Appendix C: Abbreviations

ATM automated teller machine
BCM business continuity management
BCP business continuity plan
BIA business impact analysis
CA Letter Consumer Affairs Letter
CAPS Cyber-Attack Against Payment Systems
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CFPB Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
COSO Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission
DDoS distributed denial of service
DHS U.S. Department of Homeland Security
DRaaS disaster recovery as a service
ERM enterprise risk management
FBIIC Financial and Banking Information Infrastructure Committee
FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FFIEC Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
FIL Financial Institution Letter
FRB Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
FS-ISAC Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center
FSARC Financial Systemic Analysis & Resilience Center
FSSCC Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council
GETS Government Emergency Telecommunications Service
IIA Institute of Internal Auditors
ISO International Organization for Standards
IT information technology
IT Handbook FFIEC Information Technology Examination Handbook
MTD maximum tolerable downtime
NCUA National Credit Union Administration
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
OCC Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
ODNI Office of the Director of National Intelligence
RPO recovery point objective
RTO recovery time objective
SLA service-level agreement
SLC State Liaison Committee
SOC systems and organization control
SR Letter Supervision and Regulation Letter
SSAE Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagement
TSP Telecommunications Service Priority
URSIT Uniform Rating System for Information Technology
USC United States Code
WPS Wireless Priority Service Program

 

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