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FIF Business Continuity Planning Committee

Coordinating market data and service bureau involvement in industry BCP efforts, the FIF BCP Committee focuses on supporting market data and service bureau professionals in an emergency. FIF participates in the SIFMA BCP Committee and in the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council (FSSCC) representing financial technology vendors.

Please see FIF Initiatives Tracking for the status of the initiatives that this committee follows.

Relevant Links

Please click on the links below for additional information on the initiative.

FIF Emergency Command Center Website
FIF's emergency command center website serves the following purpose:
  • Collect and maintain accurate emergency contact data for FIF subscribers and key industry service providers for use in the event of a disaster.
  • Act as the market data and service bureau command center for up-to-date consolidated status in the event of a disaster
  • Interface with other industry command centers to promote the efficient and timely exchange of critical information during disasters or other significant outages in the financial industry.

Securities Industry Business Continuity Test
FIF managed service bureau and market data vendor participation in the October 24, 2009 Securities Industry Business Continuity Test. See SIFMA Business Continuity Planning Industry Test website, Summary of Results and FIF Press Release

FIF managed service bureau and market data vendor participation in the June 7, 2008 Securities Industry Business Continuity Test. See press release.

Financial Services Sector Pandemic Exercise
FIF coordinated market data and service bureau participation in the industry-wide pandemic planning exercise which took place on September 24 and concluded on October 11, 2007. The after-action report is available.


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