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Technology Risk

What is Technology Risk?

The potential for technology failures, obsolescence, security breaches, or misuse to adversely impact an organization's operations and objectives.

AI and Technology

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

What the standards actually require on technology risk

Requirements naming technology risk across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

HKMA TM-G-14 controls

HKMA TM-G-1 Governance of Technology Risk. (1) BOARD AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT OF TECHNOLOGY RISK (TM-G-1.2.1) - Board approval of IT strategy + technology risk appetite + risk tolerance; senior management accountability + governance structure;

HKMA-TMG1-Governance-Board-Framework-Roles · TM-G-1 Governance - Board + Senior Mgmt Oversight + Technology Risk Management Framework + Roles

Conduct a written enterprise technology risk assessment analysing threats and vulnerabilities in the context of mitigating controls and identifying, estimating and prioritising risks to operations, assets, market participants and others arising from impairment...

CFTC-SS-17 · Enterprise Technology Risk Assessment

Per MAS Technology Risk Management Guidelines: TRM governance. Requirements include (a) Board + Senior Management oversight + (b) TRM framework + (c) risk appetite + (d) align with MAS Notices.

SGMASTRM-1 · Technology Risk Governance

Requires entities to mitigate identified risks from technology assets associated with foreign interference.

PSPF-DIR-003-2024 · Direction 003-2024: Mitigation of Technology Risks

Per PSA + MAS Notices: cybersecurity for DPT. Align with MAS TRM Guidelines + Cyber Hygiene Notice + Incident Reporting.

SGPSA-4 · Cybersecurity and Technology Risk for DPT Service Providers

Per VARA TMS: technology risk + cybersecurity + system resilience + business continuity.

UAEVARA-4 · Technology Risk and Cybersecurity

Questions people ask about technology risk

What is Technology Risk?
The potential for technology failures, obsolescence, security breaches, or misuse to adversely impact an organization's operations and objectives.
Why is Technology Risk important for compliance?
Technology Risk is a key concept in AI and Technology. Understanding technology risk helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Technology Risk?
Technology Risk appears in the requirement text of HKMA TM-G-1, CFTC System Safeguards (17 CFR 37, 38, 39, 49), Singapore MAS TRM Guidelines, Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF) Release 2024, Singapore Payment Services Act (PSA) - Digital Payment Token Regulation. Across these standards we have identified 11 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Technology Risk?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how technology risk 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 686 frameworks.

See how Technology Risk applies across compliance frameworks

Our platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.

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