Cybersecurity is essential for protecting banks’ assets from potential threats. Supervisors and bankers view cybersecurity as a high priority because cybersecurity threats are constantly evolving.1 To connect bankers to existing cybersecurity resources, the Federal Reserve System has developed a resource document — Cybersecurity Resources for Community Banks.2 Although the document is geared toward community bankers, regional bankers may also find it useful.
Cybersecurity Resources for Community Banks is a compilation of publicly available cybersecurity content and includes links to:
- information sources;
- cybersecurity self-assessment tools;
- supervision and regulation (SR) letters;3
- other materials produced by the Federal Reserve; and
- law enforcement contact information.
Federal Reserve System staff intend to periodically update the Cybersecurity Resources for Community Banks document, which is available on the supervision outreach web page.4 As a quick reference guide, staff have also developed a printable trifold version5 that distills the key content from the resource document.
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1 For a sample of past Community Banking Connections articles about cybersecurity, see this list.
2 See the Federal Reserve System’s May 2025 Cybersecurity Resources for Community Banks document, available at www.supervisionoutreach.org/-/media/files/supervisionoutreach/resources/community-bank-cybersecurity-resources_may-2025.pdf?sc_lang=en&hash=352B1D2328D274AF4914FE26DD96A101.
3 Federal Reserve Board, “Information Technology Guidance,” available at www.federalreserve.gov/supervisionreg/topics/information-technology-guidance.htm.
4 Federal Reserve System, “Federal Reserve Supervision Outreach: Resources for Community and Regional Banks,” available at www.supervisionoutreach.org.
5 See the printable version of the resource document, available at www.supervisionoutreach.org/-/media/files/supervisionoutreach/resources/community-bank-cybersecurity-resources_tri-fold---may-2025.pdf?sc_lang=en&hash=8554647A9CE2E55C664D10DF62B1A59F.