HALLATEC

Dubai-based · Securing UAE businesses end-to-end

Not bolted on.
Built in.

Hallatec architects core infrastructure and connected security as one system - designed, deployed and operated end-to-end from Dubai. Security you can watch working, run by a team you can actually call.

15 minutes · your three biggest gaps, mapped · no obligation

Delivered on the platforms the world's security teams trust

Growth attracts attention.
Not all of it is welcome.

The UAE is one of the world's fastest-growing digital economies - and one of its most targeted. The numbers on the right are not our marketing. They are the operating environment every UAE business now works in.

The good news: nearly every one of these incidents was preventable with controls that take weeks, not years, to put in place.

87%

of UAE companies reported a cyber incident in the past year

Source: CPX UAE Cybercrime Report

$6.9M

average cost of a data breach in the UAE - among the highest in the world

Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach

43%

of all cyberattacks now target small and mid-sized businesses

Source: Verizon DBIR / Astra 2026

75%

of breaches start with a phishing email sent to one employee

Source: CPX UAE Cybercrime Report

Hallatec Forge · free, no sign-up to start

Don't take our word for it.
Measure yourself - free.

Nine working tools we built and host for UAE businesses. Each one asks plain questions, gives an honest verdict, and hands you a ranked next move - aligned to NIST CSF 2.0 and CIS Controls v8.1. No scare tactics, no locked reports.

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Identify · DetectExposureXExternal Exposure ScanSees your business the way the internet does - DNS, email posture, headers, TLS, visible subdomains - and turns it into prioritised risk.Phase 1 · Foundation & front door
ProtectEmailGuardPhishing Readiness IndexCan your domain be spoofed? Reads SPF, DKIM, DMARC, BIMI and MX, then hands you the exact, safe path to enforcement.Phase 1 · Foundation & front door
GovernH-ScoreCyber Posture IndexA 15-minute self-assessment across all six NIST Functions. One honest 0-100 score, your weakest link, and the five actions that move it.Phase 1 · Foundation & front door
RecoverLifelineBackup & Recovery PlannerWill today's backup actually restore your business in time? Turns your storage, window and bandwidth into a recovery-feasibility verdict.Phase 2 · Resilience & identity
Respond · RecoverLockfallRansomware Impact SimulatorIf ransomware hit, how long would you be down and roughly what would it cost? Calm business math - a range, never a prediction.Phase 2 · Resilience & identity
ProtectTrustKeyIdentity & Access Policy BuilderTurns a short business profile into an adoption-ready, role-by-role identity policy - MFA, admin risk, break-glass. It builds a policy, never a credential.Phase 2 · Resilience & identity
ProtectAegis365Microsoft 365 Security BaselineIs your Microsoft 365 tenant hardened enough? Translates Secure Score and the CIS M365 Benchmark into a plan an owner reads and an MSP delivers.Phase 3 · Platform, vulnerabilities & network
IdentifyAttackRankVulnerability Priority EngineOf everything your scanner flagged, what do you fix first - and why? Ranks by CVSS, EPSS, CISA KEV, exposure and business criticality.Phase 3 · Platform, vulnerabilities & network
ProtectCoreMapNetwork Segmentation DesignerTurns a list of what's on your network into a proposed VLAN/zone map and firewall matrix - why CCTV, guest Wi-Fi and finance shouldn't share one flat network.Phase 3 · Platform, vulnerabilities & network

Every verdict is grounded in NIST CSF 2.0, CIS v8.1, ISO/IEC 27001 and the UAE NESA overlay - and when a result needs hands, we deliver the fix.

Global platforms.
Local accountability.

Enterprise-grade tooling is easy to buy and hard to run. What UAE businesses are missing is not software - it's a team that configures it for their reality, watches it around the clock, and answers the phone when something looks wrong.

That is the business Hallatec is in. We started as systems integrators building IT infrastructure businesses depend on. We became security specialists because the businesses we built for needed defending.

Read our story

Tailored, never templated

Your controls are designed around your workflows, your data, your regulatory reality - not copied from the last client.

Plain language, always

You will understand every risk we flag and every dirham we recommend spending. If we can't explain it simply, we don't ship it.

In the UAE, for the UAE

Dubai-based team, regional threat awareness, UAE data-protection fluency - with the world's best platforms behind us.

What owners say after the first month.

We had no idea how vulnerable our systems were until Hallatec showed us the gaps. They didn't just offer a solution - they explained everything in plain language and made sure we understood what was being done. Now I feel like our business is in safe hands.
Managing Director, Dubai trading company
I always thought cybersecurity was only for big companies. Hallatec proved that's not true. They gave us a solution that fits our budget and made the process so straightforward.
Founder, UAE e-commerce business
We had a minor data breach last year, and it was a wake-up call. Hallatec came in and set up a security system that actually works for us. I finally feel confident about our business's safety.
Operations Head, Dubai SME
They don't treat you like just another client. Their team was patient and responsive, answering all my questions and tailoring everything to what we needed. It's been a game-changer for us.
General Manager, UAE services firm

See your exposure before an attacker does.

A 15-minute call. We map your attack surface, show you the three gaps that matter most, and tell you exactly what fixing them takes. No cost, no obligation, no fear-mongering.

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