BITS IT Service Providers Expectations Matrix

This article points to the BITS IT Service Providers Expectations Matrix (Microsoft Excel). From the Matrix introduction:

The BITS IT Service Provider Expectations Matrix was created to promote a common understanding among interested parties of the financial services industry’s needs related to information technology practices, processes and controls. By providing financial institutions, service providers, and audit and assessment organizations with a comprehensive set of expectations, the Expectations Matrix helps financial services companies to identify risks and comply with regulatory requirements, as well as to eliminate gaps in the audit and assessment processes.

BITS is a nonprofit industry consortium whose goal is to foster the growth and development of electronic financial services and e-commerce for the benefit of financial institutions and their customers.

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