The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago has issued the Cybersecurity Best Practices Guideline following comments from the public on the draft Guideline. The Guideline is applicable to institutions regulated by the Central Bank.  Other companies are encouraged to adopt the Guideline as a means of managing their cybersecurity risks but are not required to report to the Central Bank.

The Guideline incorporates 20 requirements arranged under 6 categories (i) governance (ii) risk management (iii) awareness and training (iv) business continuity and disaster recovery (v) testing and (vi) incident management and reporting.

The Guideline is available for download here along with the Cyber Incident Reporting Form and a Self-Assessment Checklist.

Click here to view our webinar on Cyber Security in Financial Institutions: Best Practice held in June 2023.