National Cybersecurity Authority
The National Cybersecurity Authority (NCA) is an independent government entity specializing in cybersecurity in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is the national reference in cybersecurity affairs, aiming to enhance the protection of the state's vital interests, national security, critical infrastructure, priority sectors, government services, and activities in line with Saudi Vision 2030, which prioritizes digital transformation and the development of digital infrastructure among its goals. The NCA was established by a Royal Decree on October 31, 2017.
Tasks of NCA
The NCA has several responsibilities, including:
- Developing the national cybersecurity strategy, overseeing its implementation, and proposing updates.
- Establishing policies, governance mechanisms, frameworks, standards, controls, and guidelines related to cybersecurity and risk management frameworks, communicating to relevant entities, and ensuring their implementation and updates.
- Classifying and identifying critical infrastructure, entities, and sectors related to cybersecurity.
- Notifying relevant entities of cybersecurity-related threats.
- Developing measures for addressing cybersecurity incidents, ensuring compliance with them, and updating them.
- Building, supervising, and operating national cybersecurity operations centers and the like, including control, command, surveillance, monitoring, and information exchange and analysis centers, sectoral operations centers, and cybersecurity platforms.
- Conducting activities and operations related to cybersecurity either directly or through associated entities.
- Organizing and overseeing the mechanism for sharing information and data related to cybersecurity between different entities and sectors across the Kingdom.
- Supporting relevant entities for digital forensics and the investigation of cybersecurity crimes.
- Establishing national policies and standards for encryption, monitoring compliance with them, and updating them.
- Establishing the necessary standards or controls for clearance and licensing the import, export, and use of high-security-sensitive hardware and software as defined by the NCA, monitoring compliance with them, and updating them without compromising any approved standards or controls by other relevant entities.
- Building national capabilities in cybersecurity, participating in the development of relevant educational and training programs, preparing professional standards and frameworks, establishing and implementing relevant professional certification measurement and testing, and raising awareness of cybersecurity.
- Licensing individuals and non-governmental entities to engage in activities and operations related to cybersecurity as defined by the NCA.
- Communicating with similar entities outside the Kingdom and private entities to exchange experiences and establish mechanisms for cooperation and partnerships with them in accordance with applicable procedures.
- Exchanging technical and knowledge production, and exchanging data and information with similar entities outside the Kingdom.
- Representing the Kingdom in relevant organizations, institutions, committees, and bilateral, regional, and international groups, and monitoring the implementation of the Kingdom's international commitments related to cybersecurity.
- Promoting the growth of the cybersecurity sector in the Kingdom and encouraging innovation and investment in it.
- Conducting studies, research, development, manufacturing operations, technology transfer, and development in cybersecurity and related fields.
- Proposing mechanisms to enhance efficiency in cybersecurity spending.
- Developing performance measurement indicators for cybersecurity and preparing regular reports on the cybersecurity status across the Kingdom.
- Proposing the issuance and amendment of laws, regulations, and decisions related to cybersecurity.
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