Based on recommendations of the Technical Committee, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) has laid down the Technical Standards for the performance of Core Services for the following matters under Regulation 13 of the IBBI (Information Utilities) Regulations, 2017:

i)    standard terms of service;

ii)   registration of users;

iii)  unique identifier for each record and each user;

iv)  submission of information;

v)   identification and verification of persons;

vi)  authentication of information;

vii) verification of information;

viii) data integrity;

ix)   consent framework for providing access to information to third parties;

x)    security of the system;

xi)   security of information;

xii)  risk management framework;

xiii) preservation of information; and

xiv) purging of information.

An information utility shall comply with the applicable Technical Standards, while providing services.

The Guidelines are available at www.mca.gov.in and www.ibbi.gov.in.

Technical standards for core services require information utilities to implement service, security, verification, consent and preservation frameworks. Technical Standards prescribe requirements for information utilities under the IBBI (Information Utilities) Regulations, covering standard terms of service, user registration and unique identifiers, submission, authentication and verification of information, identification and verification of persons, data integrity, consent framework for third party access, system and information security, risk management, preservation and purging of information; information utilities must comply with applicable Technical Standards while providing services.