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October 5, 2004
TO: TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 28-04
BCP SUBCOMMITTEE
RE: TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESILIENCY
The Investment Company Institute is a member of the Financial Services Sector
Coordinating Council for Critical Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security (the
“FSSCC”), which is an organization established under the auspices of the United States
Department of the Treasury to work with the Treasury, the Department of Homeland Security,
and other governmental entities to promote efforts to improve the resiliency of the financial
services sector against potential physical and cyber threats.
An issue of particular concern to the FSSCC, and to all financial firms, is the dependency
of financial services firms on the continued uninterrupted operation of the telecommunications
systems in the United States, and the continued integrity of financial firms’ telecommunications
capabilities. At a recent meeting the FSSCC approved distribution of the attached “Statement
on Telecommunications Resiliency” to all organizations in the financial services sector in the
United States, accompanied by certain documents recently published by various organizations
with detailed information on these telecommunications issues.
As an association member of the FSSCC, we are providing this FSSCC Statement to you,
and calling your attention to the documents on telecommunications resiliency described in the
FSSCC Statement. Copies of these documents have been posted on the FSSCC Website –
www.fsscc.org – at the URLs indicated in the FSSCC Statement.
If you have any questions regarding the Institute’s participation in the FSSCC, please contact
the undersigned at 202-326-5869 or by e-mail at salmon@ici.org.
Peter Salmon
Director - Operations/Technology
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