The Central Bank of the Solomon Islands has launched its Cyber Security Strategy 2025, setting out a three-year roadmap to strengthen the security of the central bank’s information technology infrastructure and support cyber resilience across the wider Solomon Islands financial system. The strategy focuses on improved governance and risk management, capacity building, secure technology, and collaboration across CBSI, the financial sector and government agencies. Its pillars cover staff training and awareness, enhancements to the IT environment and cybersecurity tools, embedding secure governance and incident response processes across CBSI operations, and strengthening supervisory authority by requiring financial institutions to meet new cybersecurity standards and reporting requirements. CBSI plans to roll out the initiatives in the strategy over the next three years.
Central Bank of the Solomon Islands 2025-05-21
Central Bank of the Solomon Islands launches Cyber Security Strategy 2025 with new cybersecurity standards and reporting requirements
The Central Bank of the Solomon Islands has introduced its Cyber Security Strategy 2025, outlining a three-year plan to enhance IT infrastructure security and bolster cyber resilience in the financial system, focusing on governance, risk management, capacity building, and collaboration. The strategy includes staff training, IT enhancements, secure governance, incident response processes, and new cybersecurity standards for financial institutions.