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Global and Local Impacts of the Middle East Conflict
What firms should consider across resilience, sanctions, and cyber risk.
What You Will Learn
Join us on Wednesday 25 March 2026 for a webcast exploring how firms can strengthen operational resilience in the face of an evolving risk landscape, including heightened uncertainty across the Middle East.
With many organisations continuing to operate in flexible or remote environments and cyber threats becoming more frequent and sophisticated, firms are reassessing whether their existing controls remain effective, not just in the short term, but through sustained disruption.
Bringing together regional, cyber, technology, and regulatory perspectives, this session will share practical insights into how firms can respond to emerging risks, strengthen resilience frameworks, and navigate evolving regulatory expectations across jurisdictions.
Key Discussion Points
- Practical steps to strengthen operational resilience today
- How cyber threats are evolving and what firms should watch for
- Key considerations for business continuity and crisis management
- Regulatory expectations from a UAE perspective, including DFSA and FSRA
- Common vulnerabilities observed across firms and how to address them
- How to prepare for disruption across systems, people, and third parties
Who Should Attend
COOs, CTOs, CISOs, compliance and risk professionals, and senior leaders across financial services firms globally, particularly those with operations or regulatory exposure in the UAE.
All webcasts are recorded and will be sent to registrants following the live broadcast.
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Our Speakers
- Jade Ashpole, Managing Director, UAE Regulatory Advisory, ACA Group
- Steve Blossom, Global Head of Managed Services and CISO, ACA Group
- Clare Curtis, Head of UAE Regulatory Advisory, ACA Group
- Dan Gillett, Head of IT, ACA Group
- Christine Tetherly-Lewis, Partner, Global Head Cybersecurity, ACA Group
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ACA Group (ACA) is the leading governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) advisor in financial services. For over 20 years, we’ve empowered our clients to reimagine GRC to launch, grow, and protect their business. Our global team of 1,400+ employees include former regulators and practitioners with a deep understanding of the regulatory landscape. Our innovative approach integrates advisory, managed services, distribution solutions, and analytics with our ComplianceAlpha® technology platform. For more information, visit www.acaglobal.com.
ACA Effecta, a part of ACA Group, provides governance, risk, and compliance expertise, process, and technology to support clients who wish to expand into, or are already present in the UAE.
ACA Aponix provides cybersecurity risk assessments, data privacy compliance services, vendor and M&A diligence services, portfolio company oversight, network testing, and advisory services for companies of all sizes. Our award-winning solutions are designed to help firms uncover risks and identify deficiencies in their cybersecurity policies, procedures, and controls.