| copyright | lastupdated | keywords | subcollection | ||
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2022-10-06 |
data security, FS-ready, Financial Services, encryption |
account |
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If you're the account owner, you can enable your {{site.data.keyword.cloud}} account to be Financial Services Validated designated, which means your account stores and manages regulated financial services information. {: shortdesc}
Services that are designated as IBM Cloud for Financial Services Validated leverage the industry’s highest levels of encryption certification, provides preventive and compensatory controls for financial services regulatory workloads, multi-architecture support and proactive, and automated security.
The {{site.data.keyword.Bluemix_notm}} for Financial Services Validated designation is available for services that are operating in select multizone regions{: term}. Go to the IBM Cloud Framework for Financial Services documentation for a list of supported multizone regions. {: note}
Accounts that enable the Financial Services Validated setting can filter the catalog to view the services that adhere to this compliance standard and still have access to the full catalog of services. However, if anyone in the account chooses to create a service that isn't Financial Services Validated, a message displays with a reminder that this setting is enabled in the account and the selected service isn't Financial Services Validated. {: tip}
When you enable this setting, you are indicating that your account stores regulated Financial Services information.
- In the {{site.data.keyword.Bluemix_notm}} console, go to Manage > Account, and select Account settings.
- For the Financial Services Validated option, click On.
- Read the information about enabling the setting, and select I understand and agree to these terms.
- Click On.
After you enable the setting at the account level, you can filter the {{site.data.keyword.Bluemix_notm}} catalog to display services that are designated as Financial Services Validated. In the {{site.data.keyword.Bluemix_notm}} catalog, expand the Compliance section and select Financial Services Validated. The Financial Services Validated label on a service can apply to all available plans or be limited to specific plans or configurations.