Agencies issue joint statement on handling of highly sensitive information during bank examinations
Why this matters
This is a coordinated policy statement from the Federal Reserve, FDIC, and OCC addressing cybersecurity procedures and data breach notification protocols (72-hour requirement) for bank examinations. It establishes procedural expectations rather than binding new rules, but carries regulatory significance as guidance from all three primary federal banking regulators. The content is informational in nature (news release) but conveys material operational requirements, warranting a score of 3 for noteworthy regulatory guidance with concrete signals.
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What the Federal Reserve said
Agencies issue joint statement on handling of highly sensitive information during bank examinations
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Context
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) — The US central bank and supervisor of bank holding companies and state member banks. We track 65 updates from them.
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This update is classified under Technology & Cyber, Operational Resilience / Outsourcing and Banking & Credit.