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Outsourcing

Goodbye from Watching the Connectives

16 April 202030 March 2017 by Rob Bratby

To all my readers, thank you and goodbye. This blog is now an ex-blog.

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UK’s Financial Conduct Authority issues guidance on cloud

26 July 2016 by Rob Bratby

On 7 July 2016, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued finalised guidance for authorised UK financial institutions use of cloud services. In a marked contrast to some other jurisdictions’ approach, this guidance is issued against a policy backdrop of FCA’s ‘Project Innovate’ which is a initiative to foster innovation and competition. The FCA say:

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Hong Kong privacy regulator recognises ISO/IEC 27018

1 October 2015 by Rob Bratby

This guest post is written by @matthew1hunter and @aisling1odwyer. Regular readers of this blog will know we have been tracking the impact of ISO/IEC 27018:2014 …

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Korea leads the world with cloud law encouraging cloud use

9 April 2015 by Rob Bratby

On 3rd March 2015, Korea passed the world’s first cloud-specific law, with the stated aim of driving the adoption of cloud computing in Korea. But …

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ISO 27018 – the international standard for protecting PII in the public cloud – Where are we now?

23 March 2015 by Rob Bratby

Since its release in August 2014, ISO 27018 is becoming well established as the “go to” standard to help cloud customers to comply with their …

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Will ISO 27018 help cloud customers to comply with Singapore’s data protection laws?

18 December 2014 by Rob Bratby

A key challenge for organisations who want to use cloud services is to do so in a way that is compliant with the organisations’ obligations …

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Are Singapore’s Monetary Authority’s proposed outsourcing rules clear enough?

6 October 2014 by Rob Bratby

The Monetary Authority of Singapore  (“MAS“) is consulting on a new notice and guidelines on outsourcing. Having already commented on its positive message for cloud services, this post addresses the …

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MAS Embraces Cloud: A Silver Lining

19 September 2014 by Rob Bratby

There should be relief at the moment felt by financial institutions and cloud service providers alike, following the release of the MAS’s consultation on the …

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Monetary Authority of Singapore publishes consultation on revising outsourcing guidelines

9 September 2014 by Rob Bratby

On Friday 5 September, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (which regulates financial institutions in Singapore) published a consultation on revising its existing guidelines on outsourcing. …

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Singapore launches new cloud security standard

12 December 2013 by Rob Bratby

Singapore’s Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) has launched a new cloud security standard: Multi-Tier Cloud Security (MTCS) Standard For Singapore (SS 584). The IDA explains that the objective …

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