CyberSilo delivers integrated governance, risk, and compliance services purpose-built for Saudi enterprises — covering NCA ECC, SAMA CSF, PDPL, ISO 27001, and more. From gap assessments to continuous compliance automation, we turn regulatory obligations into measurable, audit-ready outcomes.
Saudi Arabia's cybersecurity regulatory landscape has accelerated dramatically under Vision 2030. The National Cybersecurity Authority (NCA) mandates ECC compliance for critical infrastructure and government entities. SAMA enforces its Cybersecurity Framework across the entire financial sector. PDPL imposes strict personal data processing obligations on every enterprise operating in the Kingdom.
Managing these overlapping requirements through siloed teams, manual spreadsheets, and disconnected audit processes is no longer viable — and the penalties for failure are not abstract. Saudi regulators are actively assessing compliance, and enforcement actions carry financial penalties, operational restrictions, and reputational consequences that can define a company's market position.
CyberSilo's GRC services integrate governance architecture, risk management, and multi-framework compliance monitoring into a single, continuously updated program — aligned specifically to the NCA, SAMA, PDPL, and international standards your Saudi enterprise must satisfy.
CyberSilo ships with pre-built control libraries, automated evidence collection, and audit-ready dashboards for all major regulatory frameworks applicable in Saudi Arabia and across the GCC — so your compliance posture is measurable from day one, not after months of mapping work.
Mandatory for all Saudi government entities, critical national infrastructure operators, and their supply chains. CyberSilo pre-maps all five NCA ECC domains with automated evidence collection and Arabic-language compliance reports aligned to NCA submission requirements.
Enforced across all banks, insurers, and financial institutions licensed by SAMA. Our platform automates self-assessment scoring across all four SAMA maturity domains and tracks remediation progress against each required maturity level with annual report-ready outputs.
Saudi Arabia's primary data protection legislation, enforced by SDAIA. CyberSilo maps data processing activities, tracks consent management, monitors breach notification timelines, and prepares PDPL audit evidence — helping organizations avoid penalties of up to SAR 5 million per violation.
Globally recognized ISMS certification, increasingly required for Saudi government and enterprise vendor qualification. CyberSilo manages ISMS control monitoring, risk treatment tracking, Statement of Applicability, and annual surveillance audit preparation for certification and renewal cycles.
Mandatory for any Saudi enterprise handling card payments across Mada, Visa, or Mastercard networks. CyberSilo automates cardholder data environment scoping, SAQ completion support, and ongoing PCI DSS control monitoring for merchants and payment service providers operating in KSA.
Increasingly required by multinational clients of Saudi technology and professional services firms. CyberSilo automates Trust Services Criteria evidence collection across Security, Availability, Confidentiality, Processing Integrity, and Privacy — eliminating manual audit preparation.
Widely adopted as a baseline cybersecurity posture framework across Saudi government and enterprise sectors. CyberSilo maps all six NIST CSF 2.0 functions — Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, Recover — with measurable maturity scoring and executive reporting aligned to board governance requirements.
NCA's data-layer cybersecurity standard applicable to organizations processing sensitive government or citizen data in Saudi Arabia. CyberSilo integrates DCC controls with your broader NCA ECC compliance program, eliminating duplicate evidence collection across overlapping NCA frameworks.
Saudi Arabia has transformed from a nascent regulatory market into one of the most active cybersecurity enforcement environments in the GCC. These statistics define the risk landscape facing Saudi enterprises today — and why a reactive, piecemeal compliance approach is commercially indefensible.
Saudi Arabia's Personal Data Protection Law carries penalties of up to SAR 5 million (approximately USD 1.3 million) per violation, with criminal prosecution available for intentional or aggravated breaches. SDAIA began active enforcement in 2024, with regulated entities across financial services, healthcare, and e-commerce all within scope. Organizations without documented data processing inventories, consent frameworks, and breach response procedures face immediate exposure.
The NCA's 2024 threat landscape report documented a 126% increase in cyberattacks against Saudi critical national infrastructure — spanning energy, water, telecom, and financial services sectors. Nation-state actors from Iran, Russia, and North Korea have specifically targeted Saudi aramco, SABIC supply chain partners, and government ministries. NCA ECC compliance is no longer a checkbox exercise — it is the minimum viable defense requirement for any organization classified as critical infrastructure or a government entity.
SAMA's Cybersecurity Framework is mandatory for every bank, insurance company, finance company, and financial infrastructure provider operating under a Saudi Central Bank license. SAMA now conducts annual compliance inspections with direct supervisory consequences for entities below the required maturity levels. Institutions unable to demonstrate measurable progress on the four SAMA CSF domains face regulatory intervention, including restrictions on new product launches and license renewal complications.
Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 digital economy agenda — spanning NEOM, giga-projects, e-government, and cross-sector digitization — has dramatically expanded the attack surface and regulatory scope for Saudi enterprises. Cloud adoption, third-party vendor ecosystems, and cross-border data flows have created new compliance obligations under PDPL, NCA cloud security controls, and sector-specific SAMA and NCA regulations. Organizations that treat GRC as a one-time audit project — rather than a continuous operational capability — are accumulating compliance debt that compounds with every new digital initiative.
Non-compliance in Saudi Arabia's current regulatory environment carries financial, operational, and reputational consequences that significantly exceed the cost of a structured GRC program. Understanding what is at stake makes the business case for investing in compliance automation straightforward.
PDPL violations carry penalties up to SAR 5 million per incident with criminal liability for senior executives in aggravated cases. SAMA can restrict banking licenses, suspend product approvals, and impose enhanced supervisory requirements on non-compliant financial institutions. NCA ECC non-compliance for government-connected entities can trigger suspension of digital service authorizations.
Explore Compliance AutomationSaudi government procurement increasingly requires ISO 27001 certification, NCA ECC attestation, and SAMA CSF compliance for vendor qualification. Enterprises without demonstrable GRC programs are disqualified from Vision 2030 giga-project supply chains, ARAMCO and SABIC vendor panels, and government digital transformation contracts — a market access risk that dwarfs compliance program costs.
Risk Assessment ServicesSaudi Arabia's PDPL mandates public breach notification in many circumstances, and NCA maintains the authority to publish enforcement actions. A publicly disclosed data breach or regulatory non-compliance finding in the Saudi market creates lasting reputational damage — particularly in the financial services, healthcare, and government contractor sectors where trust is a commercial prerequisite.
GRC Platform ImplementationOrganizations without robust GRC programs — particularly those lacking documented incident response procedures, tested business continuity plans, and supply chain risk controls — face significantly higher operational disruption costs when a cybersecurity incident occurs. The IBM 2024 Cost of a Data Breach Report confirms organizations with mature GRC programs contain incidents 54 days faster, reducing total breach costs by an average of $1.49 million per incident.
Threat Exposure ManagementSaudi regulators hold parent organizations accountable for cybersecurity failures in their vendor and supply chain ecosystems. SAMA explicitly requires financial institutions to conduct third-party cybersecurity assessments. NCA ECC mandates supply chain security controls. Without a structured third-party risk management program, Saudi enterprises absorb regulatory and legal liability for vendor breaches they had no visibility into.
Third-Party Risk ManagementGRC gaps are not just regulatory problems — they are active security vulnerabilities. Attackers specifically target organizations with weak identity governance, unpatched systems outside asset management scope, and shadow IT that compliance programs never assessed. CyberSilo's integrated approach connects compliance gap findings directly to ThreatHawk SIEM detection rules — so every identified control gap is also a monitored attack surface.
ThreatHawk SIEM PlatformCyberSilo delivers GRC not as a one-time project but as a continuous, technology-enabled program. Each service pillar below integrates with the others — creating a unified GRC capability that keeps your Saudi enterprise compliant, audit-ready, and genuinely more resilient.
A structured evaluation of your current governance structures, risk management processes, and compliance posture across all applicable Saudi and international frameworks. Delivered in 2–4 weeks with a maturity scorecard, prioritized gap register, and remediation roadmap with investment estimates.
Building and formalizing the governance structures that underpin all GRC activities — cybersecurity policy frameworks, committee charters, risk appetite statements, accountability frameworks, and executive reporting cadences aligned to Saudi regulatory expectations and international best practice.
A structured, continuous risk management program that identifies, assesses, prioritizes, and treats cybersecurity risks across your Saudi enterprise — aligned to NCA ECC risk management requirements, SAMA CSF risk domain controls, and ISO 27001 risk treatment methodology.
CyberSilo's compliance automation platform continuously monitors control effectiveness across all mapped frameworks — NCA ECC, SAMA CSF, PDPL, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, and SOC 2 — and automatically collects, organizes, and packages audit evidence in regulator-ready formats throughout the year.
Saudi regulators — particularly SAMA and NCA — hold organizations responsible for cybersecurity failures in their vendor ecosystems. CyberSilo's third-party risk management program assesses, monitors, and continuously tracks cybersecurity risk across your supplier and partner network.
Deploying and configuring CyberSilo's GRC technology platform within your Saudi enterprise environment — integrating with your existing SIEM, identity management, vulnerability management, and HR systems to create a connected GRC ecosystem that operates continuously without manual intervention.
CyberSilo's GRC assessment methodology is structured to deliver authoritative compliance insights within weeks — not months — using a tested process refined across Saudi and GCC enterprise engagements in financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and government sectors.
We map your regulatory obligations across NCA ECC, SAMA CSF, PDPL, ISO 27001, and any sector-specific frameworks. We inventory your existing controls, documentation, and governance structures — establishing the assessment scope and identifying any previously unrecognized compliance obligations in your Saudi operating environment.
Our GRC consultants conduct structured interviews, technical control testing, policy documentation review, and configuration analysis against each applicable framework's control requirements. We assess control design effectiveness and operational effectiveness separately — identifying both gaps in what controls are designed to do and whether they actually operate as intended.
Assessment findings are consolidated into a prioritized gap register, with each gap rated by regulatory risk, likelihood of enforcement action, and operational impact. For financial institutions, gaps are mapped against SAMA inspection criteria. For government entities, gaps are mapped against NCA ECC enforcement thresholds — giving your leadership team an accurate picture of which gaps create the greatest regulatory and business exposure.
We deliver a detailed remediation roadmap with phased action plans, effort and cost estimates, and resource requirements — structured to achieve compliance within your specific regulatory timelines. CyberSilo then deploys the compliance automation platform to track remediation progress, collect ongoing evidence, and maintain your compliance posture continuously — eliminating the cycle of reactive, deadline-driven audit preparation.
Dozens of firms offer compliance consulting in Saudi Arabia. CyberSilo is the only partner that delivers GRC as a technology-enabled, continuously operating program — not a project that concludes with a report and leaves you to manage compliance manually until the next audit cycle.
Our GRC consultants have direct experience delivering NCA ECC compliance programs, SAMA CSF self-assessment support, and PDPL readiness projects for Saudi enterprises across financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and the public sector. We understand Saudi regulatory expectations, NCA inspection methodology, and SAMA supervisory priorities — not just the text of the frameworks. Arabic-language deliverables are available for all assessment outputs and regulatory submissions.
CyberSilo's compliance automation platform replaces manual spreadsheet-based GRC with an AI-powered, continuously monitoring system. Controls are automatically tested, evidence is automatically collected, and compliance posture is updated in real time — so your team spends time on governance decisions, not evidence gathering. Our Agentic SOC AI connects compliance gap findings directly to active threat detection rules.
Most Saudi enterprises face overlapping compliance obligations — NCA ECC, SAMA CSF, PDPL, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS simultaneously. CyberSilo's unified control library maps each control once and reuses evidence across all applicable frameworks — eliminating duplicate assessments, redundant evidence collection, and the wasted effort of running separate compliance programs for each regulatory requirement. One integrated GRC program satisfies every Saudi regulator.
CyberSilo uniquely connects GRC compliance findings to live security operations. Compliance gaps identified in an NCA ECC assessment are automatically translated into detection rules in ThreatHawk SIEM and monitoring priorities in our Threat Exposure Management platform. Your compliance program becomes a live input to your security posture — not an isolated administrative function disconnected from operational reality.
Every GRC dashboard and compliance report CyberSilo produces is formatted for its intended audience. NCA-facing reports follow ECC submission conventions. SAMA reports align to CSF self-assessment scoring sheets. Board and Audit Committee reports present risk in business language — not technical jargon. Your executives get the compliance intelligence they need to make governance decisions, and your regulators get the documentation they require for annual submissions.
CyberSilo's GRC services scale from emerging Saudi fintechs achieving their first SAMA CSF maturity assessment to large-scale Saudi conglomerates managing complex multi-entity, multi-framework compliance programs. Our technology platform grows with your compliance obligations — adding new framework modules, entity scopes, and integration points as your Saudi operations expand — without rebuilding your GRC program from scratch with each new regulatory requirement.
Governance, risk, and compliance establishes the framework. The pages below represent the operational capabilities that operationalize your GRC program — turning compliance requirements into active security controls monitored continuously across your Saudi enterprise.
Structured cybersecurity risk assessments for Saudi enterprises, aligned to NCA ECC, SAMA CSF, and ISO 27001 risk management requirements — delivering a prioritized risk register and treatment plan within 3 weeks.
Continuous vendor and supply chain cybersecurity risk monitoring aligned to SAMA CSF third-party requirements and NCA ECC supply chain controls — covering assessment, scoring, monitoring, and incident response for your entire supplier ecosystem.
End-to-end deployment and configuration of CyberSilo's GRC technology platform for your Saudi enterprise — including NCA ECC and SAMA CSF control library setup, SIEM integration, custom workflow automation, and executive dashboard configuration.
CyberSilo's AI-native SIEM platform with pre-built detection rules aligned to NCA ECC technical controls and SAMA CSF cybersecurity operations requirements — providing the continuous security monitoring that GRC frameworks require but cannot deliver on their own.
Automate continuous compliance monitoring, evidence collection, and audit reporting across NCA ECC, SAMA CSF, PDPL, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, and SOC 2 — from a single platform with real-time posture dashboards updated as controls are tested and evidence is collected.
AI-driven SOC automation that connects GRC compliance gap findings to active threat detection — ensuring that every identified control weakness is actively monitored for exploitation, not just recorded in a risk register awaiting remediation.
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