UK · FCA / PRA

FCA & PRA Cybersecurity Compliance Services

CyberSilo helps UK-regulated financial firms comply with FCA and PRA cybersecurity and operational resilience requirements.

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2UK Regulators

100%Regulated Firm Scope

Post-BrexitIndependent UK Regime

8-14Wks to Compliance

The UK's Financial Sector Cybersecurity Regime

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) set cybersecurity and operational resilience requirements for regulated financial firms operating in the UK, covering important business services, third-party risk, and incident reporting. Since the UK's departure from the EU, these regulators have developed an independent operational resilience framework distinct from EU requirements like DORA. CyberSilo helps UK-regulated firms build compliant operational resilience programmes and third-party risk management processes.

Core Requirements

FCA / PRA — Core Requirements

Operational Resilience & Important Business Services

Firms must identify important business services, set impact tolerances for disruption, and demonstrate ability to remain within those tolerances.

Third-Party & Outsourcing Risk

Firms must conduct due diligence and ongoing oversight of critical third parties and outsourced service providers supporting important business services.

Incident Reporting

Defined procedures and timelines for reporting operational and cybersecurity incidents to the FCA and/or PRA depending on firm classification.

Governance & Senior Manager Accountability

Senior managers hold defined accountability for operational resilience and cybersecurity risk under the UK's Senior Managers Regime.

Regulatory Context

Why FCA/PRA Compliance Matters

Mandatory for Regulated Firms

All FCA and/or PRA-regulated financial firms operating in the UK must comply with applicable operational resilience and cybersecurity requirements.

Active Supervisory Focus

Both regulators have increased supervisory attention on operational resilience following high-profile outages and incidents across the UK financial sector.

Senior Manager Personal Accountability

The Senior Managers Regime creates individual accountability for resilience and cyber risk, raising the stakes for demonstrable compliance.

CyberSilo Advantage

Why Work With CyberSilo

Important Business Service Mapping

We help identify important business services and establish defensible impact tolerances aligned to FCA/PRA expectations.

Third-Party Risk Programme Development

We help build ongoing due diligence and monitoring processes for critical outsourced providers.

Incident Reporting Readiness

We help build incident classification and reporting workflows aligned to FCA/PRA notification requirements.

FAQs

FCA / PRA Cyber Rules — Frequently Asked Questions

What are the FCA and PRA cybersecurity rules?

UK regulatory requirements covering operational resilience, third-party risk management, and incident reporting for financial firms regulated by the FCA and/or PRA.

Who must comply with FCA/PRA cyber rules?

Financial firms regulated by the FCA and/or PRA operating in the UK, including banks, insurers, and investment firms.

How is this different from EU DORA?

FCA/PRA rules are the UK's independent post-Brexit operational resilience framework, distinct from but conceptually similar to the EU's DORA regulation, which does not apply directly in the UK.

What is an 'important business service'?

A service provided by a firm to an external end user, the disruption of which could cause harm to consumers or market integrity — a core concept firms must identify and protect under the resilience framework.