Risk management framework

Preamble (Recitals 1 – 30)

Recitals

Title I (Article 1)

General principle

Article 1

Overall risk profile and complexity

Title II (Articles 2 – 27)

Further harmonisation of ICT risk management tools, methods, processes, and policies in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554

Chapter I (Articles 2 – 18)

ICT security policies, procedures, protocols, and tools

Section 1

Article 2

General elements of ICT security policies, procedures, protocols, and tools

Section 2

Article 3

ICT risk management

Section 3

ICT asset management

Article 4

ICT asset management policy

Article 5

ICT asset management procedure

Section 4

Encryption and cryptography

Article 6

Encryption and cryptographic controls

Article 7

Cryptographic key management

Section 5

ICT operations security

Article 8

Policies and procedures for ICT operations

Article 9

Capacity and performance management

Article 10

Vulnerability and patch management

Article 11

Data and system security

Article 12

Logging

Section 6

Network security

Article 13

Network security management

Article 14

Securing information in transit

Section 7

ICT project and change management

Article 15

ICT project management

Article 16

ICT systems acquisition, development, and maintenance

Article 17

ICT change management

Section 8

Article 18

Physical and environmental security

Chapter II (Articles 19 – 21)

Human resources policy and access control

Article 19

Human resources policy

Article 20

Identity management

Article 21

Access control

Chapter III (Articles 22 – 23)

ICT-related incident detection and response

Article 22

ICT-related incident management policy

Article 23

Anomalous activities detection and criteria for ICT-related incidents detection and response

Chapter IV (Articles 24 – 26)

ICT business continuity management

Article 24

Components of the ICT business continuity policy

Article 25

Testing of the ICT business continuity plans

Article 26

ICT response and recovery plans

Chapter V (Article 27)

Report on the ICT risk management framework review

Article 27

Format and content of the report on the review of the ICT risk management framework

Title III (Articles 28 – 41)

Simplified ICT risk management framework for financial entities referred to in Article 16(1) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554

Chapter I (Articles 28 – 32)

Simplified ICT risk management framework

Article 28

Governance and organisation

Article 29

Information security policy and measures

Article 30

Classification of information assets and ICT assets

Article 31

ICT risk management

Article 32

Physical and environmental security

Chapter II (Articles 33 – 38)

Further elements of systems, protocols, and tools to minimise the impact of ICT risk

Article 33

Access Control

Article 34

ICT operations security

Article 35

Data, system and network security

Article 36

ICT security testing

Article 37

ICT systems acquisition, development, and maintenance

Article 38

ICT project and change management

Chapter III (Articles 39 – 40)

ICT business continuity management

Article 39

Components of the ICT business continuity plan

Article 40

Testing of business continuity plans

Chapter IV (Article 41)

Report on the review of the simplified ICT risk management framework

Article 41

Format and content of the report on the review of the simplified ICT risk management framework

Title IV (Article 42)

Final provisions

Article 42

Entry into force

Article 3 ICT risk management

Financial entitiesas defined in Article 2, points (a) to (t) shall develop, document, and implement ICT riskmeans any reasonably identifiable circumstance in relation to the use of network and information systems which, if materialised, may compromise the security of the network and information systems, of any technology dependent tool or process, of operations and processes, or of the provision of services by producing adverse effects in the digital or physical environment; management policies and procedures that shall contain all of the following:

  1. an indication of the approval of the risk tolerance level for ICT riskmeans any reasonably identifiable circumstance in relation to the use of network and information systems which, if materialised, may compromise the security of the network and information systems, of any technology dependent tool or process, of operations and processes, or of the provision of services by producing adverse effects in the digital or physical environment; established in accordance with Article 6(8), point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554;

  2. a procedure and a methodology to conduct the ICT riskmeans any reasonably identifiable circumstance in relation to the use of network and information systems which, if materialised, may compromise the security of the network and information systems, of any technology dependent tool or process, of operations and processes, or of the provision of services by producing adverse effects in the digital or physical environment; assessment, identifying:

    1. vulnerabilitiesmeans a weakness, susceptibility or flaw of an asset, system, process or control that can be exploited; and threats that affect or may affect the supported business functions, the ICT systems and ICT assetsmeans a software or hardware asset in the network and information systems used by the financial entity; supporting those functions;

    2. the quantitative or qualitative indicators to measure the impact and likelihood of the vulnerabilitiesmeans a weakness, susceptibility or flaw of an asset, system, process or control that can be exploited; and threats referred to in point (i);

  3. the procedure to identify, implement, and document ICT riskmeans any reasonably identifiable circumstance in relation to the use of network and information systems which, if materialised, may compromise the security of the network and information systems, of any technology dependent tool or process, of operations and processes, or of the provision of services by producing adverse effects in the digital or physical environment; treatment measures for the ICT risksmeans any reasonably identifiable circumstance in relation to the use of network and information systems which, if materialised, may compromise the security of the network and information systems, of any technology dependent tool or process, of operations and processes, or of the provision of services by producing adverse effects in the digital or physical environment; identified and assessed, including the determination of ICT riskmeans any reasonably identifiable circumstance in relation to the use of network and information systems which, if materialised, may compromise the security of the network and information systems, of any technology dependent tool or process, of operations and processes, or of the provision of services by producing adverse effects in the digital or physical environment; treatment measures necessary to bring ICT riskmeans any reasonably identifiable circumstance in relation to the use of network and information systems which, if materialised, may compromise the security of the network and information systems, of any technology dependent tool or process, of operations and processes, or of the provision of services by producing adverse effects in the digital or physical environment; within the risk tolerance level referred to in point (a);

  4. for the residual ICT risksmeans any reasonably identifiable circumstance in relation to the use of network and information systems which, if materialised, may compromise the security of the network and information systems, of any technology dependent tool or process, of operations and processes, or of the provision of services by producing adverse effects in the digital or physical environment; that are still present following the implementation of the ICT riskmeans any reasonably identifiable circumstance in relation to the use of network and information systems which, if materialised, may compromise the security of the network and information systems, of any technology dependent tool or process, of operations and processes, or of the provision of services by producing adverse effects in the digital or physical environment; treatment measures referred to in point (c):

    1. provisions on the identification of those residual ICT risksmeans any reasonably identifiable circumstance in relation to the use of network and information systems which, if materialised, may compromise the security of the network and information systems, of any technology dependent tool or process, of operations and processes, or of the provision of services by producing adverse effects in the digital or physical environment;;

    2. the assignment of roles and responsibilities regarding:

      1. the acceptance of the residual ICT risksmeans any reasonably identifiable circumstance in relation to the use of network and information systems which, if materialised, may compromise the security of the network and information systems, of any technology dependent tool or process, of operations and processes, or of the provision of services by producing adverse effects in the digital or physical environment; that exceed the financial entity’s risk tolerance level referred to in point (a);

      2. for the review process referred to in point (iv) of this point (d);

    3. the development of an inventory of the accepted residual ICT risksmeans any reasonably identifiable circumstance in relation to the use of network and information systems which, if materialised, may compromise the security of the network and information systems, of any technology dependent tool or process, of operations and processes, or of the provision of services by producing adverse effects in the digital or physical environment;, including a justification for their acceptance;

    4. provisions on the review of the accepted residual ICT risksmeans any reasonably identifiable circumstance in relation to the use of network and information systems which, if materialised, may compromise the security of the network and information systems, of any technology dependent tool or process, of operations and processes, or of the provision of services by producing adverse effects in the digital or physical environment; at least once a year, including:

      1. the identification of any changes to the residual ICT risksmeans any reasonably identifiable circumstance in relation to the use of network and information systems which, if materialised, may compromise the security of the network and information systems, of any technology dependent tool or process, of operations and processes, or of the provision of services by producing adverse effects in the digital or physical environment;;

      2. the assessment of available mitigation measures;

      3. the assessment of whether the reasons justifying the acceptance of residual ICT risksmeans any reasonably identifiable circumstance in relation to the use of network and information systems which, if materialised, may compromise the security of the network and information systems, of any technology dependent tool or process, of operations and processes, or of the provision of services by producing adverse effects in the digital or physical environment; are still valid and applicable at the date of the review;

  5. provisions on the monitoring of:

    1. any changes to the ICT riskmeans any reasonably identifiable circumstance in relation to the use of network and information systems which, if materialised, may compromise the security of the network and information systems, of any technology dependent tool or process, of operations and processes, or of the provision of services by producing adverse effects in the digital or physical environment; and cyber threatmeans ‘cyber threat’ as defined in Article 2, point (8), of Regulation (EU) 2019/881; landscape;

    2. internal and external vulnerabilitiesmeans a weakness, susceptibility or flaw of an asset, system, process or control that can be exploited; and threats:

    3. ICT riskmeans any reasonably identifiable circumstance in relation to the use of network and information systems which, if materialised, may compromise the security of the network and information systems, of any technology dependent tool or process, of operations and processes, or of the provision of services by producing adverse effects in the digital or physical environment; of the financial entity that enables promp detection of changes that could affect its ICT riskmeans any reasonably identifiable circumstance in relation to the use of network and information systems which, if materialised, may compromise the security of the network and information systems, of any technology dependent tool or process, of operations and processes, or of the provision of services by producing adverse effects in the digital or physical environment; profile;

  6. provisions on a process to ensure that any changes to the business strategy and the digital operational resiliencemeans the ability of a financial entity to build, assure and review its operational integrity and reliability by ensuring, either directly or indirectly through the use of services provided by ICT third-party service providers, the full range of ICT-related capabilities needed to address the security of the network and information systems which a financial entity uses, and which support the continued provision of financial services and their quality, including throughout disruptions; strategy of the financial entity are taken into account.

For the purposes of the first paragraph, point (c), the procedure referred to in that point shall ensure:

  1. the monitoring of the effectiveness of the ICT riskmeans any reasonably identifiable circumstance in relation to the use of network and information systems which, if materialised, may compromise the security of the network and information systems, of any technology dependent tool or process, of operations and processes, or of the provision of services by producing adverse effects in the digital or physical environment; treatment measures implemented;

  2. the assessment of whether the established risk tolerance levels of the financial entity have been attained;

  3. the assessment of whether the financial entity has taken actions to correct or improve those measures where necessary.

Table of contents