GRC for GCC Banks & Financial Groups — Built Around SAMA CSF
Institutions regulated by SAMA run SAMA CSF, NCA ECC, and PDPL together — often alongside group-wide ISO and NIST programs. Sentinel Unity unifies vendor risk, cyber governance, and privacy in one platform for headquarters and subsidiaries across the Gulf.
Industry Challenges
What banking GRC teams face
Sentinel Unity was designed around the specific regulatory pressures and operational realities of GCC financial institutions.
SAMA CSF Annual Assessment
Mandatory annual cybersecurity assessments with evidence requirements that most teams still manage in spreadsheets.
Vendor Proliferation
Banks rely on hundreds of technology and service vendors — each requiring risk assessment, due diligence, and contractual controls.
NCA Dual Obligation
Regulated by both SAMA and NCA — requiring management of two major frameworks with overlapping but distinct control sets.
Audit Readiness
Regulatory examiners from SAMA and NCA require evidence packages, assessment results, and risk documentation on short notice.
Data Privacy Complexity
Processing vast amounts of customer personal data under PDPL creates consent, cross-border, and breach notification obligations.
Board Reporting
Boards demand clear, concise risk and compliance reporting — but GRC data is scattered across teams and tools.
Platform Value
Purpose-built for SAMA-regulated organizations
SAMA CSF Assessment Module
Pre-built SAMA CSF assessment templates covering all 5 domains with maturity scoring and evidence management.
TPRM for Financial Vendors
SAMA-aligned vendor tiering, due diligence requests, and contractual security clause tracking for your full vendor portfolio.
NCA ECC Coverage
Complete NCA ECC assessment alongside SAMA CSF — one platform for both mandatory frameworks.
PDPL Compliance
Personal data risk register, consent management, and breach notification workflow for PDPL obligations.
Audit Package Generation
One-click evidence export packages organized by framework, control domain, and assessment cycle.
Executive Dashboard
Real-time compliance posture score, risk heat map, and vendor portfolio summary for board reporting.
Frameworks covered for your institution
Primary cybersecurity framework for all SAMA-regulated financial institutions.
View framework →Mandatory national cybersecurity controls enforced by the National Cybersecurity Authority.
View framework →Personal Data Protection Law obligations for any organization processing personal data in the Kingdom.
View framework →Customers
What practitioners tell us
“Sentinel Unity gave us a single source of truth for NCA ECC compliance. Assessments and gap reports are exactly what our CISO needs for the board.”
Fahad Al-Rashid
Chief Information Security Officer
Diversified group, GCC
“SAMA CSF used to mean an annual scramble. TPRM and vendor assessments are now continuous — with evidence we can stand behind.”
Noura Al-Khalidi
Head of GRC
Digital Bank, Gulf Region
“PDPL and ISO 27001 in one mapped program. We export posture to leadership without reconciling three spreadsheets.”
Abdullah Al-Saeedi
Data Protection Officer
Public sector authority, Gulf region
See how GCC financial institutions use Sentinel Unity for SAMA CSF and group GRC
Join banks, government entities, energy, telecom, and diversified groups across the Gulf who use Sentinel Unity to govern risk, manage compliance, and protect their organizations.
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