CENTRAL BANK OF BRAZIL
Global Dialogue on
Electronic Safety and Soundness
World Bank Group – September, 10th, 2003
Francisco José Barros de Figueiredo
IT Supervision Coordinator
On-Site Supervision Department
IT Supervision Team
 Created in 1996.
 Introduced and disseminated Techniques
of Computer Assisted On-Site Supervision.
 Coordinates a comprehensive and
permanent program of IT risk assessment
on Brazilian Banks.
 Uses COBIT methodology.
Trends, Challenges & Vulnerabilities
 Internal frauds.
 Great dependence on increasingly
complex systems and networks.
 Centralization and concentration
of IT resources.
Banks and Supervision Processes
 Huge utilization of up-to-date tools and
techniques to prevent and react to
security breaches.
 Continuous management of very well
adjusted transaction limits.
 Dissemination of IT Auditing Techniques
to all the supervision team.
Multilateral Institutions Assistance
 Training opportunities.
 Methodology standards.
 Models of Bank regulation.
[email protected]
BANCO CENTRAL DO BRASIL
Departamento de Supervisão Direta - DESUP
Divisão de Áreas Especializadas - DIESP