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ICT Risk Management

What is ICT Risk Management?

The process of identifying, assessing, and managing risks associated with information and communication technology. ICT risk management is central to DORA, CPS 234, and other technology-focused regulations.

Risk Management

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as ict risk management. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on ict risk management

Requirements naming ict risk management across 5 standards, quoted from the control text.

DORA7 controls

Articles 5 to 15 are disapplied for: investment firms that are small and non-interconnected; payment institutions and electronic money institutions exempted under their directives;

DORA-Art.16 · Simplified ICT risk management framework →

The simplified framework must set ICT risk tolerance in line with risk appetite; identify and assess ICT risks; set mitigation strategies at least for risks outside tolerance and monitor their effectiveness;

dora-rts-on-ict-risk-management-framework-commission-delegated-regulation-eu-2024-1774::31 · Article 31: ICT risk management (simplified framework) →

The policy must keep contracts consistent with the ICT risk management framework, information security policy, ICT business continuity policy and incident reporting duties of DORA;

dora-rts-on-ict-third-party-contractual-policy-commission-delegated-regulation-eu-2024-1773::3.6 · Article 3(6) to (8): Alignment, audit and non-negotiable contract principles →

Article 99 obliges Member States to ensure adequate + effective out-of-court complaint + redress procedures for disputes between PSUs and PSPs. Article 100 designates competent authorities.

PSD2-Art.99_103 · Out-of-court redress, competent authorities and penalties (PSD2 Articles 99-103) →

Agencies should assess data security risks for their datasets as part of the Government ICT Risk Management Methodology, using its Data Security Risk Assessment Methodology, when acquiring a new dataset, developing an ICT system holding personal or entity data...

singapore-government-instruction-manual-on-ictss-management-im8::DSP-01 · Data security risk assessment for datasets →

Questions people ask about ict risk management

What is ICT Risk Management?
The process of identifying, assessing, and managing risks associated with information and communication technology. ICT risk management is central to DORA, CPS 234, and other technology-focused regulations.
Why is ICT Risk Management important for compliance?
ICT Risk Management is a key concept in Risk Management. Understanding ict risk management helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address ICT Risk Management?
ICT Risk Management appears in the requirement text of DORA, DORA RTS on ICT Risk Management Framework (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1774), DORA RTS on ICT Third-Party Contractual Policy (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1773), EU Payment Services Directive (PSD2), Singapore Government Instruction Manual on ICT&SS Management (IM8). Across these standards we have identified 17 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about ICT Risk Management?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how ict risk management applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.

See how ICT Risk Management applies across compliance frameworks

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.