Federal bank regulators issue statement on examining sensitive bank information
The federal bank regulatory agencies issued a joint statement describing enhanced security procedures for reviewing sensitive information in the examinations of supervised banks. The statement discusses a coordinated approach to identifying highly sensitive data and documents and discusses enhanced procedures for the review of such information. This is key to reducing cybersecurity risks and ensures that the agencies have access to such information at all times during an examination. The a...
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