Source: OJ L, 2025/301, 20.2.2025

Current language: FR

Article 6 Contenu de la notification volontaire des cybermenaces importantes


Summary What does Article 6 of the RTS on incident reporting say?

This article sets out what financial entities must include when making a voluntary notification about a significant cyber threat — that is, a cyber threat that could potentially result in a major ICT-related incident, even if it has not yet materialised.

It complements the mandatory incident reporting framework established in earlier articles by addressing this distinct, pre-incident scenario.

The content requirements cover the nature and status of the threat, its potential impact, the classification criteria that would have applied had it escalated into a real incident, and any actions taken or notifications made to other parties.

Important points:

  • Include the classification criteria from Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1772 that would have triggered a major incident report, treating the voluntary notification as a hypothetical major incident assessment.
  • Provide details on the potential impact of the significant cyber threat on your financial entity, its clients, and financial counterparts.
  • Notify whether the significant cyber threat has been reported to other financial entities or authorities, ensuring transparency across the broader reporting landscape.

Springlex's summary of the article, a reading aid, not a substitute for the legal text.

Le contenu de la notification volontaire en ce qui concerne les cybermenaces importantes visée à l’article 19, paragraphe 2, du règlement (UE) 2022/2554 couvre l’ensemble des éléments suivants:

  1. des informations générales sur l’entité financière notifiante, conformément à l’article 1er;

  2. la date et l’heure de détection de la cybermenace importante et de tout autre horodatage pertinent lié à cette dernière;

  3. une description de la cybermenace importante;

  4. des informations sur l’incidence potentielle de la cybermenace importante sur l’entité financière, ses clients ou ses contreparties financières;

  5. les critères de classification susceptibles d’avoir été à l’origine d’un rapport d’incident majeur prévus aux articles 1er à 8 du règlement délégué (UE) 2024/1772 en cas de matérialisation de la cybermenace;

  6. des informations sur la situation de la cybermenace importante et sur tout changement dans l’activité de la menace;

  7. le cas échéant, une description des mesures prises par l’entité financière pour empêcher la matérialisation des cybermenaces importantes;

  8. des informations sur toute notification de la cybermenace importante à d’autres entités ou autorités financières;

  9. le cas échéant, des informations sur les indicateurs de compromis;

  10. le cas échéant, toute autre information pertinente.

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