Standard
FFIEC business continuity maturity assessment
The FFIEC BCM handbook for financial institutions
- FFIEC 2019 Business Continuity Management
- 96 questions
- 8 categories
- Maps to: Business continuity, IT disaster recovery, Third-party risk and resilience
What the standard requires
The FFIEC Business Continuity Management booklet (2019) is the examination handbook US banking regulators use to evaluate how financial institutions and their service providers manage continuity: governance, business impact analysis, risk assessment, strategies, plans, testing, third-party dependencies, and board oversight.
How ResiliencyPulse scores it
The FFIEC model has 96 questions in 8 categories mirroring the booklet’s structure, so the assessment reads the way an examiner would. Scores roll up to the business continuity, IT disaster recovery, and third-party domains. The result is a maturity picture you can put in front of the board before the examination does.
Who assesses against it
Banks, credit unions, and the service providers examined under FFIEC guidance who want to know where they stand against the handbook before the examiner tells them.
Questions
Do I need to be certified or regulated to use this model?
No. The model measures maturity against the standard’s structure. Certification and examination are separate processes this assessment does not replace.
Can I run this model alongside others?
Yes. Pro includes three models and Scale is unlimited. Results from every model roll up to the same eight resilience domains.