NRB issued IT policy in order to provide guidance to B&FIs regarding the use of information and technologies in their daily transactions.
Features of IT policy
It is effective and efficient and economic for IT operation
It is well structured and secured physical layout of IT
It provides multilevel security for information
It develop, implement, and maintain data backup and recovery
It established and maintain efficient, effective, and economic disaster recovery (DR) system
It uniform and legitimate IT infrastructure
It provides IT directives to licensed B&FIs
It set a standard for IT procurement and shall be reviewed based on technology development
It promulgate “NRB IT Code of conduct” for proper usages of NRB IT resources It strengthen IT capacity building of employees
Importance or objectives of IT policy
To ensure secure stable and standard IT Infrastructure.
To ensure available, merge and confident information.
To enhance user awareness for efficient, effective and economic use of the IT System.
To minimize IT related risk.
To facilitate the efficient operation of the information system in the financial sector.
To implement IT system audit.
Develop, implement and maintain data backup and recovery policy.
Provide IT directive to licenses bank and financial institutions.
Maintain multi-level security system.
