Trust & safety

Security & data at SDC

We're ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified, host all customer data inside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and comply with Saudi PDPL. Here's the program that protects enterprise, government, and consumer data on SDC — and how to reach us.

Last reviewed · May 2026

  • ISO/IEC 27001:2022Certified information security management
  • KSA-residentAll customer data hosted in the Kingdom
  • PDPLSaudi data-protection compliant
Certifications & compliance

Independently certified, continuously assessed

We operate under recognized international and Saudi standards. Every certificate listed below is current; the full certificate and an executive security overview are available to prospective enterprise customers on request.

ISO/IEC 27001:2022

Certified

International standard for Information Security Management Systems. Covers the policies, processes, and controls used to protect customer and corporate information assets across the SDC platform.

Scope: SDC platform, supporting infrastructure, and operations.

Saudi PDPL

Compliant

We comply with the Kingdom's Personal Data Protection Law.

Scope: SDC acts as data processor for our customers under PDPL.

Data hosting & residency

All customer data stays inside the Kingdom

Hosting inside the Kingdom matters to our government and enterprise clients. Customer data is stored and backed up on infrastructure located in Saudi Arabia.

01

Hosted in Saudi Arabia

Production storage and backups live within KSA borders — there is no storage outside the Kingdom in normal operations.

02

Saudi-hosted infrastructure

Hosted on cloud infrastructure located in Saudi Arabia, aligned with the operational expectations of regulated industries.

How we protect your data

Defense in depth — technology, process, and people

Our security program combines five interlocking control families. No single control is load-bearing; every layer assumes the layer above it can fail.

01

Threat detection & response

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) for continuous log monitoring, Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) on managed devices, and an ongoing vulnerability management program.

02

Application & network security

Web Application Firewall (WAF) at the edge, encryption of data in transit and at rest, and segmented network architecture between trust boundaries.

03

Access management

Role-based access control, principle of least privilege, time-bound grants, and multi-factor authentication enforced on every administrative account.

04

Data protection

Data Loss Prevention (DLP) controls and regular backups with defined Recovery Time and Recovery Point Objectives, regularly tested.

05

Assurance

Regular Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT) by independent providers, plus ongoing security awareness training for all personnel.

Found something?

Responsible disclosure

If you think you've found a security issue affecting SDC, we'd like to hear from you. We commit to acknowledging your report within 24 hours and to working with you in good faith on a fix.

Safe harbor

We won't pursue legal action against researchers who act in good faith, avoid privacy violations, and give us reasonable time to remediate before public disclosure.

Have a security or compliance question?

Our team is happy to walk enterprise customers through our architecture under NDA.

Talk to us