SentinelOne Launches Local Cybersecurity Platform with Google Cloud in Saudi Arabia

Editorial Team

Last updated 19-01-2026

3 min

SentinelOne has made its Singularity platform available locally via Google Cloud’s Dammam region.

Saudi organisations can keep “logs and threat data” inside the Kingdom, meeting strict data laws.

Local hosting cuts latency, letting security tools react faster at “machine speed”.

The move supports Vision 2030 and Saudi Arabia’s ambition to be a global digital leader.

SentinelOne has quietly crossed an important line in Saudi Arabia, making its Singularity cybersecurity platform available locally through Google Cloud’s Dammam region. It might sound like a technical tweak, but for organisations wrestling with data rules and rising cyber risks, this is a pretty big deal, you know?

The move means Saudi government bodies, banks, energy firms, hospitals and operators of critical infrastructure can now use SentinelOne’s AI-driven security tools while keeping all their sensitive data within the Kingdom. Logs, threat data, incident reports – the lot stays on national soil. That matters when you’re trying to line up with Saudi data laws such as SDPPL and the National Cybersecurity Authority’s frameworks, and still move at speed with digital transformation under Vision 2030.

Meriam ElOuazzani, SentinelOne’s Regional Senior Director for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa, pointed to Saudi Arabia’s push to become a global digital leader. She said hosting the platform locally in Dammam helps organisations strengthen their cyber resilience without sending security data abroad, adding that the investment reflects a long-term commitment to the Kingdom and its national priorities.

From a practical point of view, local hosting also reduces latency. In plain English, security systems can react faster. Agent-to-cloud communication and threat-hunting queries are handled inside the country, allowing the platform’s autonomous software to spot, block and clean up attacks at machine speed. That’s spot on for teams who are stretched thin and can’t afford delays when something goes wrong.

I’ve seen plenty of startups and scale-ups across the region – often featured on Arageek – hit a wall when global tech doesn’t quite fit local compliance rules. On flipside, when providers invest properly on the ground, it removes a bit of a faff and lets founders focus on building rather than ticking legal boxes. I reckon this kind of localisation is long overdue, especially as Saudi firms double down on cloud and AI.

SentinelOne’s expansion gives organisations a scalable security base to protect modern workloads and even AI infrastructure itself, which is slightly ironic but also reassuring. I’m not a fan of marketing hype around “AI-native” everything, well… I mean, it still has to work in real life. That said, keeping data sovereign while boosting response times feels like a step in the right direction, and one that many regulated industries in the Kingdom will be chuffed to bits about.

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