Increasing IT Incidents... Financial Companies Establish Internal IT Audit Guidelines

On the 13th, the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) announced that it held a 'Task Force Closing Meeting for the Establishment of IT Audit Guidelines' at the Korea Financial Investment Association in Yeouido, Seoul, together with seven financial-related associations and central organizations.

At the meeting, the final draft of the IT audit guidelines, which had been jointly prepared since November of last year, was presented, and implementation plans by industry sector were discussed. As IT technology has recently advanced and related incidents have continuously occurred, the guidelines were established to build an IT internal control system.

The FSS and financial sectors proposed the guidelines as standards for systematic IT internal control operation and effective IT audit execution. The guidelines recommend a three-stage IT internal control system tailored to inherent IT risks, setting control scopes without blind spots, securing IT audit independence, and standard IT audit methodologies.

Lee Jong-oh, Deputy Director of Digital and IT at the FSS, stated, "IT audits in financial companies serve not just as simple inspections but as safety pins for innovation," adding, "We hope the guidelines will become a solid benchmark that balances financial companies' digital competitiveness and financial IT security."

The final draft of the IT audit guidelines announced through the meeting is scheduled to be implemented after internal procedures such as review and reporting by the seven associations and central organizations are completed by the end of this month.

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