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WASHINGTON—Deputy Comptroller for Compliance Policy and Acting Deputy Comptroller for the Office of Financial Technology Donna Murphy today testified on the activities and initiatives of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) Office of Financial Technology before the Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion, Committee on Financial Services of the U.S. House of Representatives.

In her testimony, Ms. Murphy discussed the OCC’s supervision and regulation related to banks use of new and emerging financial technologies. She also highlighted the OCC’s work to engage with banks as they navigate rapid financial technology developments to balance safety, soundness and fairness with innovation and growth.

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, on behalf of its members, released updates to the following sections of the Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Examination Manual.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) recently developed and distributed the Cybersecurity Supervision Work Program for use by examiners. As cyberattacks evolve and as banks adopt various standardized tools and frameworks to assess cybersecurity preparedness, the OCC recognized the need to update its approach to cybersecurity assessment as part of the agency’s bank supervision.

As cyberattacks evolve and as banks adopt various standardized tools and frameworks to assess cybersecurity preparedness, the OCC recognized the need to update its approach to cybersecurity assessment as part of the agency’s bank supervision.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (collectively, the agencies) today issued the "Interagency Guidance on Third-Party Relationships: Risk Management."

In a year dominated by kinetic/cyber war in Ukraine, North Korea doubles down on cryptocurrency thefts, China and Iran continue to take advantage, and a new form of personal intimidation of company personnel emerges.

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Snowballing PoC exploits for CVE-2023-23397 and a massive attack surface means that almost any business user could be a victim.

Guarding Against Complacency

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Cybersecurity: 2022 Cybersecurity Resource Guide for Financial Institutions

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Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering: Joint Statement on the Risk-Based Approach to Assessing Customer Relationships and Conducting Customer Due Diligence

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Computer-Security Incident Notification: Final Rule

The rule requires a bank to notify the OCC as soon as possible and no later than 36 hours after the bank determines that a computer-security incident that rises to the level of a notification incident has occurred. The bank must provide this notification to the appropriate OCC supervisory office, or OCC-designated point of contact, through email, telephone, or other similar methods that the OCC may prescribe.

Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering: Joint Statement on the Risk-Based Approach to Assessing Customer Relationships and Conducting Customer Due Diligence