The EBA Outsourcing Guidelines demand precision. They define how critical or important functions are delegated to third parties. They set expectations for governance, record-keeping, and oversight. They require that institutions know — and can prove — how decisions are made, who is responsible, and how risks are managed.
Open Policy Agent (OPA) gives you the control to enforce these rules from the ground up. It is not just about access control. It is about policy as code, embedded into every decision point across distributed systems. With OPA, compliance moves from static documents to automated enforcement that runs in production.
The European Banking Authority expects documented, verifiable evidence for every outsourcing agreement. This includes clear roles, risk assessments, monitoring plans, and the ability to terminate or transition services without disruption. Manual audits struggle to keep up with the speed of modern software delivery. OPA removes that gap. It enforces rules every time a system makes a decision. It logs each decision, creating a digital audit trail that matches the EBA’s requirements.
With OPA, you can express EBA Outsourcing Guidelines in declarative policies. You can check vendor onboarding against governance standards. You can verify that critical functions remain under proper control. You can monitor third-party operations in real time, turning compliance into a continuous process rather than a yearly scramble.