Complying with Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s NDMO Standards

Saudi Arabia NDMO compliance with Fortra 

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What Are the NDMO Standards?

As part of the Vision 2030 initiative, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) adopted the National Data Management and Personal Data Protection Standards, a framework designed to secure sensitive government information, ensure public trust, and govern data management across its public entities.

Developed by the National Data Management Office (NDMO), the Kingdom’s national regulator, the NDMO Standards are designed to protect personal and government data, defined as:

Personal Data

Any element of data, alone or in connection with other available data, that would enable the identification of a Saudi citizen. 

Government Data

Raw data or processed data that is received, produced or held by public entities, regardless of the source, form or nature. 

Fortra NDMO Data Protection Solutions

Data Classification Suite (DCS) 

Helps teams in both the public and private sectors accomplish their compliance goals. Armed with powerful context-based classification, key benefits include:

  • Structured classification aligned with NDMO impact levels

  • Protection for expanded file types, including JPGs, PDFs, and more

  • Integration with the tools your team uses every day, whether in Windows or Mac environments 

Data Classification Suite (DCS)
Fortra Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

Fortra Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

Protects organizations’ most sensitive data across networks, endpoints, and the cloud. It takes care of automated inspection, kernel-level enforcement, and forensic monitoring. Key benefits include:

  • Risk reduction by preventing unauthorized transmission of and access to sensitive personal and government data

  • Automated inventory that satisfies NDMO inventory tracking requirements 

Fortra Coverage for NDMO Requirements

 

Domain 9.13 – Data Classification 

The data classification domain ensures datasets are categorized based on impact assessment and protected accordingly.

How Fortra Helps

Combining Fortra Data Classification and Fortra DLP, organizations can satisfy the NDMO data classification domain with advanced data discovery, automated inventory, and classification intelligence. Removable media encryption and network egress control prevent unauthorized access to sensitive data. Guided impact assistance helps organizations act quickly to resolve issues that threaten compliance.

 

Domain 9.14 – Personal Data Protection

This domain ensures lawful handling and protection of personal data.

How Fortra Helps

Organizations can rely on Fortra's integrated data security solutions for powerful controls built with compliance in mind. Enterprise discovery and forensics, context-aware blocking of non-compliant data sharing, and real-time alarms help teams protect personal data in a demonstrable way. 

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NDMO Standards Enforcement

Covered entities must complete an annual compliance audit and return the results to the NDMO in the third quarter. The NDMO will then consolidate and publish the results to stakeholders at the entity, sector, and government level. Leading the compliance audit will be Chief Data Officer, and evidence will be supplied in the report to support pass/fail scores where applicable.  

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FAQ

The meaning of NDMO is the National Data Management Office of Saudi Arabia.  

The NDMO framework for KSA refers to the national guidelines that govern how data is stored, classified, shared, secured, and managed within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The framework includes policies on data classification and security. Companies rely on NDMO cybersecurity solutions to achieve compliance. 

NDMO compliance refers to meeting the standards and guidelines issued by the Saudi Arabia National Data Management Office, which define how organizations must manage, protect, classify, and govern data. Achieving NDMO compliance is simplified by using NDMO data protection solutions designed to secure sensitive and personal information across Saudi Arabia. 

Understanding why NDMO is important for organizations working within Saudi Arabia is key to implementing strong governance and security controls. NDMO improves data security and ensures proper classification of personal and sensitive data. Companies rely on NDMO risk management solutions to avoid regulatory penalties and build trust with customers and government agencies. 

All government bodies, government-affiliated organizations, and certain private sector entities working with public sector data must meet Saudi NDMO standards. Saudi Arabia NDMO compliance tools help ensure organizations meet national governance and security requirements. 

NDMO defines personal data as any information that can identify an individual. To comply, organizations rely on NDMO classification tools and NDMO data governance solutions to ensure proper handling, labeling, and protection of all personal information processed within Saudi Arabia. 

NDMO sets national governance, data quality, and security standards for public sector data, while Saudi Arabia's PDPL is a data privacy law regulating how personal data is processed across all sectors. Together, organizations use PDPL and NDMO regulatory compliance software to meet both governance and data protection obligations. 

NDMO is responsible for establishing Saudi national data policies, and part of enforcing KSA NDMO requirements is that organizations need to assign clear accountability with roles like Chief Data Officer, Data Protection Officer, etc. Many organizations adopt NDMO solutions to meet these requirements efficiently. 

NDMO in Saudi Arabia requires timely reporting of data breaches to authorities and mandates internal documentation, impact analysis, and remediation steps. Many organizations use NDMO compliance solutions to automate breach detection, reporting workflows, and risk assessments. 

NDMO requires organizations to justify cross-border transfers, apply approved security controls, and obtain necessary governmental or regulatory approvals to transfer data outside Saudi Arabia. Businesses use NDMO data protection solutions and KSA NDMO compliance platforms to ensure safe, lawful international data movement. 

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