Article 11 Testing phase: red team test

Following approval of the targeted threat intelligencemeans information that has been aggregated, transformed, analysed, interpreted or enriched to provide the necessary context for decision-making and to enable relevant and sufficient understanding in order to mitigate the impact of an ICT-related incident or of a cyber threat, including the technical details of a cyber-attack, those responsible for the attack and their modus operandi and motivations; report by the TLPT authoritymeans any of the following:the single public authority in the financial sector designated in accordance with Article 26(9) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554;the authority in the financial sector to which the exercise of some or all of the tasks in relation to TLPT is delegated in accordance with Article 26(10) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554;any of the competent authorities referred to in Article 46 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554;, the testers shall prepare the red teammeans the testers, internal or external, contracted for, or assigned to, a TLPT; test plan that shall contain the information set out in Annex IV. The testers shall use the scope specification document and the targeted threat intelligencemeans information that has been aggregated, transformed, analysed, interpreted or enriched to provide the necessary context for decision-making and to enable relevant and sufficient understanding in order to mitigate the impact of an ICT-related incident or of a cyber threat, including the technical details of a cyber-attack, those responsible for the attack and their modus operandi and motivations; report as a basis for producing the attack scenarios.

The testers shall consult the control teammeans the team composed of staff of the tested financial entity and, where relevant in consideration of the scope of the TLPT, staff of its third-party service providers and any other party, who manages the test;, the threat intelligencemeans information that has been aggregated, transformed, analysed, interpreted or enriched to provide the necessary context for decision-making and to enable relevant and sufficient understanding in order to mitigate the impact of an ICT-related incident or of a cyber threat, including the technical details of a cyber-attack, those responsible for the attack and their modus operandi and motivations; provider, and the test managersmeans staff designated to lead the activities of the TLPT authority for a specific TLPT to monitor compliance with this Regulation; on the red teammeans the testers, internal or external, contracted for, or assigned to, a TLPT; test plan, including the communication, procedural and project management arrangement, the preparation and use-cases for leg-upmeans the assistance or information provided by the control team to the testers to enable the testers to continue the execution of an attack path where they are not able to advance on their own, and where no other reasonable alternative exists, including for insufficient time or resources in a given TLPT; activation, and the reporting agreements to the control teammeans the team composed of staff of the tested financial entity and, where relevant in consideration of the scope of the TLPT, staff of its third-party service providers and any other party, who manages the test; and test managersmeans staff designated to lead the activities of the TLPT authority for a specific TLPT to monitor compliance with this Regulation;.

Where the red teammeans the testers, internal or external, contracted for, or assigned to, a TLPT; test plan is complete and ensures the performance of an effective TLPT, the control teammeans the team composed of staff of the tested financial entity and, where relevant in consideration of the scope of the TLPT, staff of its third-party service providers and any other party, who manages the test; and the TLPT authoritymeans any of the following:the single public authority in the financial sector designated in accordance with Article 26(9) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554;the authority in the financial sector to which the exercise of some or all of the tasks in relation to TLPT is delegated in accordance with Article 26(10) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554;any of the competent authorities referred to in Article 46 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554; shall approve the red teammeans the testers, internal or external, contracted for, or assigned to, a TLPT; test plan and the TLPT shall inform the control team leadmeans the staff member of the financial entity responsible for the conduct of all TLPT-related activities for the financial entity in the context of a given test; thereof.

Upon approval of the red teammeans the testers, internal or external, contracted for, or assigned to, a TLPT; test plan in accordance with paragraph 3, the testers shall carry out the TLPT during the active red teammeans the testers, internal or external, contracted for, or assigned to, a TLPT; testing phase.

The duration of the active red teammeans the testers, internal or external, contracted for, or assigned to, a TLPT; testing phase shall be proportionate to the TLPT scope, to the scale, activity, complexity and number of the financial entities and ICT third-party or ICT intragroup service providers involved in the TLPT, and in any case shall last for at least 12 weeks. Attack scenarios may be executed in sequence or at the same time. The control teammeans the team composed of staff of the tested financial entity and, where relevant in consideration of the scope of the TLPT, staff of its third-party service providers and any other party, who manages the test;, the threat intelligencemeans information that has been aggregated, transformed, analysed, interpreted or enriched to provide the necessary context for decision-making and to enable relevant and sufficient understanding in order to mitigate the impact of an ICT-related incident or of a cyber threat, including the technical details of a cyber-attack, those responsible for the attack and their modus operandi and motivations; provider, the testers and the test managersmeans staff designated to lead the activities of the TLPT authority for a specific TLPT to monitor compliance with this Regulation; shall agree on the end of the active red teammeans the testers, internal or external, contracted for, or assigned to, a TLPT; testing phase.

Subject to ensuring that the red teammeans the testers, internal or external, contracted for, or assigned to, a TLPT; test plan remains complete and allows for the performance of an effective TLPT, the control team leadmeans the staff member of the financial entity responsible for the conduct of all TLPT-related activities for the financial entity in the context of a given test; and the test managersmeans staff designated to lead the activities of the TLPT authority for a specific TLPT to monitor compliance with this Regulation; shall approve any changes to the red teammeans the testers, internal or external, contracted for, or assigned to, a TLPT; test plan subsequent to its approval, including to the timeline, scope, target systems or flagsare key objectives in the ICT systems supporting critical or important functions of a financial entity that the testers try to achieve through the test;.

During the entire active red teammeans the testers, internal or external, contracted for, or assigned to, a TLPT; testing phase, testers shall report at least weekly to the control teammeans the team composed of staff of the tested financial entity and, where relevant in consideration of the scope of the TLPT, staff of its third-party service providers and any other party, who manages the test; and test managersmeans staff designated to lead the activities of the TLPT authority for a specific TLPT to monitor compliance with this Regulation; on the progress made in the TLPT, and the threat intelligencemeans information that has been aggregated, transformed, analysed, interpreted or enriched to provide the necessary context for decision-making and to enable relevant and sufficient understanding in order to mitigate the impact of an ICT-related incident or of a cyber threat, including the technical details of a cyber-attack, those responsible for the attack and their modus operandi and motivations; provider shall remain available for consultation and additional threat intelligencemeans information that has been aggregated, transformed, analysed, interpreted or enriched to provide the necessary context for decision-making and to enable relevant and sufficient understanding in order to mitigate the impact of an ICT-related incident or of a cyber threat, including the technical details of a cyber-attack, those responsible for the attack and their modus operandi and motivations; when requested by the control teammeans the team composed of staff of the tested financial entity and, where relevant in consideration of the scope of the TLPT, staff of its third-party service providers and any other party, who manages the test;.

The control teammeans the team composed of staff of the tested financial entity and, where relevant in consideration of the scope of the TLPT, staff of its third-party service providers and any other party, who manages the test; shall timely provide leg-upsmeans the assistance or information provided by the control team to the testers to enable the testers to continue the execution of an attack path where they are not able to advance on their own, and where no other reasonable alternative exists, including for insufficient time or resources in a given TLPT; designed on the basis of the red teammeans the testers, internal or external, contracted for, or assigned to, a TLPT; test plan. Leg-upsmeans the assistance or information provided by the control team to the testers to enable the testers to continue the execution of an attack path where they are not able to advance on their own, and where no other reasonable alternative exists, including for insufficient time or resources in a given TLPT; may be added or adapted upon approval by the control teammeans the team composed of staff of the tested financial entity and, where relevant in consideration of the scope of the TLPT, staff of its third-party service providers and any other party, who manages the test; and the test managersmeans staff designated to lead the activities of the TLPT authority for a specific TLPT to monitor compliance with this Regulation;.

In the case of detection of the testing activities by any staff member of the financial entity or of its ICT third-party service providersmeans an undertaking providing ICT services; or ICT intragroup service provider, where relevant, the control teammeans the team composed of staff of the tested financial entity and, where relevant in consideration of the scope of the TLPT, staff of its third-party service providers and any other party, who manages the test;, in consultation with the testers and without prejudice to paragraph 10, shall propose and submit measures allowing to continue the TLPT while ensuring its secrecy to the test managersmeans staff designated to lead the activities of the TLPT authority for a specific TLPT to monitor compliance with this Regulation; for validation.

Under exceptional circumstances triggering risks of impact on data, damage to assets, and disruption to critical or important functionsmeans a function, the disruption of which would materially impair the financial performance of a financial entity, or the soundness or continuity of its services and activities, or the discontinued, defective or failed performance of that function would materially impair the continuing compliance of a financial entity with the conditions and obligations of its authorisation, or with its other obligations under applicable financial services law;, services or operations of the financial entity itself, of its ICT third-party service providersmeans an undertaking providing ICT services; or ICT intragroup services providers, or disruptions to its counterparts or to the financial sector, the control team leadmeans the staff member of the financial entity responsible for the conduct of all TLPT-related activities for the financial entity in the context of a given test; may suspend the TLPT, or, as a last resort, where the continuation of the TLPT is not otherwise possible and subject to prior validation by the TLPT authoritymeans any of the following:the single public authority in the financial sector designated in accordance with Article 26(9) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554;the authority in the financial sector to which the exercise of some or all of the tasks in relation to TLPT is delegated in accordance with Article 26(10) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554;any of the competent authorities referred to in Article 46 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554;, continue the TLPT using a limited purple teamingmeans a collaborative testing activity that involves both the testers and the blue team; exercise. The duration of the limited purple teamingmeans a collaborative testing activity that involves both the testers and the blue team; exercise shall be counted for the purpose of the 12-week minimum duration of the active red teammeans the testers, internal or external, contracted for, or assigned to, a TLPT; testing phase referred to in paragraph 5.