Central Bank of Ireland — Operational Resilience & Outsourcing Guidance
The cross-industry guidance on operational resilience and on outsourcing.
- Issued by
- Central Bank of Ireland
- Applies in
- Ireland
- Edition
- Cross-Industry Guidance 2021
- Area
- Operational resilience & ICT
What an assessor reads first.
The headline requirements in Amoreg’s catalogue, in the issuer’s own numbering where it has one. They are where a review starts, not a transcription of the text.
- CBSCritical or important business services identifiedResilience
- ITImpact tolerancesResilience
- OSROutsourcing risk assessment and registerThird parties
- TSTTesting and scenario analysisTesting
How Amoreg keeps you on it.
Enable the Central Bank of Ireland — Operational Resilience & Outsourcing Guidance and the Monitor suggests Central Bank of Ireland as a source. Every publication it records keeps its source, stage and date.
Inspector reads your policies against these 4 requirements every week and opens a finding wherever one falls short, citing the rule and drafting the fix. A person decides what is applied.
Each week
- Read centralbank.ie/news-media
- Check the library against 4 requirements
- Open findings with drafted fixes
- Wait for a person to decide
Policy does not yet set out: critical or important business services identified
- Rule
- Central Bank of Ireland — Operational Resilience & Outsourcing Guidance, CBS
- Area
- Resilience
- Proposed by
- Inspector
- Decided by
- A named person, once reviewed
The same ground, elsewhere.
- DORA — Digital Operational Resilience ActICT risk management, incident reporting, resilience testing and third-party risk for financial entities.European Union · 8 controls
- NIS2 DirectiveCybersecurity risk-management measures and incident reporting for essential and important entities.European Union · 4 controls
- UK Operational Resilience (FCA SYSC 15A / PRA SS1/21)Important business services, impact tolerances, mapping and scenario testing.United Kingdom · 5 controls
- UK Outsourcing & Third-Party Risk (SYSC 8 / PRA SS2/21)Requirements for outsourcing and third-party arrangements, including critical third parties.United Kingdom · 5 controls
- CSSF Circular 20/750 — ICT and security risk managementEBA ICT and security risk guidelines applied to Luxembourg entities outside DORA's scope.Luxembourg · 5 controls
- CSSF Circular 22/806 — Outsourcing arrangementsThe single outsourcing framework, now applying to DORA entities for business process outsourcing only.Luxembourg · 5 controls
Also in Ireland
- Ireland Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010The Irish AML framework and the Central Bank's AML/CFT guidelines for the financial sector.Ireland · 8 controls
- Central Bank of Ireland — Individual Accountability Framework & SEARSenior Executive Accountability Regime, conduct standards and enhanced fitness and probity.Ireland · 4 controls
Questions
Does Amoreg watch for changes to the Central Bank of Ireland — Operational Resilience & Outsourcing Guidance?
Yes. Enable it and the Monitor suggests Central Bank of Ireland as a source; every publication it records keeps its source, stage and date.
Can Amoreg check our policies against the Central Bank of Ireland — Operational Resilience & Outsourcing Guidance?
Yes. Inspector reads your library against its requirements every week and opens a finding, with the rule it cites and a proposed fix, wherever a policy falls short. A person decides what is applied.
Which edition does Amoreg use?
The catalogue records Cross-Industry Guidance 2021. Editions were last verified in August 2026, and the Monitor records new publications as they appear.