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AI Cybersecurity Guidelines (draft)

Type	Guideline
Issuing authority	National Cybersecurity Authority (NCA)
Framework	Cybersecurity
Tier	Guidelines & circulars
Legal status	Draft, consultation closed
Instrument number	National Cybersecurity Authority
Dates	Draft; consultation 5 July to 5 August 2026; no final as of 20 October 2026
Last verified	2026-10-20

Draft NCA guidelines on securing AI systems, the NCA's first AI-specific instrument.

• Consultation: 5 July to 5 August 2026.
• Domains: four: governance, defence, resilience and third-party security.
• Covers: generative and agentic AI, for organisations deploying or planning to adopt AI in the Kingdom.
• Code: AICG-1:2026, as given in secondary sources.
• Status: no final version as of 20 October 2026.

Documents

• Official source (nca.gov.sa)

Updates for this instrument

• 2026-07-05 · NCA consults on AI Cybersecurity Guidelines: The NCA consulted (5 July to 5 August 2026) on draft AI Cybersecurity Guidelines (AICG-1:2026, code as given in secondary sources), its first AI-specific instrument. Four domains: governance, defence, resilience and thir

In this framework

• Anti-Cyber Crime Law
• Statute of the National Cybersecurity Authority
• Statutory Enablers of the National Cybersecurity Authority (Royal Decree M/117)
• Rules for the Detection and Investigation of Cybersecurity Violations
• Rules for Regulating the Reporting of Cybersecurity Violations
• Cybersecurity Violations Classification and Corresponding Penalties (draft)
• NCA Cybersecurity Toolkits
• Essential Cybersecurity Controls (ECC-2:2024)
• Cloud Cybersecurity Controls (CCC-2:2024)
• Critical Systems Cybersecurity Controls (CSCC-1:2019)
• Operational Technology Cybersecurity Controls (OTCC-1:2022)
• Data Cybersecurity Controls (DCC-1:2022)
• National Cryptographic Standards (NCS)
• Non-Critical National Infrastructure Cybersecurity Controls (NCNICC-1:2025)
• Cybersecurity Organizational Structure Template
• Regulatory Framework for Licensing Managed Security Operations Centre Services (RFMSOC-1:2024)
• Saudi Cybersecurity Higher Education Framework (SCyber-Edu-1:2020)
• Operational Technology Cybersecurity Controls: Methodology & Mapping Annex
• National Policy for Managed Security Operations Centres (NPMSOC-1:2024)
• Organizations’ Social Media Accounts Cybersecurity Controls (OSMACC-1:2021)
• Saudi Cybersecurity Workforce Framework (SCyWF-1.5:2026)
• Telework Cybersecurity Controls (TCC-1:2021)
• National Framework for Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Incident Response (draft)
• Regulatory Framework for Licensing Cybersecurity Services, Products and Solutions (RFCS-1:2026, draft)

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