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| Type | Instrument |
|---|---|
| Issuing authority | National Cybersecurity Authority (NCA) |
| Framework | Cybersecurity |
| Tier | Rules, controls & standards |
| Legal status | Guidance |
The Cybersecurity Organizational Structure Template is one of the National Cybersecurity Authority's toolkit templates, an illustrative model that organisations customise to establish and document their cybersecurity function. It supports the requirement, anchored in Royal Decree No. 37140 (14/8/1438H) and reflected in NCA control sets such as the ECC, that the cybersecurity function be independent of the information technology function and report to the head of the organisation or their delegate, with the standing to influence key cybersecurity decisions.
The template covers cybersecurity governance arrangements, the individuals within the organisational structure, the structure of the cybersecurity function itself, roles and responsibilities, and update, review and compliance provisions, together with document-approval and version-control scaffolding. The NCA presents it strictly as an illustrative example: each organisation must adapt it to its business and applicable legislative and regulatory requirements and obtain approval from its authorising official. It sits within the wider NCA Cybersecurity Toolkits alongside policy, standard and procedure templates.
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