About This Service
Incident Response and Digital Forensics for UAE Companies
When a breach hits — ransomware on a file server, a compromised email account wiring money to the wrong place, a defaced website — the first hours decide how bad it gets. I provide authorized incident response for UAE businesses: rapid containment and eradication to stop the attacker, with forensic evidence preserved correctly from the first action so disk images, logs, and memory captures remain usable for insurers and any formal process that follows.
After containment comes root-cause analysis: how the attacker got in, what they touched, what data was exposed, and which accounts or systems are still at risk. I coordinate directly with hosting providers — local VPS hosts, AWS, cPanel resellers — to pull server-side logs and isolate compromised instances, something most Dubai and Sharjah SMEs struggle to do alone under pressure. Recovery then rebuilds affected systems hardened against the same entry path.
Every engagement ends with a post-incident report written for two audiences: a technical timeline for your IT team, and a management summary your directors and cyber-insurance provider can act on. For UAE SMEs that want guaranteed availability before anything goes wrong, I also offer response retainers with agreed response times and pre-shared access procedures, so the clock starts in minutes rather than days.
What's included
- Rapid containment & eradication — Attacker access cut, persistence mechanisms removed, and compromised credentials rotated.
- Forensic evidence preservation — Disk, log, and memory evidence captured with documented chain of custody before systems are touched.
- Root-cause analysis — Entry point, attacker timeline, and scope of data exposure reconstructed from the evidence.
- Recovery & hardening — Affected systems rebuilt and the original entry path closed so the same attack cannot repeat.
- Post-incident report — Technical timeline for IT plus a management summary suitable for directors and insurers.
- Hosting provider coordination — Direct work with your VPS host, AWS, or panel provider to obtain logs and isolate servers.
How it works
- 1Emergency triage call
We assess what is happening, agree authorization and scope, and set immediate containment priorities.
- 2Contain & preserve
Attacker access is cut while forensic evidence is captured with chain-of-custody documentation.
- 3Investigate & recover
Root-cause analysis runs alongside clean rebuilds, hardening, and credential rotation.
- 4Report & prevent
You receive the post-incident report and a prevention checklist; retainer clients get updated runbooks.
Why work with me
| With me | Typical agency | |
|---|---|---|
| Evidence preserved to forensic standard | Systems wiped before analysis | |
| Works directly with your hosting provider | Leaves that to the client | |
| Report readable by management and insurers | Technical jargon only | |
| SME retainer with agreed response time | Enterprise contracts only |