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Trusted across UAE · KSA · India · GCC
ISO/IEC 27001 CertifiedISO/IEC 27701 CertifiedISO 9001 Certified

Trust is the new balance sheet.

MAST partners with regulators, boards and operators across financial services, healthcare and critical infrastructure to make compliance an instrument of growth — not a cost of doing business.

420+
Engagements delivered
18
Countries served
60+
Certified consultants
100%
First-pass certification rate
Trusted by

Regulated enterprises across financial services, healthcare, energy and government.

Tier-1 UAE Bank
GCC Payments Processor
KSA Energy Major
UAE Health Authority
Global Logistics Operator
Regional Telco
Saudi Retail Bank
India Hospital Group
National Oil Company
Digital Wallet (KSA)
Sovereign Cloud Provider
Critical Infrastructure Op.
ISO/IEC 27001 Lead AuditorsISO/IEC 27001 CertifiedISO/IEC 27701 CertifiedISO 9001 CertifiedPCI SSC QSA ProgrammeAICPA SOC 2 PractitionersANAB / IAF AlignedCREST-Accredited TestersISO 42001 AI Auditors
Services

A single partner for the entire compliance and security mandate.

From first-time certification to integrated GRC operating models, our consultants own delivery end-to-end.

Enterprise security operations centre with analysts monitoring network and compliance dashboards

ISO/IEC 27001 Implementation & Certification

Build an audit-ready ISMS aligned to ISO 27001:2022.

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PCI DSS v4.0 Compliance

QSA-aligned readiness, RoC support and SAQ guidance.

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SOC 2 Type I & Type II Readiness

AICPA Trust Services Criteria, evidence-ready in 90 days.

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HIPAA Compliance for Healthcare

Safeguards, BAAs and breach response for covered entities and BAs.

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GRC Strategy & Operating Model

One integrated control framework instead of duplicated audits.

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Cybersecurity Advisory & Assurance

Strategy, testing and 24×7 monitoring led by certified practitioners.

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AI Governance & ISO 42001

Responsible AI programmes mapped to ISO 42001 and the EU AI Act.

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UAE & GCC Regulatory Compliance

CBUAE, SAMA, ADHICS, NESA, NCA-ECC and SCA programmes.

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Managed Compliance Service

Outsource the day-to-day running of your compliance programme.

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Virtual CISO (vCISO)

Senior cyber leadership on a fractional, retained basis.

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Security Audit

Independent technical and process audit of your security controls.

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360° IT Audit

End-to-end audit across IT operations, security, risk and compliance.

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Internal Audit (Co-sourced & Outsourced)

IIA-aligned internal audit for IT, security and compliance.

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VAPT — Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing

CREST/OSCP-led testing across infrastructure, web, mobile, cloud and APIs.

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Brand Protection & Digital Risk Monitoring

Detect impersonation, phishing, credential leaks and dark-web threats.

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Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR)

Court-admissible forensics and 24×7 incident response.

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Our approach

Senior practitioners. Fixed-scope engagements. Audit-ready outcomes.

Every MAST engagement is led by a Lead Auditor with deep sector experience — not handed off to juniors after the sales call.

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01
Assess

30-minute scoping call → fixed-fee proposal in 5 days.

02
Design

Risk methodology, control framework and policy suite tailored to your business.

03
Implement

We sit alongside your teams and own evidence collection.

04
Certify & Sustain

External audit support plus a continuous-improvement runbook.

Industries

Sector-specialist teams across the regulated economy.

Consultants who already speak the language of your regulators, auditors and operations teams.

GCC financial district skyline at dusk blending refinery, hospital and data centre silhouettes

Banking & Financial Services

Regulated for resilience, exposed to systemic cyber risk.

CBUAESAMASCADFSA

Healthcare & Life Sciences

Patient data, connected devices, expanding regulator scrutiny.

ADHICS V2DHAHIPAAISO 27001

Oil, Gas & Energy

OT and IT converging across critical national infrastructure.

NESA / SIANCA OTCCIEC 62443ISO 27019

Government & Public Sector

National data, citizen trust, mandatory frameworks.

NESANCA ECCISR DubaiISO 27001

Telecom & Technology

Hyper-scale operations under multiple overlapping audits.

ISO 27001SOC 2PCI DSSTRA / TDRA

Automotive & Manufacturing

Connected vehicles and smart factories raising the bar.

TISAXISO/SAE 21434IEC 62443ISO 27001
Outcomes

Where MAST has moved the needle.

Anonymised engagement snapshots from financial services, healthcare and critical infrastructure clients across the GCC and India.

Consultant signing off a compliance audit report with a green-check verification on a laptop
BankingUAEISO 27001

Tier-1 UAE bank — ISMS certified first-pass across 9 entities.

Built and certified an enterprise ISMS covering 1,200 staff and 9 legal entities, with zero major non-conformities at Stage 2.

Time to certification
14 wks
Major non-conformities
0
Entities in scope
9
Lead Auditor delivered14-week delivery
HealthcareGCCADHICS · HIPAA · ISO 27001

Hospital group — one control set, four frameworks.

Collapsed ADHICS V2, HIPAA, ISO 27001 and PCI DSS into a single harmonised control library and evidence repository.

Audit effort reduced
63%
Controls de-duplicated
412
Evidence reuse
Lead Auditor delivered6-month programme
FinTechKSAPCI DSS v4.0

Payments platform — CDE scope cut by 70% before RoC.

Re-architected the cardholder data environment to remove 70% of in-scope systems prior to formal Report on Compliance.

In-scope systems
−70%
Compliance cost avoided
$2.1M
Audit findings
0 critical
Lead Auditor delivered10-week sprint
Our leadership

Trusted experts. Visionary thinkers. Results-driven partners.

Every MAST engagement is sponsored by a member of our senior leadership — practitioners with decades of work inside the Big 4 and global enterprises.

Portrait of Abhay Pandey

Abhay Pandey

Founder & CEO

A visionary entrepreneur with 18+ years in techno-consulting and enterprise transformation. Founded MAST in 2016 to help businesses navigate digital disruption through strategy, security and innovation — today spanning MAS Tech Consulting, MAS Tech General Trading and MAST Advisory Services across AI, B2B/B2C platforms and insight-led solutions.

Portrait of Anil Sahore

Anil Sahore

Head of Advisory — Regulatory & Compliance

A seasoned consulting leader with 35+ years in IT audit, compliance and digital transformation. Former Technical Director at KPMG (9+ years leading IT Audit & Assurance) with prior leadership roles at Wipro Consulting. Trusted advisor on cybersecurity strategy, regulatory transformation and large-scale IT programme management across industry and government.

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor & Tutor (CQI-IRCA)ISO 9001:2015 Lead AuditorISO 27701:2019 AuditorBS 25999 Lead ImplementerCISACEHBCPSISM & ISPS Code Lead AuditorWorld Bank — Public Procurement
Get started

Tell us where you are. We'll show you the shortest path to compliance.

A senior consultant will respond within one business day with a clear next step — usually a 30-minute scoping call and a fixed-fee proposal.

  • Free 30-minute scoping call
  • Fixed-fee proposal in 5 business days
  • Lead Auditor on every engagement
  • No junior bait-and-switch

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