For government-affiliated or financial entities in the GCC, data geography is legally strictly regulated by the TDRA and NESA. We ensure all your cloud workloads—including your Disaster Recovery (DRaaS) backups—never physically leave the boundaries of the United Arab Emirates.
UAE-Resident Cloud Architecture
We deploy all workloads exclusively within AWS Middle East (Bahrain) or Azure UAE Central (Abu Dhabi) regions, both of which satisfy TDRA data localisation requirements. For entities operating under ADGM or DIFC regulatory frameworks, we document region affinity using AWS Region Control and Azure Policy assignments, producing audit-ready evidence for regulatory submissions.
Every storage account, database replica, and backup vault is tagged and policy-enforced to prevent accidental replication outside approved geographic boundaries. We run quarterly geo-compliance scans to catch configuration drift before auditors do.
- AWS Middle East and Azure UAE Central region enforcement via SCPs and Azure Policy
- ADGM and DIFC regulatory documentation packages
- Geo-tagging and policy assignments for all storage and compute resources
- Quarterly compliance drift detection reports
Immutable Backup and DRaaS Design
We configure immutable S3 Object Lock or Azure Blob immutability policies so that ransomware cannot delete or overwrite your backup snapshots. Backup jobs run every 4 hours for critical databases, with daily and weekly snapshots retained according to your RTO and RPO requirements—typically 15-minute RPO for Tier-1 financial systems.
Our Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) setups use AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery or Azure Site Recovery to maintain warm standby environments. We test failover quarterly so that the 4 AM phone call never turns into a 48-hour outage.
- Immutable backup vaults preventing ransomware deletion
- Sub-15-minute RPO for Tier-1 workloads
- Warm standby DRaaS on AWS or Azure within UAE boundaries
- Quarterly tested failover runbooks
- Automated backup health dashboards and alerting
Encryption and Key Custody
All data at rest is encrypted with AES-256 using Customer Managed Keys (CMK) stored in AWS KMS or Azure Key Vault, both configured with HSM-backed key material. This satisfies NESA Information Assurance standards requiring that encryption keys remain under the organisation's direct custody rather than delegated to the cloud provider.
We implement key rotation on a 90-day cycle and maintain a complete key lifecycle audit trail. For entities regulated by the UAE Central Bank or UAE Securities and Commodities Authority, we produce key management documentation as part of your annual IT audit package.