RM-9.1.5

Past version: Effective from 01 Oct 2019 to 30 Sep 2021
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The senior management of an insurance licensee must be responsible for the following activities:

(a) Creating an overall cyber risk management framework commensurate with the size, nature of activities and the risk profile of the licensee and formulating a cyber risk defense policy;
(b) Regularly measures the effectiveness of the implementation of the risk management practices mentioned in RM-9.1.3 and ensuring that this is regularly reported to the Board;
(c) Ensuring that process for identifying critical internal functions are in place and annually verified;
(d) Adequately overseeing the implementation of the cyber risk management framework;
(e) Implementing and consistently maintaining an integrated, corporate-wide, cyber risk management framework, including sufficient resource allocation;
(f) Monitoring the effectiveness of the cyber defense array and coordinating cyber defense activities with internal and external risk management entities;
(g) Receiving periodic reports from the relevant departments on the current situation with respect to cyber threats and cyber risk treatment; and
(h) Receiving periodic reports on all cyber incidents (internal and external) and analysis of their implications on the licensee.
Added: October 2019