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  • External Measures

    • OM-5.1.3

      All head offices/main offices are required to maintain Ministry of Interior ("MOI") guards on a 24 hours basis. For branches that satisfy the criteria mentioned in Paragraphs OM-5.1.4 to OM-5.1.16 below, they may maintain MOI guards during opening hours only. Furthermore, banks will be allowed to replace MOI armed guards with private security guards subject to the approval of the MOI. Training and approval of private security guards will be given by the MOI.

      Added: January 2020

    • OM-5.1.4

      Public entrances to head offices/main offices and branches must be protected by steel rolling shutters, or the external doors must be of solid steel or a similar solid material of equivalent strength and resistance to fire. Other external entrances must have steel doors or be protected by steel rolling shutters. Preferably, all other external entrances must have the following security measures:

      (a) Magic eye;
      (b) Locking device (key externally and handle internally);
      (c) Door closing mechanism;
      (d) Contact sensor with alarm for prolonged opening time; and
      (e) Multifactor or combination access control system (e.g. access card and key slot or swipe card and password).
      Added: January 2020

    • OM-5.1.5

      External windows must have security measures such as anti-blast films and movement detectors. For ground floor windows, banks must add steel grills fastened into the wall.

      Amended: April 2021
      Added: January 2020

    • OM-5.1.6

      Branch alarm systems must have the following features:

      (a) PIR motion detectors
      (b) Door sensors
      (c) Anti vibration/movement sensors on vaults
      (d) External siren
      (e) The intrusion detection system must be linked to the bank's (i.e. head office) monitoring unit and also the MOI Central Monitoring Unit.
      Added: January 2020