This page provides AWS financial institution customers with information about the main legal and regulatory requirements in Peru that may apply to their use of AWS services.
Regulations
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Can financial institutions use AWS?
Yes. Financial institutions in Peru are permitted to use cloud services, provided that they comply with applicable legal and regulatory requirements, such as those described below.
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Who is the financial regulator?
The Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y Administradoras de Fondo de Pensiones or “SBS” (Superintendence of Banks, Insurance, and Pension Fund Administrators) is Peru’s primary authority responsible for the regulation and supervision of financial, insurance, and private pension entities.
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What regulations apply to financial institutions using AWS?
Financial institutions in Peru may be subject to a number of different legal and regulatory considerations when they use cloud services. Relevant regulations include, among others:
Resolution SBS No. 2286-2024 Regulations for Credit and Debit Cards, establishes general provisions applicable to credit and debit cards, including those related to the responsibilities of companies in conducting transactions, and security and authentication requirements.
Resolution SBS No. 504-2021 Regulations for the Management of Information Security and Cybersecurity contains guidelines and good practices applicable to information security management based on NIST and ISO/IEC standards.
Resolution SBS No. 877-2020 Regulations for Business Continuity Management, contains minimum standards for business continuity management, an obligation to report certain events that cause a significant interruption of the financial institution’s operations, and a list of controls that the financial entity must implement in its business continuity management.
Resolution SBS No. 2116-2009 Regulations for Operational Risk Management, establishes that financial institutions must have comprehensive risk management policies that are appropriate for their size and the complexity of their operations and services.
Customers who have questions about the applicable regulations, and how these may apply to their use of AWS services, can reach out to their account representative.
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Key considerations for financial institutions using AWS
AWS is committed to offering customers a strong compliance framework and advanced tools and security measures that customers can use to evaluate meet, and demonstrate compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
Financial institutions who are using or planning to use AWS services can take the following steps to better understand their compliance needs:
1. Consider the purpose of the workload(s) under consideration and the relevant categories of data in order to anticipate which legal and regulatory requirements may apply.
2. Assess workload(s) in light of local requirements. For example, SBS requires financial institutions to notify the SBS of their use of cloud services provided by a third party such as AWS if certain requirements stipulated in Resolution SBS No. 504-2021 are met, and requires financial institutions to seek the SBS’s authorization if such requirements are not met.
3. Review the AWS Shared Responsibility Model and map AWS responsibilities and customer responsibilities according to each AWS service that will be used. Customers can also use AWS Artifact to access AWS’s audit reports and conduct their assessment of the control responsibilities.
Customers who have further questions about how AWS services can enable their security and compliance needs, or who would like more information, can contact their account representative.
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Key data privacy and protection considerations for financial institutions using AWS
Financial institutions in Peru using AWS services should also consider applicable privacy requirements, including for example Law No. 29733 (Personal Data Protection Law) and Decree No. 003-2013-JUS (Regulation to the Personal Data protection Law).
The AWS whitepaper Using AWS in the Context of Common Privacy and Data Protection Considerations provides useful information to customers using AWS cloud services to store or process personal data.
Resources
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Country-specific
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General
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Compliance Programs
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Country-specific
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Guide to Financial Services Regulations in Peru - S.B.S. 504-2021
Financial services institutions in Peru regulated by the Superintendence of Banks, Insurance, and Pension Fund Administrators (S.B.S.) need to comply with the Regulations for the Management of Information Security and Cybersecurity (S.B.S. 504-2021) as they adopt the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud. S.B.S. 504-2021 includes specific contractual, operational, and technical requirements for financial institutions when outsourcing Information Technology (IT) services to cloud service providers.
This guide describes the roles that AWS and AWS customers play in managing and securing the cloud environment, describes the AWS Shared Responsibility Model, and provides an overview of the regulatory requirements and guidance from the S.B.S. that regulated financial institutions can consider when adopting AWS.
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General
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Guía de Referencia Rápida sobre Seguridad y Conformidad de AWS
Mediante el uso de AWS, se beneficia de la gran cantidad de controles de seguridad que utilizamos, lo que reduce el número de controles de seguridad que necesita mantener. Sus propios programas de certificación y conformidad se fortalecen, al mismo tiempo que se reduce el costo vinculado con el mantenimiento y la ejecución de sus requisitos de control de seguridad específicos.
Los controles de seguridad 800-53 del Instituto Nacional de Normalización y Tecnología (NIST) pueden aplicarse de forma general a los sistemas de información federales de EE. UU. Los servicios y la infraestructura de la nube de AWS fueron validados por pruebas de terceros realizadas en función de los controles NIST 800-53 revisión 4, además de los requisitos adicionales de FedRAMP.
This guide provides customers with information to be able to plan for and document the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance of their AWS workloads. This includes the selection of controls that meet specific PCI DSS requirements, planning of evidence gathering to meet assessment testing procedures, and explaining their control implementation to their PCI Qualified Security Assessor (QSA).
This document provides information to assist customers who want to use AWS to store or process content containing personal data, in the context of common privacy and data protection considerations. It will help customers understand the way AWS services operate, including how customers can address security and encrypt their content. The geographic locations where customers can choose to store content and other relevant considerations. The respective roles the customer and AWS each play in managing and securing content stored on AWS services.
AWS has many compliance-enabling features that you can use for your regulated workloads in the AWS cloud. These features allow you to achieve a higher level of security at scale. Cloud-based compliance offers a lower cost of entry, easier operations, and improved agility by providing more oversight, security control, and central automation.
The purpose of this paper is to describe how AWS and our customers in the financial services industry achieve operational resilience using AWS services.
This paper provides insight into classification schemes for public and private organizations to leverage when moving data to the cloud. It identifies practices and models currently implemented by global first movers and early adopters, examines how implementation of these schemes can simplify cloud adoption, and recommends practices to harmonize national requirements to internationally recognized standards and frameworks.
This paper addresses: The real and perceived security risks expressed by governments when they demand in-country data residency. Commercial, public sector, and economic impact of in-country data residency policies with a focus on government data. Considerations for governments to evaluate before enforcing requirements that can unintentionally limit public sector digital transformation goals leading to increased cybersecurity risk.
This document is intended to provide information to assist AWS customers with integrating AWS into their existing control framework supporting their IT environment. This document includes a basic approach to evaluating AWS controls and provides information to assist customers with integrating control environments. This document also addresses AWS-specific information around general cloud computing compliance questions.
Guidelines for systematically reviewing and monitoring your AWS resources for security best practices.
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Compliance Programs

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