National Cybersecurity Authority Drives Saudi Arabia’s Essential Controls Framework (ECC)

Written by AuditCue.The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Essential Cybersecurity Controls (ECC), established by the National Cybersecurity Authority (NCA), is a significant leap towards enhancing the nation’s cyber defense mechanisms. This set of regulations spans across five critical domains, emphasizing a holistic approach to cybersecurity governance, defense, resilience, third-party/cloud computing, and industrial control systems. With a suite of 114 controls, it aligns with and diverges from int…