NexusGreenData turns SDAIA's National Data Index (NDI, المؤشر الوطني للبيانات – نضيء) into a working self-assessment tool — the same domain, control and specification structure NDMO publishes, brought to life as an interactive chart. Check off evidence as you collect it and watch your Maturity level rise automatically, from Establishing to Pioneer.
NexusGreenData is a guided readiness and self-assessment platform for the National Data Index (NDI / نضيء) — SDAIA's index, built on the National Data Management Office (NDMO) framework for evaluating a government entity's data-management maturity and compliance. It reproduces the official structure domain-by-domain: 15 domains, 77 controls and 191 specifications, laid out exactly as NDMO's own reference charts — so your compliance team works from the same map NDMO itself uses, not a reinterpretation of it.
Underneath every specification sits its related Maturity Index question — one of 42 questions spanning 14 domains — with the exact evidence required at each of five levels, from Establishing to Pioneer. Check off evidence as your team collects it, and the achieved level is calculated automatically, cascading level by level, so you always know exactly where you stand and precisely what's left to reach Level 5.
Key features
15 domains, 77 controls and 191 specifications, organized exactly as NDMO's own controls & specifications document — the same organizational chart your assessors will recognize.
All 42 Maturity Index questions across 14 domains, each with its five levels' exact evidence requirements — sourced directly from the official framework, not reinterpreted.
Click any specification to see its related Maturity question and evidence, or jump straight from a question to every specification it satisfies — no more cross-referencing two documents by hand.
Check off evidence as it's collected and the achieved Maturity level lights up on its own — a cumulative calculation, not a self-declared score, matching the framework's own cascading logic level by level.
Assign each piece of evidence to the right internal owner — suggested roles adapt to what the evidence actually is, so a personal-data item and a database-operations item surface different, relevant owners.
A built-in, step-by-step walkthrough introduces every capability — from selecting a domain to assigning evidence — so new stakeholders are productive in minutes, not a training session.
NexusGreenData runs as a lightweight, self-contained readiness workspace — nothing to install, no data leaves your environment, and no live connection to any national platform is required for the self-assessment itself. Select a domain to see its full control-and-specification chart, exactly as NDMO structures it. Click any specification to open its related Maturity question, required evidence and priority. Check off evidence as your team completes it, and watch the achieved Maturity level update automatically, level by level, up to Level 5 (Pioneer). Assign each evidence item to the right internal owner, and use the built-in guided tour to bring new stakeholders up to speed in minutes.
| Deployment | Self-contained web app — runs entirely in the browser, no data leaves your environment |
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| Coverage | 15 domains, 77 controls, 191 specifications — the full official NDMO structure |
| Maturity model | 42 questions across 14 domains, 5 levels (Establishing → Defined → Activated → Managed → Pioneer) |
| Evidence tracking | Per-level checklist with automatic, cumulative level calculation |
| Assignment | Role-based, with evidence-aware role suggestions |
| Onboarding | Built-in, step-by-step guided tour |
| Language | Fully Arabic, right-to-left |
| Source | Structured from NDMO's official National Data Index and Controls & Specifications documents |
NexusGreenData is built by NexusVectors on top of NDMO's published reference documents. It is an independent readiness tool and is not endorsed by or affiliated with NDMO or SDAIA.
Who it's for
Policies, approvals and screenshots live in a dozen folders and nobody can say — with confidence — which Maturity level you're actually at today. NexusGreenData maps every requirement to a real evidence checklist and shows your current level automatically.
An NDI self-assessment is coming and your team doesn't know where to start. NexusGreenData walks them domain-by-domain through the exact structure NDMO evaluates, from Level 1 to Level 5.
Requirements get identified, then nobody follows up. NexusGreenData assigns each piece of evidence to a specific internal owner — with contextual role suggestions — so nothing falls through the cracks.
FAQ
The National Data Index — المؤشر الوطني للبيانات (نضيء) — is a dynamic, results-based index launched by the Saudi Data & AI Authority (SDAIA) with the National Transformation Program. It evaluates and tracks how far government entities have progressed in data management: the maturity of their data-management practices, their compliance with the national data-management and personal-data-protection standards, and their operational-excellence indicators.
SDAIA owns and publishes the index. Its National Data Management Office (NDMO) issues the National Data Management and Personal Data Protection Standards — the controls, specifications and maturity questions the index measures — and government entities set up their own Data Management Office (مكتب إدارة البيانات) to implement them. Each measurement cycle covers the Kingdom's government entities; the third cycle covered 214 of them.
Three components: (1) a maturity survey of data-management practices across 14 domains, scored on five levels; (2) compliance with NDMO's controls and specifications across 15 domains; and (3) operational-excellence indicators. Together they show whether an entity's data governance, data quality, metadata, classification, protection and master-data practices are actually operating — not just documented.
Fifteen domains from NDMO's National Data Management standards: Data Governance, Metadata & Data Catalog, Data Quality, Data Storage, Content & Document Management, Data Modeling & Architecture, Reference & Master Data Management (MDM), Business Intelligence & Analytics, Data Integration & Sharing, Data Value Realization, Open Data, Freedom of Information, Data Classification, Personal Data Protection and Data Security and Protection.
Five levels, achieved cumulatively: Level 1 Establishing (البناء), Level 2 Defined (التعريف), Level 3 Activated (التفعيل), Level 4 Managed (التمكن) and Level 5 Pioneer (الريادة). Each of the 42 maturity questions lists the evidence required at every level, so an entity cannot claim Level 4 without the evidence for Levels 1 to 3.
NexusGreenData reproduces NDMO's official structure — 15 domains, their controls and 191 specifications — as an interactive chart, links every specification to its Maturity Index question and the evidence required at each level, and calculates your achieved level automatically as evidence is checked off. Evidence items can be assigned to internal owners, so readiness work is tracked rather than just listed.
Yes. Reference & Master Data Management (إدارة البيانات الرئيسية والمرجعية) is one of the 15 NDI domains, alongside data governance, data quality, metadata and data catalog, data classification and personal data protection (PDPL). NexusVectors delivers these as services — MDM, data governance and data-management operating models — so the gaps a self-assessment reveals can be closed, not just reported.
Personal Data Protection is one of the NDI's 15 domains, so PDPL readiness — classification, consent, breach notification, retention — feeds directly into an entity's score. The standards also expect each government entity to establish a Data Management Office (مكتب إدارة البيانات), typically led by a Chief Data Officer; SDAIA has reported more than 300 such offices across government. NexusVectors helps design and staff that office and its governance committee.
No. NexusGreenData is an independent readiness tool built by NexusVectors on top of NDMO's published reference documents. It is not endorsed by or affiliated with SDAIA or NDMO, and it does not connect to any national platform — it runs entirely in your browser.
Open the interactive chart, select your domain, and see exactly which controls, specifications and evidence stand between you and Level 5.