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2014-12-15

Regulations amending Finansinspektionen’s regulations and general guidelines regarding information security, IT operations and deposit systems

Finansinspektionen issued regulations amending its guidelines on information security, IT operations, and deposit systems to explicitly define the scope of applicable undertakings. The amended Chapter 1, Section 2 specifies that the rules apply to banking companies, savings banks, members’ banks, credit market companies, credit market associations, and investment firms. Additionally, the provisions are mandated to be applied at the group or subgroup level in accordance with the Special Supervision of Credit Institutions and Investment Firms Act, with the regulations entering into force on 2 August 2014.

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Finansinspektionen’s Regulatory Code Publisher: Finansinspektionen, Sweden, www.fi.se ISSN 1102-7460 This translation is furnished for information purposes only and is not itself a legal document. 1 Regulations amending Finansinspektionen’s regulations and general guidelines (FFFS 2014:5) regarding information security, IT operations and deposit systems; decided on 26 June 2014. Finansinspektionen prescribes pursuant to Chapter 5, section 2, point 5 of the Banking and Financing Business Ordinance (2004:329) that Chapter 1, section 2 of Finansinspektionen’s regulations and general guidelines (FFFS 2014:5) regarding information security, IT operations and deposit systems shall have the following wording. Chapter 1 Section 2 These regulations apply to the following undertakings:

  1. banking companies,
  2. savings banks,
  3. members’ banks,
  4. credit market companies,
  5. credit market associations, and
  6. investment firms. The provisions of Chapter 1–3 shall, in accordance with what is set forth in Chapter 3, section 4 of the Special Supervision of Credit Institutions and Investment Firms Act (2014:968), be applied at group or subgroup level.

These regulations shall enter into force on 2 August 2014. ANNIKA ZERVENS Camilla Edvardsson FFFS 2014:32 Published on 9 July 2014

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