NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation (23 NYCRR 500)
Cybersecurity requirements for DFS-licensed entities, with CISO, MFA, annual certification and 72-hour notice.
- Issued by
- New York Department of Financial Services
- Applies in
- United States
- Edition
- Second Amendment (2023)
- Area
- Information security
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.
- 500.02Cybersecurity programmeProgramme
- 500.04CISO and annual board reportingGovernance
- 500.09Risk assessmentRisk assessment
- 500.12Multi-factor authenticationAccess
- 500.16Incident response and business continuityIncidents
- 500.17Notices to the superintendent and annual certificationReporting
How Amoreg keeps you on it.
Enable the NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation (23 NYCRR 500) and add New York Department of Financial Services’s pages as a monitor of your own. Every publication it records keeps its source, stage and date.
Inspector reads your policies against these 6 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 New York Department of Financial Services’s pages
- Check the library against 6 requirements
- Open findings with drafted fixes
- Wait for a person to decide
Policy does not yet set out: cybersecurity programme
- Rule
- NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation (23 NYCRR 500), 500.02
- Area
- Programme
- Proposed by
- Inspector
- Decided by
- A named person, once reviewed
The same ground, elsewhere.
- ISO/IEC 27001 — Information security managementThe certifiable ISMS standard; Annex A controls per ISO/IEC 27002:2022.Global · 9 controls
- ISO/IEC 27017 & 27018 — Cloud security and PII in the cloudCloud-specific control guidance and the code of practice for protecting PII in public clouds.Global · 4 controls
- SOC 2 — Trust Services CriteriaSecurity, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality and privacy criteria for service organizations.Global · 8 controls
- SOC 1 / ISAE 3402 — Controls at a service organizationAssurance over controls relevant to user entities' financial reporting — the report fund administrators are asked for.Global · 4 controls
- CIS Critical Security ControlsPrioritised safeguards in three implementation groups.Global · 8 controls
- PCI DSS — Payment Card Industry Data Security StandardTwelve requirements for anyone storing, processing or transmitting cardholder data.Global · 6 controls
Also in United States
- US Bank Secrecy Act / FinCEN AML ProgramBSA AML programme requirements: the pillars, CDD rule, SAR/CTR reporting and beneficial ownership.United States · 6 controls
- OFAC Sanctions Compliance ProgramThe five essential components of an effective sanctions compliance programme.United States · 5 controls
- US Foreign Corrupt Practices ActAnti-bribery and books-and-records provisions, assessed against the DOJ's Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs.United States · 4 controls
- GLBA Safeguards RuleThe information security programme financial institutions must maintain for customer information.United States · 5 controls
- NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0Six functions for managing cybersecurity risk, now including Govern.United States / Global · 6 controls
- US Investment Advisers Act of 1940 — Compliance Program RuleWritten compliance policies, a chief compliance officer and an annual review for registered advisers.United States · 5 controls
Questions
Does Amoreg watch for changes to the NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation (23 NYCRR 500)?
Enable it and add the issuer’s pages as a monitor of your own. Every publication the Monitor records keeps its source, stage and date.
Can Amoreg check our policies against the NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation (23 NYCRR 500)?
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 Second Amendment (2023). Editions were last verified in August 2026, and the Monitor records new publications as they appear.