Article 12 Closure phase

Following the end of the active red teammeans the testers, internal or external, contracted for, or assigned to, a TLPT; testing phase, 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; shall inform the blue teammeans the staff of the financial entity and, where relevant, staff of the financial entity’s third-party service providers and any other party deemed relevant in consideration of the scope of the TLPT, of the financial entity’s third-party service providers, that are defending a financial entity's use of network and information systems by maintaining its security posture against simulated or real attacks and that is not aware of the TLPT; that a TLPT took place.

Within 4 weeks from the end of the active red teammeans the testers, internal or external, contracted for, or assigned to, a TLPT; testing phase, the testers shall submit 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; a red teammeans the testers, internal or external, contracted for, or assigned to, a TLPT; test report containing the information set out in Annex V.

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 provide the red teammeans the testers, internal or external, contracted for, or assigned to, a TLPT; test report to the blue teammeans the staff of the financial entity and, where relevant, staff of the financial entity’s third-party service providers and any other party deemed relevant in consideration of the scope of the TLPT, of the financial entity’s third-party service providers, that are defending a financial entity's use of network and information systems by maintaining its security posture against simulated or real attacks and that is not aware of the TLPT; and test managersmeans staff designated to lead the activities of the TLPT authority for a specific TLPT to monitor compliance with this Regulation; without undue delay.

At the request of the test managersmeans staff designated to lead the activities of the TLPT authority for a specific TLPT to monitor compliance with this Regulation;, the report referred to in the first subparagraph shall not contain sensitive informationmeans information that can readily be leveraged to carry out attacks against the ICT systems of the financial entity, intellectual property, confidential business data, or personal data, that can directly or indirectly harm the financial entity and its ecosystem would it fall in the hands of malicious actors;.

Upon receipt of the red teammeans the testers, internal or external, contracted for, or assigned to, a TLPT; test report, and no later than 10 weeks after the end of the active red teammeans the testers, internal or external, contracted for, or assigned to, a TLPT; testing phase, the blue teammeans the staff of the financial entity and, where relevant, staff of the financial entity’s third-party service providers and any other party deemed relevant in consideration of the scope of the TLPT, of the financial entity’s third-party service providers, that are defending a financial entity's use of network and information systems by maintaining its security posture against simulated or real attacks and that is not aware of the TLPT; shall submit 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; a blue teammeans the staff of the financial entity and, where relevant, staff of the financial entity’s third-party service providers and any other party deemed relevant in consideration of the scope of the TLPT, of the financial entity’s third-party service providers, that are defending a financial entity's use of network and information systems by maintaining its security posture against simulated or real attacks and that is not aware of the TLPT; test report containing the information set out in Annex VI. 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 provide the blue teammeans the staff of the financial entity and, where relevant, staff of the financial entity’s third-party service providers and any other party deemed relevant in consideration of the scope of the TLPT, of the financial entity’s third-party service providers, that are defending a financial entity's use of network and information systems by maintaining its security posture against simulated or real attacks and that is not aware of the TLPT; test report to 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; without undue delay.

At the request of the test managersmeans staff designated to lead the activities of the TLPT authority for a specific TLPT to monitor compliance with this Regulation;, the report referred to in the first subparagraph shall not contain sensitive informationmeans information that can readily be leveraged to carry out attacks against the ICT systems of the financial entity, intellectual property, confidential business data, or personal data, that can directly or indirectly harm the financial entity and its ecosystem would it fall in the hands of malicious actors;.

No later than 10 weeks after the end of the active red teammeans the testers, internal or external, contracted for, or assigned to, a TLPT; testing phase, the blue teammeans the staff of the financial entity and, where relevant, staff of the financial entity’s third-party service providers and any other party deemed relevant in consideration of the scope of the TLPT, of the financial entity’s third-party service providers, that are defending a financial entity's use of network and information systems by maintaining its security posture against simulated or real attacks and that is not aware of the TLPT; and the testers shall replay the offensive and defensive actions performed during the 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; shall also conduct a purple teamingmeans a collaborative testing activity that involves both the testers and the blue team; exercise on topics jointly identified by the blue teammeans the staff of the financial entity and, where relevant, staff of the financial entity’s third-party service providers and any other party deemed relevant in consideration of the scope of the TLPT, of the financial entity’s third-party service providers, that are defending a financial entity's use of network and information systems by maintaining its security posture against simulated or real attacks and that is not aware of the TLPT; and the testers, based on vulnerabilitiesmeans a weakness, susceptibility or flaw of an asset, system, process or control that can be exploited; identified during the test and, where relevant, on issues that could not be tested during the active red teammeans the testers, internal or external, contracted for, or assigned to, a TLPT; testing phase.

After completion of the replay and purple teamingmeans a collaborative testing activity that involves both the testers and the blue team; exercises, 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 blue teammeans the staff of the financial entity and, where relevant, staff of the financial entity’s third-party service providers and any other party deemed relevant in consideration of the scope of the TLPT, of the financial entity’s third-party service providers, that are defending a financial entity's use of network and information systems by maintaining its security posture against simulated or real attacks and that is not aware of the TLPT;, the testers, and 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; providers shall provide feedback to each other on the TLPT process. The test managersmeans staff designated to lead the activities of the TLPT authority for a specific TLPT to monitor compliance with this Regulation; may provide feedback.

Once 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; has notified 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; that it has assessed that the blue teammeans the staff of the financial entity and, where relevant, staff of the financial entity’s third-party service providers and any other party deemed relevant in consideration of the scope of the TLPT, of the financial entity’s third-party service providers, that are defending a financial entity's use of network and information systems by maintaining its security posture against simulated or real attacks and that is not aware of the TLPT; test report and the red teammeans the testers, internal or external, contracted for, or assigned to, a TLPT; test report contain the information set out in Annexes V and VI, the financial entity shall within 8 weeks submit the report summarising the relevant findings of the TLPT to 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;, as referred to in Article 26(6) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554, containing the elements set out in Annex VII for approval.

At the request of 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 report referred to in the first subparagraph shall not contain sensitive informationmeans information that can readily be leveraged to carry out attacks against the ICT systems of the financial entity, intellectual property, confidential business data, or personal data, that can directly or indirectly harm the financial entity and its ecosystem would it fall in the hands of malicious actors;.