Supervisory Policy and Guidance Topics
Business Continuity
The Federal Reserve has implemented a number of measures to promote the continuous operation of financial markets and to ensure the continuity of Federal Reserve operations in the event of a future crisis. The process of strengthening the resilience of the private-sector financial system-focusing on organizations with systemic elements-is largely accomplished through the existing regulatory framework.
Sections on this page:
Policy Letters
Business Continuity
- SR 13-6 / CA 13-3
- Supervisory Practices Regarding Banking Organizations and their Borrowers and Other Customers Affected by a Major Disaster or Emergency
- SR 10-13
- Interagency Supervisory Guidance for Institutions Affected by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
- SR 08-3
- FFIEC Business Continuity Planning Booklet
- SR 07-18
- FFIEC Guidance on Pandemic Planning
- SR 06-5
- Influenza Pandemic Preparedness
- SR 06-3
- Interagency Supervisory Guidance for Institutions Affected by Hurricane Katrina
- SR 03-9
- Interagency Paper on Sound Practices to Strengthen the Resilience of the U.S. Financial System
Additional Resources
- Business Resiliency (Board of Governors)
- Hurricanes Rita and Katrina (FFIEC)
- Federal Reserve: Purposes and Functions
- Financial and Banking Information Infrastructure Committee (FBIIC)
Manual References
-
Commercial Bank Examination Manual
- Section 4060.1, "Information Technology"
- FFIEC IT Examination Handbook InfoBase
Last update:
March 29, 2013
