Cybersecurity
Ransomware trends seen in UAE incidents, EDR and MFA rollouts, phishing defence and what the UAE IA Regulation asks of private companies.
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The Binary Minds blog is where our engineers write down what they learn on client sites across Dubai and Abu Dhabi: how a ransomware incident actually unfolded, which Microsoft 365 settings most tenants have wrong, what an auditor asked for last month. Practical, specific and written for the IT managers, finance directors and business owners who have to make the decision.
The first articles are on their way
We are moving our library of guides and incident write-ups onto the new site. Until they are published, the free downloads on the resources page cover the most-requested topics — security checklists, Microsoft 365 hardening and cloud migration planning.
What we write about
Six topics, one point of view
Every article sits in one of these categories. If a topic you need is missing, tell us and we will write it.
Microsoft 365 and cloud
Tenant hardening, Conditional Access, Intune, Azure landing zones and data residency in the UAE North and UAE Central regions.
Managed IT and support
SLAs, helpdesk metrics, patching cadences and how to run an IT function for a growing Dubai business without hiring a department.
Compliance and regulation
Plain-language guides to ISO 27001, PCI DSS, PDPL, DFSA and ADGM requirements, and the evidence auditors expect to see.
Infrastructure and datacenter
Server refresh decisions, VMware and Hyper-V, Veeam backup design, firewalls, Wi-Fi and structured cabling for new offices.
Cost and decision guides
What IT should cost per user in the UAE, managed versus in-house comparisons, licensing optimisation and budgeting for the next refresh.
What you can expect
Fewer posts, more substance
We would rather publish one article that changes a configuration decision than ten that repeat a vendor press release.
Monthly digest
A short email once a month with the new articles, a security advisory if one matters to UAE businesses, and nothing else. Unsubscribe at any time.
Written by engineers
Articles come from the people who run our NOC, deploy the firewalls and migrate the tenants — with product names, settings and the mistakes we see repeated.
UAE context first
Every guide is written for organisations operating under UAE regulation and connectivity, not a US template with the currency changed.
Two to four posts a month
New articles are published as vendors change their platforms and as the UAE regulatory picture moves. Subscribe and we will send a short monthly digest.
Beyond the reading
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