Course curriculum

  • 1. Emerging Trend on Technology in Financial Industry

    • 1.1 New Technology, New Risk

    • 1.2 New Technology Leading to New Risks

    • 1.3 Increased Regulation Due to New Technology

    • 1.4 Efficiency Brought by New Technology

    • 1.5 Cost Implications of New Technology

    • 1.6 Opportunities and Challenges

    • 1.7 The Most Important Factor is Trust

  • 2. Technology Risk in the Financial Industry

    • 2.1 The Trade-off in Technology Risk

    • 2.2 Building and Strengthening Cyber Security Defences

    • 2.3 Gearing up for the Future

  • 3. Critical Systems

    • 3.1 When Critical Systems Fail

    • 3.2 Managing Critical Systems

    • 3.3 Recovery Plans for Critical Systems

    • 3.4 Risks Involved with External Vendors

  • 4. Managing Technology Risk Effectively

    • 4.1 Managing Risk as Technology Evolves

    • 4.2 Aligning IT to Business Strategy

    • 4.3 IT Security Awareness Training

    • 4.4 The Technology Risk Management Framework

    • 4.5 Humans as Sources of Threats

    • 4.6 Mitigating Risk

    • 4.7 Anticipating the Consequences

    • 4.8 Protecting Critical Systems

    • 4.9 Passwords as the First Line of Defence

    • 4.10 How to Create a Strong Password

    • 4.11 Video: How to Create a Strong Password

    • 4.12 Other Best Practices

  • 5. Technology Regulations

    • 5.1 The Need for Technology Regulations

    • 5.2 The Risk of Cyber Attack Today

    • 5.3 Singapore’s Technology Regulatory Framework

    • 5.4 The Board’s Oversight

    • 5.5 MAS’s Technology Risk Management Guidelines

    • 5.6 MAS’s Expectations

    • 5.7 Summary: Building a Culture of Resilience

  • 6. Assessment

    • Instructions

    • Questions