CYFERIAN.

Security, governance and judgement.

Independent cyber security and AI governance advisory for organisations in the UAE and the wider Gulf — and coaching for the people who lead them.

What we do

Cyber & Information Security

Risk assessments, security architecture, control frameworks and compliance advisory — from someone who has run it inside a regulated bank.

  • ISO 27001
  • NESA
  • CBUAE
  • Architecture
  • IR & BCM

AI Security & Governance

Governance frameworks, model risk, privacy, bias and explainability — the controls that let a regulated organisation adopt AI safely.

  • AI governance
  • Model risk
  • Explainability
  • AI assurance

Coaching & Mentoring

Executive coaching and mentoring for leaders and their teams.

  • Executive coaching
  • Mentoring
  • Team development

How we work

  • Senior people, on your work

    You get the practitioner, not a pyramid with a partner at the top and juniors underneath.

  • Findings tied to decisions

    A report you can act on in the next quarter, not a catalogue of observations filed and forgotten.

  • Plain language

    If your board cannot follow it, it is not finished. Technical depth is the input, not the deliverable.

  • Nothing to sell you

    No product line, no reseller margin, no vendor behind the advice. Independence is the point.

About

Founded by Yazad Khandhadia

Twenty years in cyber and information security. Ex-Head of Architecture & Cyber Security Engineering at one of the largest banks in the MENAT region, leading initiatives across public cloud, blockchain, microservices, cloud native and, more recently, artificial intelligence.

Adjunct Faculty at Middlesex University Dubai, teaching on the Masters programmes in Cyber Security, Data Science Security and Legal Tech Security.

CISSP · CISM · CISA · CIPP/E · CIPT · AIGP · CCSK

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Cyferian Cyber Advisory · Meydan Free Zone, Dubai, United Arab Emirates