retainers, red team retainers, managed SOC advisory. For organisations that need sustained capability without rebuilding the full function in-house.

How We Engage

Delivered across regulated
and growth-oriented sectors

60+ engagements ranging from regulator-driven gap remediation to cloud vendor assurance, third-party risk reviews and end-to-end cybersecurity framework implementations.

Banking

Finance

Banking

Finance

Major Financial Institution

Insurance

Major Financial Institution

Insurance

Hospitality & Hotels

Government Ministries

Hospitality & Hotels

Government Ministries

Healthcare & Hospitals

Retail & Commercial

Healthcare & Hospitals

Retail & Commercial

Let's build a programme regulators
can defend and Boards can act on

Whether you're scoping a Qatar Cybersecurity Framework engagement, preparing
for a SAMA examination, modernising a SOC, commissioning your first
OT inventory, or responding to a QCB inspection, we'll meet you where the programme actually is.

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