How One Engineer Turned Saudi Cloud Compliance from a 6-Month Bottleneck into a 2-Week Workflow

Saudi Arabia’s Class C data sovereignty rules once forced ISVs into 4–8 month compliance cycles. One engineer reimagined compliance as code—automating data residency, access controls, and audit trails directly into cloud infrastructure. The result: deployment timelines cut by up to 90%, massive cost savings, and a reusable blueprint for regulated cloud markets worldwide.