IT compliance through the intro­duction of an ISMS

Increasing compliance requirements

“The depen­dency of core and value-added processes on the IT infra­structure and the IT systems operated there is constantly increasing at credit insti­tu­tions. This means that the associated compliance require­ments are also increasing almost to the same extent”. In an article that has just been published on the specialist platform “Security Insider”, SRC expert Dagmar Schoppe explains the different regulatory and legal require­ments that determine the daily business of credit insti­tu­tions and how IT compliance is improved by the intro­duction of an ISMS.

Value creation processes are threatened

The protection of these value-added processes through compliance with regulatory and legal require­ments, e.g. from BAIT, MaRisk or the IT Security Act, is a very topical issue. After all, the danger of hacker attacks is a real and current threat. This is one of the reasons why IT security is one of the central audit focuses of the BaFin. The TIBER-EU programme, which is intended to strengthen the resilience of the financial world against cyber attacks, also aims in this direction.

Holistic infor­mation security management system creates security

For a holistic approach to the protection of corporate values, the various organ­i­sa­tional and technical aspects must be combined into a holistic concept. This leads to the intro­duction of an infor­mation security management system, e.g. on the basis of ISO 27001.

The experts of the SRC division Banking Compliance will gladly advise you on regulatory and legal require­ments and their imple­men­tation, e.g. by intro­ducing an infor­mation security management system (ISMS) or by carrying out TIBER tests. SRC is a member of the Cyber-Alliance.