These examination procedures are derived from the interagency Guidelines Establishing Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information, as mandated by Section 501(b) of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999. The guidelines address standards for developing andimplementing administrative, technical, and physical safeguards...
On June 30, 2000, Congress enacted the Electronic Signatures in Global and National
Commerce Act(1) ("ESIGN" or "the Act"),
to facilitate the use of electronic records and signatures in interstate and foreign
commerce by ensuring the validity and legal effect of contracts entered into
...
Whatever direction the cyberthreat takes, the United States Government will be confronting an increasingly interconnected world in the years ahead. This is the core message of GT2015. We will have to develop, in response, greater communications and collaboration across the agencies of our own Government, with other...
Financial institutions are actively evaluating and implementing wireless technology as a means to
reach customers and reduce the costs of implementing new networks. In light of this fast-developing
trend, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is providing financial institutions with the following...
The purpose of this bulletin is to alert you to the joint-agency issuance of the attached final "Guidelines Establishing Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information" and to highlight provisions of these guidelines. The guidelines are mandated by Section 501 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 (GLBA), and are...
Rapidly evolving technologies continue to provide efficient, cost effective methods for providing fast delivery of a wide range of member services. Accompanying the opportunities to deliver cost effective services is growing exposure of technology resources to misuse and theft, which can result in loss of member...
The federal bank and thrift regulatory agencies have sent to the Federal Register joint guidelines for safeguarding confidential customer information. The guidelines implement section 501(b) of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), and will be effective on July 1, 2001.
The GLBA requires the agencies to establish...
On January 17, 2001, the banking regulatory agencies adopted guidelines implementing Section 501 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA). The guidelines require financial institutions to establish a comprehensive and coordinated information security program, appropriate to the size of the bank and the complexity of its...
The security process is the method an organization uses to implement and achieve its security objectives. The process is designed to identify, measure, manage and control the risks to system and data availability, integrity, and confidentiality, and ensure accountability for system actions. The process includes five...
The security process is the method an organization uses to implement and achieve its security objectives. The process is designed to identify, measure, manage and control the risks to system and data availability, integrity, and confidentiality, and ensure accountability for system actions. The process includes five...
Over the past two decades, systematic misappropriation of intellectual property has become a major concern to American businesses, artists, and authors. As the modern economy grows increasingly reliant on intellectual property, the proliferation of computers and computer networks has made the illegal reproduction and...
FACILITATING AFFILIATION AMONG BANKS, SECURITIES FIRMS, AND INSURANCE COMPANIES Repeals the restrictions on banks affiliating with securities firms contained in sections 20 and 32 of the Glass-Steagall Act. Creates a new "financial holding company" under section 4 of the Bank Holding Company Act. Such holding...
Periodic security awareness training is specifically mandated by three Federal issuances.
On October 30, 2000, the Government Information Security Reform Act (GISRA) was signed into law. One of the requirements of GISRA is that each Federal agency shall develop and implement an agency-wide information security...
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Office of Thrift Supervision jointly requested comment today on a proposed rule establishing standards for safeguarding confidential customer information. The...
The purpose of this paper is to provide financial institutions and examiners with background information and guidance on various risk assessment tools and practices related to information security. Institutions using the Internet or other computer networks are
exposed to various categories of risk that could result...
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