Thursday 28 December 2017

Outsourcing to the Cloud? Expect the FCA to show more interest in this area soon....

The European Banking Authority (EBA) have published their findings and recommendations on outsourcing to cloud service providers.

A copy of the report may be found at 

http://www.eba.europa.eu/documents/10180/1712868/Final+draft+Recommendations+on+Cloud+Outsourcing+%28EBA-Rec-2017-03%29.pdf


The recommendations are intended to provide additional guidance to credit institutions and investment firms - thankfully on a proportionate basis depending upon the size, structure and operational environment of the institution. 

 Institutions are expected to mitigate risks when outsourcing - has the firm thought about the risks of "chain outsourcing"; does the Firm have a contingency plan / exit strategy if a change of Cloud Service Provider is needed?

The implementation date for these recommendations is 1st July 2018


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