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 6Note: This article is based on the final draft from the ESAs and is not yet adopted. Risk management for pooled and joint TLPTs

  1. In the case of a joint 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 or a pooled 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, the control team of each financial entity shall conduct its own risk assessment and establish its own risk management measures.

  2. The control team of the designated financial entity referred to in Article 14(3)(b) or in Article 26(4) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 shall consider, in conducting the risk assessment, aspects relating to the involvement in 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 of multiple financial entitiesas defined in Article 2, points (a) to (t). The control teams of the involved financial entitiesas defined in Article 2, points (a) to (t) shall cooperate to identify potential joint risks.

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