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Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Services in Saudi Arabia

Regulation is no longer a compliance checkbox — it is a licence to operate. We build GRC programmes that satisfy your regulator while giving management a genuinely useful view of enterprise risk.

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Overview

Governance, Risk & Compliance built for the Saudi regulatory environment

We do the heavy lifting: control design, policy architecture, risk registers, evidence collection, remediation tracking and regulator-ready reporting for SAMA, the NCA and SDAIA. And we automate it, so your team is not rebuilding the same spreadsheets every quarter.

What we deliver

Our governance, risk & compliance

The full capability list is published deliberately — it is what your procurement team needs to see, and what captures the long-tail searches your peers actually type.

Governance & Operating Model

Clear ownership, clear decision rights, clear escalation. We define who is accountable for what — and make it stick.

  • Cybersecurity and IT governance framework design
  • Target operating model and RACI definition
  • Security steering and risk committee charters
  • Policy, standard, procedure and guideline architecture
  • Policy lifecycle management and attestation
  • Control framework design and control library build
  • Regulatory obligations register and horizon scanning
  • Board and executive reporting packs
  • GRC roles, skills and resourcing model

Enterprise & Technology Risk Management

One risk language across IT, cyber, operations and third parties — quantified, prioritised and tracked to closure.

  • Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework implementation
  • Cybersecurity and IT risk assessments
  • Risk register design, scoring methodology and appetite statements
  • Quantitative cyber risk analysis (FAIR-aligned)
  • Control effectiveness testing and assurance mapping
  • Risk treatment planning and remediation governance
  • Key Risk Indicators and Key Performance Indicators
  • Risk acceptance, exception and waiver management
  • Emerging technology and AI risk assessment

Regulatory & Standards Compliance

Deep, hands-on experience across the standards that matter to regulated industries.

  • SAMA Cyber Security Framework (CSF) and SAMA BCM Framework
  • NCA Essential Cybersecurity Controls (ECC)
  • NCA Cloud Cybersecurity Controls (CCC)
  • NCA Critical Systems Cybersecurity Controls (CSCC)
  • NCA Data Cybersecurity Controls (DCC)
  • NCA Telework Cybersecurity Controls (TCC)
  • NCA Operational Technology Controls (OTCC)
  • SDAIA and PDPL compliance programmes
  • CITC, CMA and ZATCA requirements
  • ISO/IEC 27001, 27701, 22301 and 20000 management systems
  • SOC 1 and SOC 2 readiness; PCI DSS v4.0 and QSA support
  • Gap assessment, roadmap, implementation and certification support

Data Privacy & Data Protection

From legal obligation to operating reality — records of processing, consent, data subject rights and cross-border transfer controls.

  • Saudi Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL) compliance
  • SDAIA alignment and national data governance requirements
  • Privacy programme design and privacy governance
  • Data mapping, inventory and Records of Processing Activities
  • Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA)
  • Consent and preference management design
  • Data subject rights process and workflow implementation
  • Cross-border data transfer assessment and safeguards
  • Data retention and disposal schedules
  • Data Protection Officer (DPO) as a Service
  • Privacy breach response and notification readiness
  • Privacy awareness training

Third-Party & Supply Chain Risk

Your risk does not stop at your perimeter. We industrialise vendor due diligence so it scales.

  • Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) framework design
  • Vendor tiering, inherent risk scoring and due diligence questionnaires
  • Vendor security assessments and on-site reviews
  • Outsourcing and cloud outsourcing regulatory assessments
  • Contractual security and privacy clause libraries
  • Continuous vendor monitoring and re-assessment cycles
  • Fourth-party and concentration risk analysis
  • Supply chain resilience assessment

GRC Automation & Platform Implementation

Compliance evidence collected automatically, dashboards that are always current, and audits that stop consuming your calendar.

  • GRC platform selection and business case
  • CyberArrow implementation, configuration and rollout
  • Control, policy and evidence automation
  • Compliance dashboards and real-time posture reporting
  • Audit workflow, task and finding management automation
  • Integration with SIEM, ITSM, IAM and cloud platforms
  • Awareness and phishing module operationalisation
  • Platform administration and managed GRC operations
Outcomes

What you get

  • Certification and regulatory readiness achieved on a defined, budgeted timeline
  • A single control framework satisfying multiple regulations — test once, report many
  • Audit preparation effort reduced dramatically through evidence automation
  • Risk reporting your executive committee actually uses to make decisions
  • Sustainable compliance — not a once-a-year scramble
Why NAZZTEC

Why us for governance, risk & compliance

  • Senior consultants with two decades of experience, from Big-4 firms and global system integrators.
  • In-Kingdom delivery from our Riyadh entity, with fluency across SAMA, NCA, SDAIA and ISO standards.
  • Eleven adjacent service lines — findings remediated, platforms operated and gaps staffed without introducing another vendor.
  • Technology-neutral recommendations, backed by the ability to deploy and operate whatever we recommend.
  • Fixed, transparent commercial models with no unpriced obligations.
Engagement

How we engage

Listen

A free 45-minute discovery call with a senior consultant to understand the business driver, the constraints and the deadline — before any solution is proposed.

Scope

A written scope with deliverables, assumptions, exclusions, timeline, team composition and fixed pricing wherever the scope allows. No unpriced obligations.

Mobilise

A named engagement lead, a named delivery team and a kick-off that confirms access, stakeholders and reporting cadence.

Deliver

Execution with weekly progress reporting, visible artefacts, and early escalation of anything that could affect timeline or cost.

Evidence

Documented, auditable deliverables — findings registers, control mappings, runbooks, architecture documents and test evidence written to withstand scrutiny.

Sustain

Handover and knowledge transfer, or managed operations under agreed SLAs — so the outcome holds after we leave.

The technology behind this service

Governance, Risk & Compliance covers the expertise and delivery. If you are evaluating the platforms themselves — what we deploy, which vendors we work with and how we select between them — see GRC Solutions.

GRC Solutions
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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How long does ISO 27001 certification take?
For a mid-sized organisation, expect four to eight months from kick-off to certification audit: gap assessment (three to four weeks), ISMS design and documentation (six to ten weeks), implementation and evidence generation (eight to twelve weeks), internal audit and management review, then Stage 1 and Stage 2 audits. NAZZTEC manages the full programme and supports you through the certification body audits.
Do we need a GRC platform, or will spreadsheets do?
Spreadsheets work until you have more than one framework, more than one auditor, or more than a handful of controls to evidence. If you are managing multiple regulations simultaneously, automation typically pays for itself in the first audit cycle. We will advise honestly on whether you have reached that point.
Can one control framework cover several regulations?
Yes, and it should. We build a unified control library and map each control to every applicable regulation and standard, so a single test produces evidence for multiple obligations. This typically removes 40 to 60 percent of duplicated assessment effort.
Who owns the compliance programme after you leave?
You do. We design for handover from day one: documented control ownership, a maintained evidence calendar, trained internal owners and a platform your team administers. We can stay on for managed GRC operations, but that is a choice rather than a dependency.

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