Description

European Central Bank adopted guidelines on outsourcing cloud services to cloud service providers

On 16 July 2025, the European Central Bank adopted guidelines on outsourcing cloud services to cloud service providers. The guidelines provide that supervised entities connecting their internal systems to the cloud need to take precautionary measure…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cybersecurity regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
other service provider, infrastructure provider: cloud computing, storage and databases
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central bank

Complete timeline of this policy change

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2024-06-03
in consultation

On 3 June 2024, the European Central Bank opened a consultation on its draft guidelines for outsour…

2024-07-15
processing consultation

On 15 July 2024, the European Central Bank closes the consultation on the draft guidelines for outs…

2025-07-16
adopted

On 16 July 2025, the European Central Bank adopted guidelines on outsourcing cloud services to clou…