SAMA-regulated entities (banks, FinTech, payment service providers, insurance) must demonstrate maturity across the SAMA Cybersecurity Framework. We map SAMA control domains to specific AWS services and deliver evidence packs that survive SAMA inspection.
Maturity, not checkbox compliance.
The SAMA Cybersecurity Framework applies to all SAMA-regulated entities: banks, FinTechs, payment service providers, insurance. It is structured around four domains (Cybersecurity Leadership and Governance, Cybersecurity Risk Management and Compliance, Cybersecurity Operations and Technology, Third Party Cybersecurity) and five maturity levels (Initial through Optimized).
The framework includes a specific cloud computing annex. SAMA expects regulated entities to demonstrate not just that they have controls, but that those controls are operating at a defensible maturity level.
Cloud workloads on AWS get extra scrutiny. SAMA requires evidence of cloud governance, third-party risk management for AWS itself, data residency arrangements, and operational continuity for cloud-dependent services.
AWS Organizations, AWS Control Tower, IAM Identity Center, AWS Config. Centralized policy enforcement across accounts.
AWS Audit Manager, AWS Config rules, AWS Security Hub. Continuous compliance monitoring with SAMA-aligned controls.
AWS GuardDuty, AWS Inspector, AWS WAF, AWS Shield, KMS, CloudTrail. Layered defenses with SAMA-defensible logging.
AWS Artifact for AWS attestations. Vendor risk register for AWS itself. SAMA cloud annex compliance.
Current state mapped to SAMA framework. Gap analysis. Target maturity level agreed with SAMA expectations.
8 to 16 weeks. AWS architecture changes. Control implementations. Evidence collection automation.
Pre-inspection mock audit. Evidence pack assembled. SAMA-defensible documentation reviewed.
The AWS-certified specialist on your discovery call leads the implementation team on your engagement. No bait-and-switch. No junior-led delivery. Six touchpoints I personally own: discovery call, architecture sign-off, weekly review, every material decision, every deliverable sign-off, and 30 days post-handoff.
30-minute call. Direct with the founder. One specific recommendation about your SAMA maturity gap and how AWS can close it.
★ AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner · ISO 27001:2022 · ISO 9001:2015 · 5× AWS-Certified Founder
