Cybersecurity Services in Saudi Arabia, Built for NCA ECC, SAMA & PDPL
A Saudi-based SOC watching your environment around the clock, engineers holding Fortinet Expert-level credentials, and compliance work that survives the audit. From detection through response, one team owns the full lifecycle.
Nine Service Lines, One Accountable Team
Each line is staffed by specialists, governed by documented playbooks, and measured against outcomes you can audit.
/ 01 Managed Detection & Response (MDR) 24/7 SOC
Our Saudi-based Security Operations Center monitors your environment around the clock. Analysts detect, triage, and respond to threats, under the agreed response SLA, and every action maps to NCA ECC monitoring requirements. Escalations reach a named analyst directly.
- SIEM deployment and tuning
- 24/7 threat monitoring
- Proactive threat hunting
- Automated containment playbooks
- NCA ECC monitoring evidence
- Executive and board dashboards
/ 02 Penetration Testing & VAPT Certified testers
Qualified security testing specialists assess your environment using adversary techniques, then rank findings by realistic exploitability rather than raw severity score. Testing aligns with SAMA Cybersecurity Framework requirements, and the reporting is structured for assessor review.
- External and internal penetration testing
- Web and mobile application testing
- API security testing
- Red team engagements
- Social engineering simulation
- Prioritized remediation roadmap
/ 03 NCA ECC, SAMA & PDPL Compliance Audit-ready
Continuous ownership changes what compliance costs. We guide you from initial gap assessment through full implementation across ECC-2:2024, NCA CSCC, SAMA CSF, ISO 27001, and Aramco SACS-002, and stay engaged through the assessment itself.
- Gap assessment against current controls
- Remediation roadmap with cost and sequence
- Policy and procedure development
- Technical control implementation
- Audit support and evidence packaging
- Post-audit continuous monitoring
/ 04 Network & Perimeter Security Fortinet Expert
Next-generation firewalls, IPS/IDS, secure SD-WAN, and zero-trust network access, designed and operated by engineers holding Fortinet Expert-level credentials. The modern perimeter spans remote workers, branch offices, and cloud workloads, and the architecture is built to that scope.
- Next-gen firewall deployment
- IPS / IDS tuning
- Zero-trust network access (ZTNA)
- Secure SD-WAN
- Network segmentation
- DDoS protection
/ 05 Endpoint & Email Security EDR / XDR
The endpoint and the inbox remain the two most common entry points. Advanced endpoint detection and response, combined with email security controls that block phishing, business email compromise, and ransomware ahead of user interaction.
- EDR / XDR deployment
- Anti-phishing and email gateway protection
- Ransomware prevention and rollback
- Mobile device management
- Data loss prevention
- Vulnerability and patch management
/ 06 Identity & Access Management Privileged access
Credential theft is the shortest path into most organizations. Privileged access management, multi-factor authentication, single sign-on, and identity governance together ensure a compromised password yields no usable access.
- Privileged access management (PAM)
- Multi-factor authentication
- Single sign-on (SSO)
- Identity governance
- Just-in-time access
- Active Directory hardening
/ 07 Cloud Security Services PDPL-aligned
Cloud workloads typically migrate faster than the controls protecting them. We secure what has moved: continuous posture monitoring, container-aware protection, and automated compliance reporting across Microsoft Azure, AWS, and Microsoft 365.
- Cloud security posture management (CSPM)
- Workload protection
- Microsoft 365 hardening
- Azure and AWS security baselines
- Container and Kubernetes security
- Data residency and PDPL controls
/ 08 Security Awareness Training Bilingual AR / EN
People remain the control most frequently exploited. Phishing simulations, role-based training paths, and executive briefings, delivered in Arabic and English, with reporting built around measurable behaviour change rather than completion rates.
- Phishing simulation campaigns
- Role-based training paths
- Executive and board briefings
- Arabic and English content
- Compliance training records
- Behaviour change reporting
/ 09 Incident Response & Forensics Kingdom-wide
When an incident has already occurred: contain the breach, recover operations, preserve evidence. Our response team deploys on site across Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Khobar, and the wider Kingdom, and produces the documentation your regulator, insurer, and board will each require.
- 24/7 incident response hotline
- Breach containment
- Digital forensics
- Recovery and restoration
- Regulatory notification support
- Post-incident review and reporting
What Happens When Something Fires
The part most providers leave vague. Here is the actual sequence, and who is awake for it.
Alert Fires
Correlation rules tuned to your environment surface the event. The operations floor is staffed continuously, so alerts are picked up at the hour they fire.
Analyst Triage
A named analyst validates the signal, filters the noise, and classifies severity against your agreed matrix. False positives are closed at this stage.
Containment
Playbooks execute: isolate the host, revoke the session, block the indicator. Any action affecting production is confirmed with your team by phone before it runs.
Evidence & Review
Forensic timeline, root cause analysis, regulatory notification support where your sector requires it, and a post-incident review that feeds corrections back into the detection rules.
The Frameworks You Get Audited On
Compliance shapes the build. It does not arrive later as a remediation invoice.
NCA Essential Cybersecurity Controls
The National Cybersecurity Authority's baseline for critical sectors. We run the gap assessment, sequence remediation against your budget cycle, deploy the technical controls, and package the evidence your assessor will request.
SAMA Cybersecurity Framework
For banks, insurers, and SAMA-regulated entities. Whether you are approaching a first audit, closing findings from a previous one, or pushing to a higher maturity tier, our consultants build the structured engagement that gets you there.
Personal Data Protection Law
Data residency, lawful processing, subject rights, and breach notification. We map where personal data resides across your estate, which typically extends beyond the documented inventory, and design the controls around what we find.
Aramco Cybersecurity Standard
Third-party cybersecurity requirements for the Aramco supply chain. If your contract depends on certification, we take you from assessment through the evidence submission that clears it.
Operational Metrics, Measured Honestly
The numbers we hold ourselves to — published, tracked, and reported monthly.
Questions We Get Asked
Which cybersecurity company in Saudi Arabia holds Fortinet Expert-level status?
ITBuilders, headquartered in Riyadh, holds Fortinet Expert-level partner designation — the top tier of the Fortinet Engage program — spanning five specializations and two service programs. Fortinet grants it only to partners with named, certified engineers whose credentials are re-verified on a schedule.
How fast does the ITBuilders SOC respond to an incident?
The ITBuilders SOC targets under the agreed incident-response SLA, operating 24/7 from a Saudi-based operations floor. Analysts triage the alert and begin containment directly.
Does ITBuilders help with NCA ECC compliance?
Yes. ITBuilders guides organizations from initial gap assessment through full implementation of the National Cybersecurity Authority's Essential Cybersecurity Controls (ECC-2:2024), including policy development, technical control deployment, evidence packaging, and audit support.
The same practice covers SAMA CSF, PDPL, ISO 27001, and Aramco SACS-002.
What should we do if we are being breached right now?
Contact the 24/7 incident response line first. Systems should not be powered off before that call: shutting down destroys volatile evidence and can complicate recovery.
The ITBuilders response team deploys on site across Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Khobar, and the wider Kingdom, handling containment, forensics, recovery, and the regulatory notification your sector requires.
Is the ITBuilders SOC located in Saudi Arabia?
Yes. The Security Operations Center is Saudi-based and Saudi-staffed. Analysts work Kingdom hours, operate in Arabic and English, and run under in-Kingdom data residency, which bears directly on NCA ECC and PDPL obligations as well as on escalation response times.
Establish Where You Actually Stand
Prevention costs a fraction of recovery. Book a 30-minute posture review and we will give you a direct assessment of your position against NCA ECC, SAMA CSF, and PDPL, along with a view on sequence: what warrants attention first, and what can wait.