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Guidance by trigger

The triggering event determines the order of the analysis.

A questionnaire, an audit, market entry or the maintenance of several engagements each call for distinct decisions and levels of evidence.

Review situations

A client request exists

Security questionnaireContractual annexAnnounced auditFindings received

A decision needs to be prepared

RenewalEU call for tendersEU market entryProduct security

The role determines the mandate

The supplier examines its own capability. The European client defines the supplier decision it needs to reach.

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Choose an engagement

Meet the deadline. Establish capacity. Sustain commitments.

Start from what needs to be obtained now: an answer, an in-depth review, or a capability tracked over time.

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Reply

A document and a deadline.

QuestionnaireAnnexAuditAll responses →
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Prepare

Verify and remediate.

EU exposureClient and technical assessmentEvidence and remediationAll preparations →
03

Maintain

Keep the current commitments.

Continuous assuranceClient assurance officeProduct security cellAll recurring services →

Basis for the conclusions

From the client's requirement to a qualified piece of evidence.

The same trail links Promise, Policy, Practice, Platform, finding, remediation and controlled sharing.

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Trace

Evidence traceabilityAssurance registerTrust roomContinuous verification

Frameworks and sectors

GDPR and international accessHealth data and HDSNIS2 and the supply chainIndustrial confidentialityCountry filesExport mapAll frameworks →

View deliverables

See fictitious examples to understand the structure and depth of the deliverables.

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Terms of engagement

Responsibilities, information and limits established before the engagement.

Confidentiality, independence, reversibility and traceability of responsibilities structure the conduct of the work.

Review the firm's rules

Trust rules

ConfidentialityIndependenceSecurityReversibility

Working with iKNSA

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European principals

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Your contextGeneral reading

Adapt the reading to the assessed company’s country and activity.

Home / Jurisdictions / Belarus

Country file

Belarus

EU restrictive measures govern part of trade here. The country's exports are dominated by consumer manufactured goods. The population is largely connected and local hosting is dense. Regional benchmarks: Europe and Central Asia.

Relationship with the European Union

No preferential trade agreement with the European Union

No preferential regime applies, and EU restrictive measures prohibit or make subject to authorisation part of the trade: the common tariff alone does not determine what may be bought or sold.

Sources reviewed on 17 September 2026

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Economy and sectors

No agreement

No preferential trade agreement with the European Union

trade is governed by standard rules and, where applicable, unilateral preferences that should be verifiedNo preferential regime applies, and EU restrictive measures prohibit or make subject to authorisation part of the trade: the common tariff alone does not determine what may be bought or sold.

Map of trade agreements — European Commission
Third country

regime applicable to European data and access

European framework trackedNo general adequacy decision. The transfer mechanism and its accompanying measures must be chosen according to the actual data flows.

Adequacy decisions — European Commission
Economic restrictions

European Union restrictive measures targeting the country

EU Sanctions Map, as at 26 September 2026The EU prohibits or makes subject to authorisation part of trade with this country. Before any contract, check that the goods, the service, the financing and the payment do not fall under any prohibition. Screen the supplier, its directors and its shareholders against the consolidated list of designated persons and entities. Measures in force: asset freezes on designated persons and entities; arms embargo; prohibitions on internal repression and communications surveillance equipment; prohibitions on dual-use goods and technology; prohibitions on importing or exporting certain goods; prohibitions on providing certain services; financial and investment restrictions; air, maritime or road transport restrictions.

Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006
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Incidents, fraud and impersonation

12 730

secure servers per million inhabitants

2024, latest available figureLocal hosting and certifications are common there. That says nothing about the security of any given provider — only about the terrain in which it operates.

Secure Internet servers — World Bank
Diverted order

verification of instruction changes

Cross-cutting controlOn recurring flows, impersonation works through a change of bank details announced partway through the relationship. Confirm it through a channel already known to you.

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Points to check within your organisation

To be screened

The goods, the service and the payment, before any contract

EU restrictive measures apply to this country or part of its territory. Assess each delivery and each payment against the applicable regulation, and keep a record of party screening: this is what your client or your bank will ask for.

To be scoped

The sites and headcount involved

This type of production involves several sites and a large workforce, rarely named in the contract. Establish which ones work for you and who supervises them.

To be governed

What accompanies orders

Without an adequacy decision, order files, your teams' contact details and your own customers' data may only circulate under proper safeguards. Ask which transfer tool has been adopted and who has access to it on site.

To be located

Where your data actually resides

Local hosting is common here, which does not tell you where your data actually lands: ask for the country of each environment, including backups, and who holds the keys.

Developments to be aware of

The topics that may change your answers

EU restrictive measures

The EU prohibits or makes subject to authorisation part of trade with this country. Before any contract, check that the goods, the service, the financing and the payment do not fall under any prohibition. Screen the supplier, its directors and its shareholders against the consolidated list of designated persons and entities. Measures in force: asset freezes on designated persons and entities; arms embargo; prohibitions on internal repression and communications surveillance equipment; prohibitions on dual-use goods and technology; prohibitions on importing or exporting certain goods; prohibitions on providing certain services; financial and investment restrictions; air, maritime or road transport restrictions.

EU Sanctions Map — European Commission

EU–Belarus relationship

No preferential regime applies, and EU restrictive measures prohibit or make subject to authorisation part of the trade: the common tariff alone does not determine what may be bought or sold.

Trade relations by country — European Commission
What this means for your situation

Manufactured goods: 38.4% of goods exported. Sites, workforce and subcontracting form the first scope to establish with the European client.

Official sources

Confidential exchange

Describe your European relationship and the request received.

The Belarus file sets out a country and its relationship with the EU. What remains is to establish which sites work for you, with what workforce and what subcontracting.

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