Considering the prevalence of SDWAN in the region these days, I'd say you're fine to setup whatever you need..
Probably they'll amend the law at some point to catch up with the reality and technology.. Steve On Wed, 15 Sep 2021, 18:49 Giles Coochey, <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 14/09/2021 11:29, Paul Mansfield wrote: > > Hi, > > has anyone any (recent-ish) experience of setting up an office in > > Dubai? In particular on state legislation on network usage, VPNs, VOIP > > etc. Some years ago there was a big flurry of news about it being > > illegal to use VPNs, but that might have really been about avoidance > > paying for government owned telecomms services. > > > > $JOB is setting up a remote office there and of course it's expensive. > > But we need to consider the legal issues of things like inter-site > > VPNs within Dubai and to other countries, and the law about VOIP (for > > internal calls to other offices, and even whether things like Zoom or > > Teams fall afoul). > > > > any thoughts appreciated > > > > thanks > > Paul > > > https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=3650a670-b1b4-46c4-8b7c-170810cf53eb > > I would consider that if you implement a VPN to Dubai, that you consider > implementing split-tunnelling. So that only "internal corporate traffic" > (legal) goes over the VPN, while Internet traffic goes via the normal > UAE based Internet Service Provider, which if it was to go over the VPN > would be potentially illegal, allowing their security services to > monitor for "misuse". > > -- > Giles Coochey > > > -- *CONFIDENTIALITY AND DISCLAIMER NOTICE: * This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and/or otherwise authorized personnel. The information contained herein and attached is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that viewing this message and any attachments, as well as copying, forwarding, printing, and disseminating any information related to this email is prohibited, and that you should not take any action based on the content of this email and/or its attachments. If you received this message in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this email and any attachment. Please note that the views and opinions expressed herein are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the company. While antivirus protection tools have been employed, you should check this email and attachments for the presence of viruses. No warranties or assurances are made in relation to the safety and content of this email and attachments. The Company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by or contained in this email and attachments. No liability is accepted for any consequences arising from this email. *AVIS DE CONFIDENTIALITÉ ET DE NON RESPONSABILITE* : Ce courriel, ainsi que toute pièce jointe, est confidentiel et peut être protégé par le secret professionnel. Si vous n’en êtes pas le destinataire visé, veuillez en aviser l’expéditeur immédiatement et le supprimer. Vous ne devez pas le copier, ni l’utiliser à quelque fin que ce soit, ni divulguer son contenu à qui que ce soit. BSO se réserve le droit de contrôler toute transmission qui passe par son réseau. Veuillez noter que les opinions exprimées dans cet e-mail sont uniquement celles de l'auteur et ne reflètent pas nécessairement celles de la société. Bien que des outils de protection antivirus aient été utilisés, vous devez vérifier cet e-mail et les pièces jointes pour toute présence de virus. Aucune garantie ou assurance n'est donnée concernant la sécurité et le contenu de cet e-mail et de ses pièces jointes. La Société décline toute responsabilité pour tout dommage causé par tout virus transmis par ou contenu dans cet e-mail et ses pièces jointes. Aucune responsabilité n'est acceptée pour les conséquences découlant de cet e-mail.
