Operational and ICT incident reporting to the Bank of Albania
Albania
Initial report within 4 hours of classifying an event as critical; classification no later than 24 hours after discovery
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Outsourcing risk assessment and monitoring
Albania
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Notification to the BNA before contracting cloud services
Angola
At least 60 days before contracting; 90 days before changes
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Reporting major ICT-related incidents to the FMA
Austria
Initial: within 4 hours of classification and no later than 24 hours from discovery; intermediate: 72 hours after the initial report; final: within one month of the last intermediate report
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ICT third-party register and notification of critical outsourcing
Austria
Register submitted annually in a window announced each year; contract notifications 'in a timely manner'
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Notify the Central Bank of material outsourcing agreements
Bahamas
At least 10 business days before entering into or materially varying the agreement
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Prior CBB approval for material outsourcing
Bahrain
At least 6 weeks before committing
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Major operational or security incident reporting
Benin
Notice without delay; report within 72 hours
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Outsourcing of critical functions: prior notice and contract terms
Benin
At least 30 days' prior notice
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Notification of cloud and data-processing outsourcing to the Central Bank (financial institutions)
Brazil
Within 10 days after contracting; 60 days before contracting abroad without an information-exchange agreement
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Notification of cloud and data-processing outsourcing to the Central Bank (payment institutions)
Brazil
Within 10 days after contracting; 60 days before contracting abroad without an information-exchange agreement
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Notification of cloud and data-processing outsourcing to SUSEP
Brazil
Within 30 days after signing the contract
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Notify the BNB before outsourcing operational functions (payment institutions)
Bulgaria
Before outsourcing
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Notice before outsourcing critical functions (payment institutions)
Burkina Faso
At least 30 days before outsourcing
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Operational risk framework and incident notification to the Bank of Canada
Canada
No later than 48 hours after determining the incident is material
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Business continuity plan and IT backup for credit institutions
Central African Republic
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Report significant IT outsourcing to the regulator 20 working days before signing
China
20 working days before the contract is signed
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Safeguard customer reserve funds and keep core services in-house
China
Ongoing
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Major incident notification by payment institutions
Côte d'Ivoire
Without delay; detailed report within 72 hours
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Prior notice of outsourcing of critical functions
Côte d'Ivoire
At least 30 days before outsourcing a critical function
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Annual internal control report to the BCD
Djibouti
Annually by 30 April after the financial year end
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Certification entities: send an annual external security audit and submit new certificates for approval
Ecuador
Annually, within the first 15 days of the following year
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Cyber incident reporting to the Central Bank
Eswatini
Within 2 hours of verifying the incident; report by the 4th working day
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Report major ICT-related incidents to the ACPR
France
Within 4 hours of classification as major, and within 24 hours of detection
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NIS-2 cybersecurity risk-management measures
Germany
Continuous
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Major ICT incident reporting and ICT third-party register (DORA)
Greece
Deadlines per RTS (EU) 2025/301
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Reporting of major operational and cyber incidents to the BCEAO
Guinea-Bissau
Without delay; detailed report within 72 hours
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Prior notice of outsourcing of critical operational functions
Guinea-Bissau
At least 30 days before execution
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Environmental and social risk management system
Honduras
Ongoing; annual report by 31 January
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Discuss outsourcing plans with the HKMA in advance
Hong Kong
In advance of outsourcing or scope change
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Operational resilience framework approved and reviewed by the board
Hong Kong
Annual review of parameters; 1 year + up to 3 years to implement
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Cloud services: register and information to the MNB
Hungary
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Keep system logs for 180 days within India
India
Rolling 180 days (logs); 5 years (VASP KYC and transaction records)
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Adopt a Board-approved outsourcing policy and give RBI access to outsourced records (commercial banks)
India
Ongoing; existing IT outsourcing agreements to comply at renewal or by 10 April 2026, whichever is earlier
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Report outsourced-provider cyber incidents and data leakage to RBI (commercial banks)
India
Within 6 hours of detection by the provider; immediately for data leakage
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Comply with the Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framework (SEBI regulated entities)
India
Effective 1 January 2025 or 1 April 2025 depending on entity category
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Notice to the Central Bank before outsourcing operational functions
Ireland
At least 30 days before outsourcing
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Board responsibility for operational resilience
Ireland
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Cyber incident and technology failure reporting (banks)
Israel
Phone within 2 hours; written within 8 hours of the phone report
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Prior notice of material outsourcing (banks)
Israel
Promptly after the senior-management decision (s. 33(a))
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Third-party, outsourcing and cloud risk management
Japan
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Payment service provider outsourcing notification
Kenya
At least 30 days before implementation (Reg. 23(2))
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Business continuity plan
Lebanon
Plan within one year of the 2009 decision; simulation at least once; update on changes
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Outsourcing of IT services: due diligence, contract terms and exit arrangements
Lebanon
Before outsourcing; ongoing monitoring
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Safeguarding of e-money customer funds in a trust account
Lesotho
At all times
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Outsourcing notice and ICT security for e-money issuers
Lesotho
Prior notice before outsourcing
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ICT third-party (outsourcing and cloud) risk management
Liechtenstein
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Documents to the CSSF after year-end (payment and e-money institutions)
Luxembourg
Three months after year-end for internal control documents; two weeks before the AGM for accounts
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Outsourcing notification to the CSSF (Circular 22/806)
Luxembourg
3 months before; 1 month with a Luxembourg support PFS
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Notification of planned ICT third-party arrangements for critical or important functions (DORA entities)
Luxembourg
At least 3 months before; 1 month with a Luxembourg support PFS
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Prior consultation and notification of material outsourcing
Macao
Before material outsourcing; notify within 30 days of signing
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Prior approval of material outsourcing arrangements
Malaysia
Before entering or significantly modifying a material arrangement
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Consult Bank Negara Malaysia before first-time public cloud adoption
Malaysia
Before first-time public cloud adoption for critical systems
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Notice before outsourcing critical functions (payment institutions)
Mali
At least 30 days before execution
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Major operational incident reporting (payment institutions)
Mali
Without delay; detailed report within 72 hours of notification
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Prior authorisation for material outsourcing
Mauritius
Apply at least 15 working days before entering the agreement
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Outsourcing approval and notification by banks
Moldova
Prior approval for material outsourcing; notifications within 10 working days
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Delegation and outsourcing conditions for approved financial firms
Monaco
Ongoing
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Notify the Central Bank before outsourcing critical or important functions
Montenegro
No later than 60 days before the arrangement
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Authorisation or notification of outsourcing, cloud and offshore data hosting
Mozambique
Authorisation before moving; Bank decides within 30 days
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Cyber incident notification by banking institutions
Namibia
Immediately; formal submission within 24 hours of detection (paras 12.1, 12.5)
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Cyber incident notification by payment service providers
Namibia
Within 24 hours of a successful cyberattack (s 11.23)
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Notification and approval of material outsourcing arrangements
Namibia
Prior notification and authorisation at least 30 working days before signing (s 9.1)
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Prior notice to the BCEAO before outsourcing a critical operational function
Niger
At least 30 days before outsourcing
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Reporting of major operational incidents to the BCEAO
Niger
Without delay; detailed report within 72 hours
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Insurer outsourcing licence
North Macedonia
Licence needed before the outsourcing agreement
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Notify the CBO of outsourcing arrangements
Oman
Within five working days of signing
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Payment service providers: prior notification of outsourcing and registration of agents
São Tomé and Príncipe
Before outsourcing
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SAMA non-objection for outsourcing material functions (payment providers)
Saudi Arabia
Before entering the contract; notify changes
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SAMA non-objection for material outsourcing (banks)
Saudi Arabia
Before material outsourcing; breaches reported immediately
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Prior notice to the BCEAO before outsourcing a critical function
Senegal
At least 30 days before outsourcing
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Submission of outsourcing contracts to the Commission Bancaire
Senegal
Before signing the contract
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Business continuity plan tested annually
Senegal
At least once a year
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Notify the NBS before outsourcing ICT activities or using cloud services
Serbia
At least 30 days before contract
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Central Bank authorisation of outsourcing arrangements
Seychelles
Before entering the arrangement
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Outsourcing notification and cloud approval
Sierra Leone
Before entering the arrangement
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Technology incident reporting and recovery objectives for capital markets institutions
Singapore
Not later than 1 hour after discovery; root cause report within 14 days
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Prior communication to the Banco de España before outsourcing essential functions
Spain
At least 2 months before the provider starts the service
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Annual report of outsourcing arrangements to Bank Supervision
Sri Lanka
Annually by 31 January; changes immediately
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Outsourcing of significant functions: inventory, oversight and audit rights
Switzerland
Before signing and ongoing
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Bank internal control and audit system
Taiwan
Ongoing
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Outsourcing of financial institution operations
Taiwan
Before outsourcing; ongoing
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Prior approval for material outsourcing
Tanzania
Before implementation
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Prior approval for cloud computing use
Tanzania
Before implementation
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Outsourcing of critical operational functions by payment institutions
Togo
30 days' notice before outsourcing a critical function
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Consult the NRBT before material outsourcing
Tonga
Before the arrangement starts
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Outsourcing: written contract and prior notice to the BCT
Tunisia
Prior notice to the BCT; silence for one month counts as acceptance
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Payment system operators: information security testing and audit trails
Türkiye
Penetration test at least annually; audit trails kept 10 years
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Payment system operators: outsourcing of IT activities
Türkiye
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Security and technology-risk controls for electronic and internet banking
Tuvalu
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Operational resilience: important business services and impact tolerances
United Kingdom
Ongoing since 31 March 2025
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Computer-security incident notification to the OCC
United States
As soon as possible and no later than 36 hours after determination
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Third-party relationship risk management
United States
Ongoing
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Obtain Reserve Bank approval to outsource payment functions or appoint agents
Vanuatu
Before outsourcing or appointing an agent
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Information-system safety and business continuity for credit institutions
Vietnam
Ongoing
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