The FISC Security Guidelines are Japan's most authoritative framework for secure financial IT operations, published by the Center for Financial Industry Information Systems (FISC). Although not legally binding, they are effectively adopted as industry regulation, and Japan's Financial Services Agency and the Bank of Japan reference them during supervisory assessments and audits.
The Guidelines set best practices across governance, architecture, and operational security for banks, securities and insurance firms, payment and clearing networks, and the FinTech and cloud vendors that serve them. The 13th Edition names privileged access directly, calling for monitoring of privileged ID usage, life cycle management of privileged accounts, and governance of third-party and supply chain access. Because privileged accounts control the financial systems and infrastructure the Guidelines are written to protect, privileged access management (PAM) is central to meeting them in practice.

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Disclaimer: The complete implementation of the NIS2 Directive requires a variety of process, policy, people, and technology controls.The solutions mentioned above are some of the ways in which privileged access management controls help with the NIS2 Directive requirements. Coupled with other appropriate solutions, processes, people controls, and policies, ManageEngine's PAM solutions can help organizations align with the NIS2 Directive. This material is provided for informational purposes only, and should not be considered as legal advice for the NIS2 Directive compliance. ManageEngine makes no warranties, express, implied, or statutory, as to the information in this material. Please contact your legal advisor to learn how the NIS2 Directive impacts your organization and what you need to do to comply with the NIS2 Directive.