SAMA IT Governance Framework

Govern technology the way SAMA expects

Score maturity, manage IT policies, and report Board-level KPIs on a platform pre-mapped to the SAMA IT Governance Framework — built in Saudi Arabia.

IT Strategy & Governance

IT strategy aligned to business strategy and Vision 2030
Board and committee oversight of technology

IT Risk & Compliance

IT risk identification, assessment, and treatment
Cybersecurity, third-party, and project risk integration

Operations & Service Delivery

IT service management with SLA and OLA tracking
Change, problem, and incident management

Everything you need for the SAMA IT Governance Framework

From maturity assessment to Board reporting, GRC Vantage gives Saudi banks one place to govern technology — without spreadsheets, shared drives, or duplicated effort.

Maturity Scoring Engine

Score every SAMA IT Governance domain against the Saudi Central Bank's maturity model and prioritise gaps by examination weight.

Policy Lifecycle Automation

Manage IT policies, standards, and procedures with version history, reviewer trails, and Board approval workflows in one place.

IT Risk to Enterprise Risk

Push IT risk findings straight into the enterprise risk register with consolidated Board reporting and treatment tracking.

Examination-Ready Evidence

Auto-package governance artefacts — committee minutes, approval logs, KPI dashboards — for SAMA examiner review.

SAMA IT Governance Framework domains

Pre-mapped controls across IT strategy, risk, operations, and assurance.

IT Strategy & Governance

  • IT strategy aligned to business strategy and Vision 2030
  • Board and committee oversight of technology
  • IT investment management and benefits realisation
  • Performance measurement and KPI reporting

IT Risk & Compliance

  • IT risk identification, assessment, and treatment
  • Cybersecurity, third-party, and project risk integration
  • Compliance management for SAMA, NCA, and PDPL obligations
  • Independent IT audit and assurance

Operations & Service Delivery

  • IT service management with SLA and OLA tracking
  • Change, problem, and incident management
  • Capacity, availability, and performance management
  • Asset, configuration, and licence management
Implementation Roadmap

From maturity baseline to continuous assurance

A staged approach that translates SAMA IT Governance domains into concrete, examiner-ready outputs.

Phase 1

Maturity Baseline

Score current state against SAMA IT Governance domains using the built-in maturity model and structured evidence questionnaire.

2–3 weeks
Phase 2

Strategy & Roadmap

Define target maturity, build the multi-year roadmap, and align IT investments to business and regulator expectations.

2–4 weeks
Phase 3

Policy & Process

Refresh IT policies, charters, and operating procedures from pre-built templates with Board approval workflows.

4–6 weeks
Phase 4

Risk & Reporting

Operationalise IT risk management, KPI reporting, and committee dashboards with examination-grade evidence trails.

Ongoing
Phase 5

Continuous Assurance

Run continuous monitoring, refresh maturity reviews annually, and feed lessons learned into the next-cycle roadmap.

Ongoing

SAMA IT Governance — common questions

Quick answers from Saudi CIOs, Heads of IT Governance, and audit teams running GRC Vantage.

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Conversational assessment across all 5 SAMA IT Governance domains — instant maturity score and gap analysis.

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Ready to operationalise IT governance the SAMA way?

Talk to our Riyadh and Dammam teams about a maturity baseline, IT policy refresh, and Board-level KPI reporting.