BermudaBermuda Monetary Authority Operational Cyber Risk Management Code of Conduct, Notification of Cyber Reporting Events
Operational Cyber Risk Management Code of Conduct (Revised September 2022), paras. 41-44
In force since .
A vulnerability and incident reporting rule binding private bodies.
- Private right of action
- No
- Instrument type
- a regulation made under an act
- Obligation class
- Reporting, Security
As of .
What it requires
- This binds a bank, deposit company, corporate service provider, trust company, money service business, investment business or fund administration provider licensed by the Bermuda Monetary Authority (reached by declaring that you hold a financial-services license). A bank or deposit company was bound from and the other licensed entities from , each with a compliance date of .
- Have an officer notify the Authority within 72 hours from the time that there is either a determination or a confirmation of a cyber reporting event, whichever is sooner, where the event has a significant adverse impact on your operations or clients (paragraphs 42 and 43).
- Keep the Authority updated regularly on progress throughout remediation of the incident (paragraph 43).
- Submit an incident report with the details of the incident, the root cause, the actions taken to minimise impact and any actual adverse impact within 14 days of the initial notification, and a final report at the conclusion of the investigation if the root cause was not confirmed (paragraph 43).
- Maintain logs of all cybersecurity incidents with timelines and actions taken, available to the Authority at any time and kept for a minimum of five years (paragraph 44).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text, as of .
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
The Bermuda Monetary Authority, which takes a failure to comply with the Code into account in deciding whether a licensed entity conducts its business in a prudent manner.
What this law does
The Operational Cyber Risk Management Code of Conduct requires an officer of a licensed entity to notify the Authority within 72 hours of a determination or confirmation of a cyber reporting event, whichever is sooner. The Operational Cyber Risk Management Code of Conduct requires an incident report to be submitted within 14 days of the initial incident notification date.
The Operational Cyber Risk Management Code of Conduct requires only cyber reporting events with significant adverse impact on the entity's operations or clients to be reported to the Authority. The Operational Cyber Risk Management Code of Conduct requires incident investigation and response logs to be kept for a minimum of five years.
When LexLint raises it
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