Get your ADGM FSRA-licensed firm IT-compliant with regulatory expectations.
The Abu Dhabi Global Market Financial Services Regulatory Authority (ADGM FSRA) regulates financial services firms in ADGM with its own rule book and supervisory framework. IT and cyber controls are part of your ADGM regulatory posture. We deliver readiness audit, control implementation, and ongoing operations against ADGM FSRA expectations.
- ADGM FSRAAware design
- COBSConduct of business
- GENGeneral module
- CyberThematic ready
Nine areas of ADGM expectation, operationalised.
Identity and access controls
Microsoft Entra ID, hardware-token or biometric MFA, conditional access, PAM with just-in-time elevation, quarterly access reviews.
SOC and SIEM operations
24/7 Microsoft Sentinel SOC, ADGM-grade alert rules, threat hunt, IR retainer.
Audit trails and retention
Immutable audit logs across critical systems, retention aligned to ADGM FSRA expectation (typically 6+ years for transaction records).
Incident management and FSRA notification
IR playbook with severity matrix, FSRA notification template, escalation to senior management and Designated Director.
BCM and DR
BCM plan, IT components, DR for critical systems, annual drill, RTO/RPO documented.
Outsourcing notification
Outsourcing register, vendor risk assessments, FSRA notification packs, exit plans.
Data residency under ADGM rules
Azure UAE Central deployment, M365 tenant geo-pinned where Microsoft offers UAE residency, transfer-impact assessments.
AML, KYC, transaction-monitoring IT
IT support for AML/KYC platforms, transaction-monitoring rule engines, sanctions screening, FATF Travel Rule integration where applicable.
ADGM Data Protection Regulations
ADGM Data Protection Regulations 2021 apply alongside FSRA framework. Coordinated compliance for both.
Four reasons ADGM-licensed firms consolidate IT here.
ADGM-vocabulary IT
We work with ADGM-licensed firms across asset management, fintech sandbox, regulated crypto. We understand FSRA outsourcing requirements, thematic-review pattern, and ADGM Court engagement.
Microsoft-stack with financial tilt
Defender XDR, Purview, Priva, Sentinel, Entra configured to financial-services baseline rather than generic SMB defaults.
UAE-onshore engineers
Sensitive financial conversations stay onshore. Named UAE engineers, including Abu Dhabi-based for ADGM proximity.
Trading-day rhythm
Change-freeze aligned to ADGM trading hours, weekend maintenance, dealer-desk peak coverage.
Six ADGM-licensed firm profiles.
ADGM Category 3 firms
Asset managers, advisors, arrangers in ADGM.
ADGM Innovation Testing Licence
Fintech sandbox firms testing innovative offerings.
ADGM-regulated crypto firms (VASPs)
Virtual-asset service providers under ADGM FSRA crypto framework.
Family offices in ADGM
Single-family and multi-family offices in ADGM with own ADGM licence.
Asset managers and hedge funds
Investment management licensed under ADGM FSRA.
Banking and lending firms
ADGM-licensed banks, lending firms, payment service providers.
Three ways to handle ADGM IT.
| Feature | GR ADGM-aware IT | Generic SMB MSP | In-house (small firm) |
|---|---|---|---|
ADGM FSRA rule book literacy | Varies | ||
Outsourcing notification pack | Self-built | ||
Microsoft Sentinel SOC | Rare | Possible | |
ADGM-grade audit trails | Best effort | ||
Quarterly evidence pack | Effort | ||
ADGM Data Protection Regulations | Internal counsel | ||
BCM/DR drill support | Annual | ||
AML/KYC IT support | Required |
From rule book mapping to ongoing ops.
- 1
ADGM-aware audit
2-3 weeks
Map current IT against ADGM FSRA rule book (GEN, COBS, AUT, AMI), ADGM Data Protection Regulations, recent thematic findings.
- 2
Foundation build
4-8 weeks
Identity baseline, PAM model, Sentinel SOC operational, audit-log retention configured, outsourcing register populated.
- 3
Operational embedding
2-3 weeks
Quarterly evidence-pack cadence agreed, change-freeze calendar aligned to ADGM trading, escalation matrix to Designated Director.
- 4
Quarterly ADGM-readiness cycle
Ongoing
Quarterly evidence pack, vulnerability scan, threat-hunt report, vendor-risk register refresh, BCM drill.
“We are an ADGM Category 3 asset manager. Our previous IT vendor was Dubai-based and treated ADGM compliance as a footnote. GR rebuilt our environment in ten weeks: Entra-based access with hardware tokens, Sentinel SOC, ADGM Data Protection Regulations compliance, outsourcing notification pack. Our next ADGM FSRA annual review closed without IT-related findings.”
What ADGM firms ask.
Adjacent capabilities.
Book an ADGM IT readiness audit.
A 2-3 week structured audit mapped to ADGM FSRA rule book and ADGM Data Protection Regulations. Output: written gap report and remediation roadmap.
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