QUICK DEFINITION
Cyber Incident Reporting — The formal notification of qualifying cyber or operational incidents to relevant authorities or stakeholders.
WHY IT MATTERS
Why Cyber Incident Reporting matters in finance
Timely reporting supports supervision, coordination and understanding of sector-wide threats.
FINANCIAL SYSTEM CONTEXT
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In financial services, cyber incident reporting should be understood in relation to operational continuity, data integrity, payments, market infrastructure and interconnected dependencies. A control can be technically effective while still leaving material resilience risk if critical services cannot continue or recover during disruption.