Know where your data is, who uses it, and why
We classify your data, set clear owners and access rules, and build the controls into your systems, so you can answer any review with evidence.
The service at a glance
The problem, our work, your result
- Business problem
NDMO and PDPL expect evidence, and you have documents.
Policies exist on paper, but classification, access and privacy rules are not applied inside the data.
- What we do
We engineer NDMO and PDPL controls into your data platforms, so compliance is produced by the system, not by spreadsheets.
- What you receive
- Data classified and labelled
- Personal data masked and tracked
- Access rules enforced
- Compliance evidence on demand
Who it is for
Built for the people who own the decision
Risk, compliance and security
Evidence ready for reviewers.
CDO, CIO and CTO
Controls built into the platform.
Data owners
Clear duties and decisions.
CEO and executive team
Lower regulatory exposure.
The goal: an AI-ready organisation
Where this service moves you
Data readyThis service
Connected, clean, governed and allowed for AI use.
KPIs ready
Agreed measures, one definition each, a named owner.
Organisation readyThis service
Roles, decision rights and skills to adopt AI safely.
Approach
How we work with you
- 01
Gap review
Compare current state to NDMO and PDPL.
- 02
Classify
Label data by sensitivity.
- 03
Enforce
Apply masking and access rules.
- 04
Report
Produce evidence automatically.
Engagement options
Start where you are
Compliance gap review
Where you stand today.
Controls implementation
Controls built into data.
Ongoing compliance
Monitoring and periodic reports.
Scope
What is in, what is not
Included
- Classification
- Privacy controls
- Access management
- Evidence reporting
Handled separately
- Legal advice
- Regulator submissions on your behalf
Bilytica frameworks behind this service
Our own methods, not a generic playbook
Data Foundation Framework
The layers that turn scattered systems into data an AI system is allowed to use.
See the frameworkTRUSTAI Assurance Framework
One control set that answers NIST, ISO 42001, the EU AI Act and the Saudi regulators at once.
See the frameworkDirect answer
Data governance in Saudi Arabia: what does Bilytica deliver?
Governance programmes in Saudi Arabia stall when the policy exists and the evidence does not. Baseline against the NDMO control set, a live processing register in your own tooling, and control checks wired into the platform.
- Registers, evidence and assessment records stay inside your environment in Saudi Arabia and remain yours after the engagement ends.
- Policies are issued in Arabic as the governing version, with English alongside, because that is the version an inspector will read.
- NDMO data management controls: Baseline assessment, then a control-by-control remediation plan with dates.
- PDPL, national data governance: Register maintained in your tooling, not in a consultant's spreadsheet.
What actually changed
Specific observations from Saudi and GCC engagements and tenders, not generic predictions.
PDPL moved from reading the law to running it
Budget shifted into classification, consent handling and cross-border transfer controls rather than legal opinions. The artefacts an auditor asks for, a classification register, a lawful-basis record, a transfer log, are now the deliverables, not the appendix.
Domain-by-domain alignment is being demanded explicitly in tenders
Government RFPs increasingly require vendors to map their programme against NDMO's data-management domains rather than assert a generic governance capability. Answering that in the bid is now a scoring item.
Classification became a gate before cloud migration, not cleanup after it
The old order, migrate first, classify later, is being reversed in banking and government because the migration itself cannot be approved without it. Programmes still planned the old way stall at the security review.
Fragmented ownership now blocks more programmes than tooling does
Governance responsibility is split across the data office, legal and cybersecurity, and each assumes another owns it. Every stalled governance programme we are asked to rescue has this at its root.
What We Deploy
Enterprise-grade capabilities, deployed in Saudi Arabia and worldwide
NDMO Compliance Framework
Full implementation of National Data Management Office standards, data classification, cataloging, sharing protocols, and open data.
NCA Cybersecurity Controls
Essential Cybersecurity Controls (ECC), Cloud CC (CCC), and Critical Systems CC (CSCC) implementation and audit readiness.
PDPL Privacy Compliance
Personal Data Protection Law implementation, consent management, data subject rights, privacy impact assessments.
Data Lineage & Cataloging
Automated discovery, classification, and lineage tracking for every data asset. Know what you have, where it lives, who accesses it.
Master Data Management
Golden record creation, deduplication, matching, and survivorship rules. One version of truth for customers, products, and assets.
Data Quality Framework
Automated quality monitoring, profiling, and remediation. Data quality dashboards with SLA tracking and alerting.
Deployed Across Industries
Proven results in every major sector
Government
Ministry-wide NDMO compliance, cross-entity data sharing frameworks, and open data portals
Banking
SAMA regulatory compliance, data classification, and customer data protection under PDPL
Healthcare
Patient data governance, consent management, and cross-facility data sharing with privacy
Energy
Operational data governance for SCADA, IoT, and environmental compliance reporting
Telecom
CITC compliance, subscriber data protection, and CDR data governance
Education
Student data privacy, institutional research governance, and MoE reporting compliance
The platforms we build on
Every platform here is a 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader or category standard, so your stack stays current, defensible, and future-proof.
Governance Platforms
Catalog & Lineage
Privacy & Consent
Master Data Management
Data Quality & Observability
Saudi & Regional Compliance
What buyers are asking us
The questions that come up in almost every vendor evaluation, answered straight.
“Who should own NDMO and PDPL compliance internally?”
One accountable executive with authority over both IT and business data stewards, not a committee. Where these programmes stall, it is almost always because legal, IT and the business each believe someone else owns the decision.
“Purview or Unity Catalog?”
Fabric and Azure estates default to Purview; Databricks estates get deeper lineage from Unity Catalog. Neither covers the enterprise-wide business glossary and stewardship workflow well, which is why larger organisations end up running a catalog plus a governance tool rather than one of them.
“Does mapping to NDMO domains actually improve data quality?”
Done properly, yes, it forces ownership, quality thresholds and lineage that most organisations lack regardless of regulation. Done as a checkbox, it changes nothing. The tell is whether classification and quality metrics appear in anyone's objectives six months later.
“What exactly are our cross-border transfer obligations?”
That needs a current review against the authority's published guidance with qualified local counsel, the rules have been evolving and guessing here is genuinely dangerous. What we can do is architect so the answer is enforced at the gateway rather than trusted to a policy document.
“How long does a real classification exercise take?”
A credible first pass across critical systems takes considerably longer than the short timelines that appear in most proposals. The constraint is business-side data-owner availability, and no tool shortens it.
“Do we need a governance platform, or can we start with what we have?”
For a first year focused on critical domains, lightweight tooling plus real process discipline works. Buying an enterprise catalog before you have an accountable owner just relocates the spreadsheet problem into something expensive nobody maintains.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Know where your data is, who uses it, and why.
What does NDMO compliance actually require?
Saudi Arabia's National Data Management Office mandates 15 data management domains, classification, cataloging, quality, sharing, open data, lifecycle, lineage and more. Most enterprises hit Level 3 (Defined) with structured work; we have a pre-built operating model and toolkit that compresses the timeline materially.
How does this map to PDPL, GDPR and other privacy laws?
Our governance framework covers Saudi PDPL, EU GDPR, UK Data Protection Act, US state privacy (CCPA, CPRA), HIPAA and sector rules (SAMA, NCA, CITC, MoH). One operating model, one catalog, one consent and DSAR engine, re-used across every jurisdiction you operate in. No separate programmes.
Which Gartner 2026 Leaders do you deploy?
We're certified on Collibra, Alation, Informatica CDGC, IBM Knowledge Catalog and Microsoft Purview, all 2026 Magic Quadrant Leaders. For privacy and consent we deploy OneTrust, BigID and Securiti.ai. Choice is driven by your existing estate, not a vendor partnership.
How do you make compliance audit-ready every day, not just at year-end?
Every policy maps to automated controls, PII discovery runs continuously, lineage updates with every pipeline change, access reviews fire on a schedule, evidence is captured in the catalog. When the regulator arrives, the evidence pack is one export away, not a 6-week scramble.
Who owns governance once you leave?
We design a steward operating model with named domain owners, a federated council, and a RACI that survives turnover. Stewards are trained, certified and equipped with playbooks. Many clients move to a managed-service model with us for the first 12 months, then run it themselves.
What's the cost of doing nothing?
PDPL penalties go up to SAR 5M per incident. Saudi government RFPs increasingly require demonstrated NDMO maturity, losing one large contract typically dwarfs the entire governance programme cost. And every AI initiative without governance gets blocked by legal at production cutover. Governance is the cheapest insurance you'll buy this year.
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