Technology

The global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog and intergovernmental body FATF published new requirements for cross-border payments and virtual asset transfers.

Regulated financial services sector firms in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) have six months to comply with the new Cyber Risk Management Framework announced by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) on 29 July 2025.

On 29 July 2025, the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) announced the implementation of a new Cyber Risk Management Framework that will apply to financial sector firms under its supervision.

Most incidents handled by our Norton Rose Fulbright cyber team originate from the customer’s service provider. In many cases it is the service provider’s systems, infrastructure and environment which proves to be the most vulnerable to cyber breaches and security issues.

In an era of accelerating digital transformation, the role of electronic signatures in contractual relations has significantly expanded.

A new amendment law stipulates that sensors that collect geographic data within the scope of smart city applications will be recorded in the electronic environment.

The world’s first comprehensive regulation on AI, the Artificial Intelligence Act, which sets out the rules on the placing of artificial intelligence systems on the market.

On 9 October 2024 (appropriately, nine days into Cyber Month), the government introduced its long awaited, first ever draft cyber security legislation, in the form of the Cyber Security Bill 2024 (the Bill) to Parliament.

There has been a firestorm of activity in the move to address the growing use of data and our dependence on it in the digital economy. The ability to use and move data is fundamental to the way we use technology, cloud services, our exposure to privacy invasions and our vulnerability to cyber attack.

As the legal systems worldwide struggle to keep up to pace with the rapid evolution in digital services, jurisdictions have initiated regulatory measures.