On 22 January 2020, the Dubai Financial Services Authority's
(DFSA) launched a Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform (CTIP) to
assist businesses in the Dubai International Financial Centre
(DIFC) to mitigate cyber threats and limit their impact. In this
article we discuss the implications of this new initiative for
regulated firms operating in the DIFC, and the importance of
managing cyber risk as part of firms' operational resilience.
This article is also relevant by analogy for regulated firms
established in the Abu Dhabi Global Market.
The CTIP initiative is the first of its kind in the region. It
is a collaboration involving a number of key UAE and foreign
stakeholders1. The DFSA's new platform enables the
sharing of information between regulated and non-regulated
companies operating in the DIFC, and connects them with prominent
international cybersecurity firms2. This initiative
highlights the UAE authorities' increased effort to tackle the
growing threat of cyber
