Purpose

Translate the CBCS IT governance guidance into a testable BCMS requirement for board-level oversight, value delivery and stakeholder communication.

Normative

Bitkaya shall maintain an IT governance framework that assigns clear board and management responsibility, aligns IT with business objectives, manages IT-related risk and supports effective communication and audit.

Descriptive

This requirement is drawn primarily from the IT Governance memorandum and the IT Framework Memorandum, including governance framework, value contribution, risk management, capability, communication and audit themes.

Source reference: Provisions and Guidelines for the Governance of Enterprise Information Technology; IT Framework Memorandum for Supervised Institutions.

Assurance Assertions

  • IT governance responsibilities are defined and approved.
  • IT risk, value and performance oversight are documented.
  • IT governance is subject to audit and periodic review.

Relationships

Assurance

  • Source verified: yes
  • Implementation linked: yes
  • Wording unambiguous: review

History

  • 2026-07-26: Created from SRC-IT-001.
  • 2026-07-26: Linked to the IT process, procedure and control set.
  • 2026-07-26: Added the missing IT policy metadata mapping.