The financial entities referred to in Article 16(1) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 shall design and implement, where appropriate, a procedure governing the acquisition, development, and maintenance of ICT systems following a risk-based approach. That procedure shall:
(a) ensure that, before any acquisition or development of ICT systems takes place, the functional and non-functional requirements, including information security requirements, are clearly specified and approved by the business function concerned;
(b) ensure the testing and approval of ICT systems prior to their first use and before introducing changes to the production environment;
(c) identify measures to mitigate the risk of unintentional alteration or intentional manipulation of the ICT systems during development and implementation in the production environment.
Organisation has a process to review and approve software before installation or use. Process includes at least:
This process should include the selection of special purpose software e.g. maintenance tools.
New systems must be tested and approved before they are used and before they are added to production environment.
There should be measures in place to mitigate risk of unintentional alteration or intentional manipulation of systems during development and implementation.
Whenever new data systems are acquired or developed, pre-defined security rules are followed, taking into account the priority of the system. The rules ensure that adequate measures are taken to ensure the security of the data and data processing in the system.