Regulatory Engineering

Regulatory Engineering for Microsoft Environments

Complying with cybersecurity and data privacy regulations requires two distinct categories of work.

On one side are organizational governance policies, risk management committees, human resources screening, physical access safeguards, and legal contracts. These responsibilities belong inherently to your leadership, legal counsel, and operational teams.

On the other side are technological controls: identity verification, device compliance, data loss prevention, cryptographic protection, threat containment, and audit logging. In modern enterprises, these technological controls live largely inside your Microsoft 365 and Azure environments.

That technological side is what PolicySecOps engineers. We configure the security features you already own, align them with specific regulatory mandates, and generate concrete configuration evidence that your internal auditors and regulatory authorities can examine.

Standing Disclaimer

We configure and document the technical controls inside your Microsoft environment. We are not an auditor or certification body and we don't give legal advice. Meeting a regulation also depends on policies, people and physical controls that stay with your organisation.

Licence Dependency Notice

What we can switch on depends on the Microsoft licences you already have. The assessment shows you exactly what is possible today and what would need an extra licence. We don't sell licences, so we have nothing to push.

Targeted Framework Alignment

Supported Regulatory Frameworks

We focus exclusively on four prominent frameworks where Microsoft 365 and Azure provide deep, native technical control capabilities.

National Baseline · Saudi Arabia

NCA ECC

Essential Cybersecurity Controls

The foundational cybersecurity baseline mandated across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It sets rigorous requirements for identity protection, endpoint security, email hygiene, data safeguards, and threat detection across government entities, state-owned enterprises, and critical infrastructure operators.

Who it is for:

Saudi government ministries, authorities, public institutions, PIF portfolio companies, critical national infrastructure operators, commercial contractors, and private enterprises adopting ECC as their baseline.

What we help you put in place

Phishing-resistant MFA, zero standing admin privileges, automated device health baselines and BitLocker encryption, email impersonation defences, endpoint detection (EDR), and central security event logging.

What stays with your organisation

Governance charters, formal risk registers, internal policy drafting, independent external penetration testing, physical server room controls, and regulatory incident filings.

Explore NCA ECC Technical Implementation Guide
Classified Data · Lifecycle Security

NCA DCC

Data Cybersecurity Controls

A specialised regulatory framework governing the protection of classified national and organizational data throughout its entire lifecycle: creation, storage, sharing, usage, and disposal.

Who it is for:

Saudi public entities, ministries, judicial authorities, PIF-affiliated organisations, critical infrastructure operators, and commercial contractors handling classified government data.

What we help you put in place

Four-tier sensitivity labels, persistent cryptographic encryption, dynamic screen/print watermarking with viewer email/timestamp, screen capture and print blocking, BYOD prohibition on top tiers, and automated quarterly access certifications.

What stays with your organisation

Personnel security screening and clearances, signed physical NDAs, physical document shredding, CCTV monitoring over printer bays, multifunction printer firmware wiping, and independent audits.

Explore NCA DCC Technical Implementation Guide
Statutory Privacy · SDAIA Mandate

Saudi PDPL

Personal Data Protection Law

The comprehensive statutory framework regulating the processing, storage, and cross-border transfer of personal data belonging to individuals residing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Who it is for:

Any public or private entity processing personal data of Saudi residents, including financial institutions, retailers, healthcare providers, and multinational corporations operating inside or outside the Kingdom.

What we help you put in place

Automated discovery of Saudi personal data (National IDs, Iqamas, IBANs, health records), data loss prevention rules blocking external disclosure, cross-border transfer barriers, 30-day DSR eDiscovery workflows, and 72-hour breach investigation logging.

What stays with your organisation

Lawful basis determination, bilingual privacy notices, statutory Record of Processing Activities (RoPA), Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), appointing the DPO, and SDAIA portal notifications.

Explore Saudi PDPL Technical Implementation Guide
Global Standard · Annex A Technical Alignment

ISO/IEC 27001:2022

Information Security Management System

The premier international standard for Information Security Management Systems (ISMS), defining a systematic approach to managing information security risks across organizational, human, physical, and technological dimensions.

Who it is for:

Enterprises across Saudi Arabia and the Gulf seeking international validation, technology service providers responding to client due diligence, and financial or healthcare firms managing confidential data.

What we help you put in place

Technological controls across Microsoft 365 and Azure: phishing-resistant access, unified endpoint management, automated disk encryption, data classification, DLP, privileged access management, and central security monitoring.

What stays with your organisation

ISMS framework definition, corporate security policy approval, enterprise Risk Register maintenance, Statement of Applicability (SoA), internal audits, physical facility security, and accredited third-party certification.

Explore ISO/IEC 27001 Technical Implementation Guide
Scoped Architecture Review

Evaluating Your Regulatory Scope

Whether you are preparing for a formal audit or upgrading your security baselines, we assess your existing subscriptions and architecture to map out the technical controls required for your target frameworks.

Request a Scoped Proposal