Cybersecurity pricing · UAE
What should a 100-person UAE company actually pay to be secure?
The honest range — in-house vs managed — for a firm your size. No sales call, no email gate. Move the sliders.
Your profile
Managed security (Complete) for your profile
AED 12,000 – 18,000 / month
A directional band for your profile — your exact quote depends on the conversation. People, tools, and 24/7 response in one fixed cost.
Book a 30-min fit call →For context, the typical UAE managed-security range for a UAE SME firm is AED 8,000–25,000/month.
The honest comparison
Most firms budget security as one analyst’s salary. Real coverage is a team scaled to your size, plus the tools each one needs — and in this market, those people are hard to hire at all.
Build it in-house
- ≈ 1 security staff (business hours)AED 216,695
- Security tool stack (100 users)AED 66,000
Covers business hours only. Most breaches start nights and weekends, when your team is offline — managed watches then too, included.
Managed (Complete)
- People, tools & 24/7 responseAll-in, one fixed cost
- Fully staffed, available nowNo hiring
Managed costs 36% less
about AED 102,695 a year than building it for business hours — fully staffed, 24/7 included, and no team to hire.
(which 90% of UAE firms struggle to do)
Directional estimates for orientation, not a quote. Salaries: Glassdoor / PayScale UAE 2026. Fully-loaded multiplier per Hadzima (MIT Sloan), plus UAE employment costs (visa, EOSB, health insurance, annual return ticket). In-house staff scaled to company size (~1 FTE per 100 for business hours); 24/7 coverage assumes the industry 4.2 FTE-per-seat standard (sustainable 24/7 is 8–12). Tool stack at mid-market MDR/EDR rates. UAE managed-security ranges per published 2026 market guides. Talent shortage: ~90% of UAE firms report difficulty hiring cybersecurity staff.
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