Purpose

Translate the CBCS IT framework and service-management guidance into a testable BCMS requirement for technology change, acquisition and outsourced IT services.

Normative

Bitkaya shall manage the development, acquisition, implementation and outsourcing of technology services under approved governance, risk and change controls, including major changes in the IT environment and third-party service arrangements.

Descriptive

This requirement captures the IT Framework Memorandum topics that cover development and acquisition, outsourced technology services and reporting of major IT changes, together with service-management and governance expectations that depend on those controls.

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

Assurance Assertions

  • Major IT changes are assessed and approved before implementation.
  • Development, acquisition and outsourced IT services are controlled.
  • Technology change records support governance and audit.

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.