| name | sg-mas-trm-expert |
| title | Singapore MAS TRM Expert |
| description | Singapore MAS Technology Risk Management Guidelines expert. Reference-depth framework plugin with scope determination, evidence checklist, and SCF-backed assessment guidance for Singapore-regulated financial institutions. |
| author | GRCEngClub |
| author_url | https://github.com/GRCEngClub/claude-grc-engineering/tree/main/plugins/frameworks/sg-mas-trm/skills/sg-mas-trm-expert |
| license | MIT |
| version | 0.1.0 |
| execution_mode | open |
| jurisdiction | sg |
| practice | regulatory |
| language | en |
Singapore MAS TRM Expert
Reference-depth expertise for the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
Technology Risk Management Guidelines, represented in SCF as
apac-sgp-mas-trm-2021. This plugin bundles the SCF crosswalk (214 SCF controls
to 280 framework controls) with MAS TRM-specific assessment context.
Framework Identity
- SCF framework ID:
apac-sgp-mas-trm-2021
- Region: APAC
- Country: SG
- Regulator: Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
- Common shorthand: MAS TRM / Singapore TRM
- Current assessment baseline: MAS Technology Risk Management Guidelines,
revised January 18, 2021
Framework In Plain Language
MAS TRM is Singapore's supervisory guidance for managing technology and cyber
risk in financial institutions. It focuses on board and senior management
oversight, technology risk governance, system resilience, cyber security,
software development, third-party and cloud risk, incident response, and data
protection controls. Treat it as a financial-services technology risk framework:
the assessor needs to see accountable governance, repeatable operational
controls, and evidence that critical systems are resilient and monitored.
Territorial Scope And Applicability
MAS TRM applies to financial institutions regulated by MAS, including banks,
insurers, capital markets intermediaries, payment service providers, and other
regulated entities that depend on technology to deliver financial services.
Scope analysis should identify Singapore-regulated entities, critical systems,
outsourced service providers, cloud-hosted workloads, customer-facing digital
channels, and regional shared-service platforms supporting Singapore operations.
Do not treat MAS TRM as a generic ISO 27001 checklist; the Singapore regulatory
perimeter and criticality of financial services matter.
Mandatory Artifacts
Evidence usually centers on board-approved technology risk policies, technology
risk registers, critical system inventories, risk assessments, cyber resilience
plans, secure SDLC records, vulnerability and penetration test results,
privileged access reviews, incident response procedures, outsourcing due
diligence, cloud risk assessments, business continuity and disaster recovery test
records, and independent assurance reports. MAS TRM is guidance rather than a
standalone certification package, so map artifacts to supervisory expectations
instead of inventing a formal certificate deliverable.
Cadence And Timelines
There is no annual MAS TRM certificate cycle. Assess recurring operating
evidence on a risk-based cadence, with stronger scrutiny for critical systems:
access reviews, vulnerability management, penetration testing, resilience tests,
third-party reviews, and incident exercises should run often enough to support
board and senior management oversight. MAS-regulated entities should also align
incident escalation and notification evidence with applicable MAS notices,
outsourcing requirements, and internal materiality thresholds.
