Banking Technology AdvisoryIT Assessment and Gap Analysis
IT Assessment and Gap Analysis
A structured, regulator-aligned assessment of your bank’s technology estate that separates what is answered from what is evidenced, and converts findings into a prioritized, board-ready remediation plan.
The challenge
Context
Most banks know where their technology is weak. Fewer can prove it, rank it, or fund the fix in the right order. Self-assessments tend to record what teams believe; audits tend to record what went wrong. Neither gives the Board a defensible, prioritized view of where the estate actually stands against the regulator’s expectations and against peer practice.
What we do
Scope
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Structured discovery
Questionnaires per domain, document requests, and interviews with IT, operations, risk, and business heads.
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Evidence-based validation
Every control is verified with configurations, records, and walkthroughs, never assumed from a checklist answer.
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Weighted maturity scoring
Controls rated 0 to 5 and weighted 1 to 3 by criticality, producing defensible domain scores.
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Coverage
Core banking, cybersecurity, IT governance, payments and SWIFT, digital channels, data centers, network and infrastructure, DevOps and software life cycle, Islamic banking, trade finance and treasury, and centralized operations.
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Business input
Business and control function heads submit their technology pain points and 3-to-5-year plans through a pre-published template, so IT priorities reflect the business, not only the IT division.
Twelve assessment domains
Coverage
How findings are reported
Risk heat map
Illustrative structure. Domain scores in a delivered report are specific to the bank and carry clause references for every finding.
How we work
Five stages: Discover, Assess, Score, Prioritize, Recommend. Findings are rated Compliant (70% and above), Partial (50 to 69%), or Critical (below 50%) at domain level, and every finding carries a clause reference to the relevant Bangladesh Bank guideline. Sensitive domains are audited line by line, not estimated.
What you receive
Deliverables
- Gap Analysis Report with findings and clause references
- RAG-rated Risk Heat Map by domain
- Sequenced Remediation Roadmap: quick wins, strategic fixes, and investment cases
- Board-ready presentation
Who this is for
Managing Directors, Boards and Board IT committees, CIOs and Heads of ICT preparing for regulatory inspection, a new technology strategy, a merger, or a major platform decision.
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Contact
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Khandaker Anwar
Founder and CEO
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Mind Maprs, Bilquis Tower, 3rd Floor, Plot 6, Road 46, 2nd Circle, Gulshan 2, Dhaka-1212