Achieve NCA CSCC
Compliance
Infrastructure aligned with Saudi Arabia's National Cybersecurity Authority (NCA) Critical Systems Cybersecurity Controls. MassiveGRID provides the hardened cloud environment operators of critical national infrastructure need.
Framework & Standard Alignment
NCA CSCC requires organizations operating critical national infrastructure to establish comprehensive asset inventories, perform criticality assessments, and implement governance frameworks that extend beyond standard ECC controls. MassiveGRID provides the infrastructure visibility and management capabilities these controls demand.
Critical Asset Inventory
Comprehensive asset discovery and inventory management for all infrastructure components supporting critical systems. CSCC mandates a complete registry of hardware, software, and network assets tied to critical national infrastructure operations.
Criticality Assessment
Structured methodology to classify systems by their impact on national infrastructure. CSCC requires risk-based criticality ratings that determine the depth and breadth of cybersecurity controls applied to each system.
Governance Framework
CSCC mandates a cybersecurity governance structure with defined roles, responsibilities, and accountability for critical systems. MassiveGRID supports this with dedicated account management, security contacts, and escalation matrices aligned with your organizational structure.
Regulatory Alignment
CSCC extends the NCA ECC baseline with enhanced controls specifically for critical national infrastructure sectors. MassiveGRID's compliance team helps map your existing ECC controls to the additional CSCC requirements for a streamlined compliance path.
CSCC imposes enhanced protection controls for critical infrastructure environments, including strict network segmentation between IT and OT networks, hardened access controls, encryption standards, and security measures addressing OT/IT convergence risks. MassiveGRID delivers these controls at the platform level.
Network Segmentation
Strict network isolation between IT and OT environments with micro-segmentation capabilities. CSCC requires dedicated network zones for critical systems with controlled data flows between segments, preventing lateral movement across infrastructure boundaries.
Enhanced Access Control
Multi-factor authentication, privileged access management (PAM), and just-in-time access for critical system administration. CSCC requires stricter access controls than standard ECC, including session recording and privileged activity monitoring.
Encryption Standards
AES-256 encryption at rest, TLS 1.3 in transit, and cryptographic key management aligned with CSCC requirements. Critical systems demand the highest encryption standards with formal key lifecycle management and hardware security module (HSM) support.
OT/IT Convergence Security
Specialized controls addressing the unique risks of IT/OT convergence in critical infrastructure. CSCC mandates security measures for industrial control systems (ICS), SCADA networks, and operational technology connected to IT environments.
DDoS & Perimeter Defense
Enterprise-grade DDoS mitigation with 10+ Tbps scrubbing capacity protecting critical infrastructure workloads. CSCC requires robust perimeter defense capabilities including intrusion prevention, application firewalls, and traffic analysis for critical systems.
Secure Configuration Management
Hardened baseline configurations for all critical system components following CIS benchmarks and CSCC requirements. Automated configuration compliance scanning ensures drift detection and remediation for systems supporting national infrastructure.
Critical national infrastructure demands the highest levels of resilience. CSCC requires documented business continuity plans, disaster recovery capabilities with defined RPO/RTO targets, geographic redundancy, and automatic failover mechanisms to ensure continuous operation of essential services.
Business Continuity Planning
CSCC mandates comprehensive business continuity plans for all critical systems, with regular testing and validation. MassiveGRID's HA architecture provides the infrastructure foundation for continuity of essential national services.
- Proxmox HA cluster with automatic VM failover under 60 seconds
- Business impact analysis (BIA) support for critical system classification
- Documented continuity procedures aligned with CSCC requirements
- Regular BCP testing and tabletop exercise support
- Communication plans and escalation procedures for critical outages
Disaster Recovery for Critical Systems
CSCC requires disaster recovery capabilities with stringent RPO and RTO targets appropriate for critical national infrastructure. MassiveGRID provides geographic redundancy and automated recovery mechanisms across multiple data center regions.
- Geographic redundancy across 4 data center regions (NYC, London, Frankfurt, Singapore)
- Automated daily backups with configurable retention policies
- Near-zero RPO with synchronous replication for highest-criticality workloads
- DR testing and failover validation on a scheduled basis
- Dedicated DR environments with isolated recovery infrastructure
Redundancy & High Availability
Critical systems require N+1 or higher redundancy at every infrastructure layer. MassiveGRID's HA platform eliminates single points of failure across compute, storage, and network for workloads supporting national infrastructure.
- N+1 redundancy across compute, storage, and network layers
- Active-active and active-passive clustering options
- Redundant power with dual UPS and generator backup
- Multi-path network connectivity with automatic failover
- 100% uptime SLA for critical infrastructure deployments
Operational Resilience for CNI Sectors
CSCC addresses the unique resilience needs of critical national infrastructure sectors — energy, water, telecom, healthcare, finance, and transport. MassiveGRID tailors resilience configurations to match each sector's operational requirements.
- Sector-specific resilience profiles for energy, healthcare, finance, and telecom
- Real-time system health monitoring with predictive failure analysis
- Isolated failover domains to prevent cascading failures
- Supply chain resilience with diversified infrastructure dependencies
- Regulatory reporting and compliance evidence generation
CSCC requires advanced threat detection capabilities tailored to critical infrastructure environments, including SIEM integration, 24/7 SOC monitoring, structured incident response with NCA notification requirements, and threat intelligence specific to the sectors operating critical national infrastructure.
SIEM & Log Correlation
Centralized security information and event management with correlation rules tuned for critical infrastructure threat patterns. CSCC requires comprehensive log aggregation across all critical system components with real-time correlation and alerting.
24/7 SOC Monitoring
Round-the-clock security operations center monitoring dedicated to critical infrastructure workloads. CSCC mandates continuous monitoring with trained analysts who understand the unique threat landscape facing national infrastructure operators.
Incident Response & NCA Notification
Structured incident response aligned with CSCC requirements, including mandatory notification to the National Cybersecurity Authority (NCA) within prescribed timeframes. MassiveGRID provides incident classification, containment, and forensic support for critical system security events.
Threat Intelligence
Sector-specific threat intelligence feeds covering threats targeting energy, water, telecom, healthcare, finance, and transport sectors. CSCC requires threat intelligence programs that inform defensive measures for critical national infrastructure.
Audit Logging & Retention
Comprehensive audit trail for all critical system access and configuration changes. CSCC requires extended log retention periods, tamper-evident storage, and the ability to produce audit evidence for NCA compliance reviews.
Vulnerability Management
Continuous vulnerability scanning and patch management for critical infrastructure systems. CSCC requires accelerated patching timelines for critical and high-severity vulnerabilities, with formal risk acceptance processes for deferred patches.
Your NCA CSCC Compliance Journey
MassiveGRID accelerates your path to CSCC compliance by providing infrastructure that satisfies the enhanced technical controls required for critical national infrastructure. Here is the typical compliance process.
Ready to Achieve NCA CSCC Compliance?
MassiveGRID's compliance team works directly with operators of critical national infrastructure and NCA-authorized assessors. Contact us to discuss your sector requirements, control mapping, and deployment strategy.