Threat-led penetration testing

Preamble (Recitals 1 – 29)

Recitals

Chapter I (Article 1)

General provisions

Article 1

Definitions

Chapter II (Article 2)

Criteria to identify financial entities required to perform TLPT

Article 2

Identification of financial entities required to perform TLPT

Chapter III (Articles 3 – 12)

Requirements regarding test scope, testing methodology and results of TLPT

Section I

Testing methodology

Article 3

TCT and TLPT Test Managers

Article 4

Organisational arrangements for financial entities

Article 5

Risk management for TLPT

Article 6

Risk management for pooled and joint TLPTs

Section II

Testing process

Article 7

Specificities for pooled and joint TLPTs

Article 8

Preparation phase

Article 9

Testing phase: Threat intelligence

Article 10

Testing phase: Red Team Test

Article 11

Closure phase

Article 12

Remediation plan

Chapter IV (Article 13)

Requirements and standards governing the use of internal testers

Article 13

Use of internal testers

Chapter V (Articles 14 – 15)

Cooperation and mutual recognition and final provisions

Article 14

Cooperation

Article 15

Entry into force and application

Article 12Note: This article is based on the final draft from the ESAs and is not yet adopted. Remediation plan

  1. Within eight weeks from the notification referred to in Article 11(7), the financial entity shall provide the remediation plans referred to in Article 26(6) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 to the TLPT(threat-led penetration testing) a framework that mimics the tactics, techniques and procedures of real-life threat actors perceived as posing a genuine cyber threat, that delivers a controlled, bespoke, intelligence-led (red team) test of the financial entity’s critical live production systems authority and, where different, to the financial entity’s competent authorityas defined in Article 46.

  2. The remediation plan referred in paragraph 1 shall include, for each finding occurred in the framework of the TLPT(threat-led penetration testing) a framework that mimics the tactics, techniques and procedures of real-life threat actors perceived as posing a genuine cyber threat, that delivers a controlled, bespoke, intelligence-led (red team) test of the financial entity’s critical live production systems:

    1. a description of the identified shortcomings;

    2. a description of the proposed remediation measures and of their prioritisation and expected completion, including where relevant measure to improve the identification, protection, detection and response capabilities;

    3. a root cause analysis;

    4. the financial entity’s staff or functions responsible for the implementation of the proposed remediation measures or improvements;

    5. the risks associated to not implementing the measures referred to in point (b) and, where relevant, risks associated to the implementation of such measures.

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