FSI Issues Second Brief on Covid-19 Operational Challenges

The Financial Stability Institute of the Bank for International Settlements Issued its second brief on Covid-19 addressing operational challenges of financial institutions. The guidance suggests that regulators consider the following items when considering operational resilience during the crisis:

Critical/essential employees: identifying the critical functions and employees that support important business services, as well as ensuring employees' safety and that they can safely resume their duties (remotely, if necessary).
IT infrastructure: ensuring that IT infrastructure can support a sharp increase in usage over an extended period and taking steps to safeguard information security.
Third-party service providers: ensuring that external service providers and/or critical suppliers are taking adequate measures and are sufficiently prepared for a scenario in which there will be heavy reliance on their services.
Cyber resilience: remaining vigilant in order to identify and protect vulnerable systems, and detect, respond and recover from cyber attacks.

A complete copy of the brief can be viewed here.