AI Ethics and Data Governance Case Study:
Regulatory Compliance Enablement for NDMO & GDPR Alignment
Executive Summary
SentinelX Digital’s experts guided a leading financial and public-sector entity through a comprehensive compliance transformation program aligned with Saudi Arabia’s National Data Management Office (NDMO) standards and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The initiative established automated governance workflows, enhanced regulatory visibility, and created a sustainable model for privacy-by-design and compliance assurance across enterprise data ecosystems.
Business Challenge
As regulatory landscapes expand, enterprises face significant challenges in managing compliance across multi-jurisdictional frameworks such as NDMO, GDPR, and emerging AI governance mandates. Fragmented data ownership, manual validation, and inconsistent policy enforcement create both operational inefficiencies and regulatory exposure. The client required a structured approach to automate compliance tracking, unify governance policies, and enable enterprise-wide data accountability.
SentinelX Approach
SentinelX Digital’s governance and compliance experts implemented a compliance-automation and stewardship framework anchored in metadata management and automated validation. Using tools such as Collibra, Informatica DPM, and Microsoft Purview, the team established scalable controls for data classification, consent tracking, and policy lineage.
Key actions included:
- Designing an NDMO-GDPR alignment map across enterprise data domains.
- Automating compliance attestations and data subject rights workflows.
- Deploying privacy impact assessment (PIA) templates integrated with governance tools.
- Establishing real-time dashboards for compliance maturity tracking and audit readiness.
Outcomes & Impact
- Achieved 80 % automation of compliance control validation.
- Reduced manual audit preparation time by 45 %.
- Increased data-owner accountability through stewardship models and embedded workflows.
- Strengthened organization-wide readiness for global regulatory audits (NDMO, GDPR, ISO 27701).
Disclaimer
This case study represents SentinelX Digital’s methodologies and consultant-led delivery expertise in Responsible AI and model governance. All data is anonymized, and performance metrics are representative of typical outcomes achieved in comparable enterprise environments.