IOSCO issues study of regulatory approaches and tools to deal with cyber risk

08 April 2016

IOSCO published a report that brings together insights and perspectives from IOSCO’s various policy, stakeholder and regional committees on the topic of cyber resilience.

 The report, “Cyber Security in Securities Markets – An International Perspective,” provides a review of the different regulatory approaches related to cyber security and the potential tools available to regulators to respond to the cyber risk. The report also describes some of the practices adopted by market participants. The work was coordinated by the Québec Autorité des marches financiers, with the assistance of the Singapore MAS and the China CSRC.

The content of the report is organized around the following segments of securities markets: reporting issuers, trading venues, market intermediaries, asset managers and financial market infrastructures. The regulatory issues, challenges and approaches are highlighted in relation to these segments. Furthermore, the report underscores the issues and opportunities related to cooperation and information sharing among market participants and regulators.

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