NCA ECC · SAMA CSF · Strategy · AI governance

Cybersecurity advisory, anchored in the Kingdom's frameworks.

Strategy, governance, policy and architecture advisory built on NCA ECC and SAMA CSF — including AI governance and security for organisations adopting AI under SDAIA guidance. Vendor-independent, with nothing to resell.

In detail

What each service line covers

01 · Service line

Cybersecurity Strategy

We build cybersecurity strategies from a maturity baseline, not a template: a current-state review against applicable NCA ECC and SAMA CSF requirements, a target state your board signs off, and a costed multi-year roadmap sequenced by risk reduction — with the investment case to defend it.

What we deliver
  • Cybersecurity maturity review against applicable NCA ECC and SAMA CSF requirements
  • Board-approved target state and guiding principles
  • Costed multi-year roadmap sequenced by risk reduction
  • Investment case and budget defence material
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02 · Service line

Cybersecurity Governance

NCA ECC and SAMA CSF both open with governance for a reason. We design the cybersecurity governance layer — the CISO mandate and reporting line, steering committees, roles and responsibilities across the three lines, and the metrics that let a board actually supervise security rather than receive it.

What we deliver
  • CISO operating model, mandate and reporting line
  • Cybersecurity steering committee charter and cadence
  • Security roles and RACI across the three lines of defence
  • Board-level security metrics and reporting pack
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Security Policies & Frameworks

We author complete security documentation suites — policies, standards and procedures — mapped control-by-control to NCA ECC, SAMA CSF and ISO 27001. Written to be operated and audited rather than filed, and delivered in Arabic and English with the review workflows to keep them current.

What we deliver
  • Policy architecture with document hierarchy and lifecycle
  • Policies, standards and procedures mapped to ECC, CSF and ISO 27001
  • Bilingual Arabic and English drafting with stakeholder review cycles
  • Attestation, exception and periodic review workflows
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Cyber Risk Advisory

We help boards and management understand and prioritise cyber risk across critical business services — connecting security exposure to business impact, regulatory obligations and treatment priorities.

What we deliver
  • Cyber risk governance framework
  • Risk scenarios and business-impact analysis on critical services
  • Cyber risk register design with treatment priorities
  • Cyber risk reporting for management and boards
  • Alignment with applicable NCA and SAMA requirements
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AI Governance & Security

AI adoption is running ahead of AI governance in most organisations. We build the structures to close that gap: AI use-case inventories and risk classification, model lifecycle controls, data protection under PDPL, and security controls for both in-house and vendor AI — aligned to SDAIA's AI Ethics Principles and emerging regulatory guidance.

What we deliver
  • AI governance framework with use-case inventory and risk tiering
  • AI security controls across the model and data lifecycle
  • PDPL and data-governance impact analysis for AI workloads
  • AI policy, acceptable-use standards and vendor AI assessment criteria
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Security Architecture Advisory

We provide security architecture advisory independent of any vendor: an enterprise security reference architecture, design reviews for major change programmes, zero-trust roadmaps and control-placement decisions — designed against ECC and CSF control requirements from the start, so later audits get cheaper instead of harder.

What we deliver
  • Enterprise security reference architecture
  • Security design reviews for major change programmes
  • Zero-trust readiness review and adoption roadmap
  • Control-placement and security technology rationalisation advice
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Why Vantage

Advisory with no products to push

Framework-anchored

Applicable Saudi cybersecurity and regulatory frameworks are built into our advisory methodology from the start — not mapped in as an afterthought. NCA ECC and SAMA CSF are central reference frameworks where applicable.

Vendor-independent

We advise; we don't resell. Architecture and tooling recommendations are made on risk reduction, not margin.

Board-fluent

Strategies, metrics and risk reporting written for the committees and supervisors who will actually read them.

Bilingual, in-Kingdom

Arabic and English delivery from Riyadh and Dammam, with delivery models suitable for sensitive and restricted environments.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is NCA ECC applicable to my organisation?

NCA ECC applicability depends on your organisation's sector, regulatory status and relationship to critical national infrastructure. It is mandatory for entities within its defined scope, including government entities and applicable private-sector entities that own, operate or host critical national infrastructure — and beyond that scope it has become the de facto cybersecurity baseline in the Kingdom. We help organisations determine the requirements applicable to their environment and translate them into governance, controls and implementation priorities.

Who needs SAMA CSF compliance?

All SAMA-regulated financial institutions — banks, insurers, financing companies, payment providers and other licensed entities. SAMA supervises against the Cyber Security Framework through maturity assessments and inspections, and expects institutions to demonstrate a defined maturity level with evidence.

What does AI governance and security advisory cover?

Everything an organisation needs to adopt AI without losing control of it: an AI use-case inventory with risk tiering, governance and approval structures, security controls across the model and data lifecycle, PDPL impact analysis for AI workloads, and policies for staff and vendor AI use — aligned to SDAIA's AI Ethics Principles and emerging regulatory guidance.

Do you resell security products?

No. Our advisory is vendor-independent — we hold no reseller agreements, so architecture and tooling recommendations are driven by risk reduction and your regulatory obligations, not by margin on a product.

Frameworks we work in

Advisory outputs are mapped to the regulatory and control frameworks relevant to your organisation — across the cybersecurity and data protection frameworks that apply in the Kingdom.

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Book a working session with our advisors. We'll discuss your cybersecurity strategy, governance and control priorities, identify areas requiring attention, and outline a practical roadmap aligned to the requirements applicable to your organisation.