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FFIEC COMPLIANCE

Turn FFIEC Guidance Into Clear, Reusable Requirements

Standardize requirements, centralize documentation, automate testing, and maintain compliance-ready traceability.

Structured Requirements Automated Test Cases End-to-End Traceability Audit-Ready Documentation
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REQ-101MFA enforced for all digital banking accessApproved
REQ-102Transaction logs retained for audit reviewApproved
REQ-103Vendor access reviewed quarterlyIn Review
REQ-104Data encrypted in transit and at restApproved

FFIEC guidance → structured, testable requirements

CTL-01Access ManagementCybersecurity
CTL-02Change GovernanceGovernance
CTL-03Third-Party Risk ReviewVendor Risk
CTL-04Logging & MonitoringDevelopment

Requirements mapped to control domains

TC-201Verify MFA challenge on new device loginPass
TC-202Confirm log retention period = 7 yearsPass
TC-203Validate vendor access expiry workflowRunning
TC-204Check TLS 1.2+ on all endpointsPass

Auto-generated test cases from requirements

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Requirements ↔ Controls ↔ Tests ↔ Evidence

The Real FFIEC Compliance Problem: Fragmented Requirements and Documentation

FFIEC expectations demand clarity, structure, and complete traceability—but most institutions operate with scattered, inconsistent processes.

The Fragmentation Problem
Requirements in Word
Stories in Jira or DevOps
Designs in Various Tools
Tests in QA Platforms
Evidence in SharePoint
Controls in GRC System

This fragmentation creates inconsistencies, audit gaps, and exam stress.

WordJiraQA Tools SharePointGRCDesign Tools
Modern RequirementsOne controlled source of truth in Azure DevOps

Modern Requirements Makes FFIEC Alignment Easy

From documentation to testing to traceability, everything becomes streamlined and consistent.

Improve Quality & Structure

Turn FFIEC guidance into consistent, well-written requirements that teams can actually build, test, and audit.

Versioning & Change Tracking

Baselines, versions, approvals, and change logs that make auditors happy and exams easier.

Centralize Everything

Policies, FFIEC guidance, requirements, scenarios, diagrams, and evidence—all in one controlled SmartDocs repository.

Auto-Generate Diagrams

Eliminate manual modeling—MR generates scenarios, use cases, and visuals required for projects and audits.

Automate Test Cases

Instantly generate test cases from FFIEC-derived requirements, use cases, or scenarios to strengthen QA coverage.

Native to Azure DevOps

Built directly into Azure DevOps so BAs, QA, and IT work in one unified environment.

End-to-End Traceability

Requirements ↔ Controls ↔ Tests ↔ Evidence, with impact analysis for every change across the lifecycle.

Cross-Team Transparency

BA, IT, and QA teams all work from the same source of truth with complete visibility.

1,000+ Insurance Leaders Rely on Us

How Modern Requirements Turns FFIEC Guidance Into Actionable Requirements

A proven 6-step process that transforms compliance documentation into operational excellence.

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Import FFIEC Guidance and Generate High-Quality Requirements

Upload your FFIEC guidance and let AI turn the text into structured, consistent, high-quality requirements—including business, functional, non-functional, control expectations, and testable scenarios. This becomes the foundation of your FFIEC-aligned requirements library.

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Apply Standards Across All Systems

Simply select FFIEC requirement templates and apply them to internal applications, digital banking platforms, vendor or SaaS systems, lending and payment systems, and infrastructure. This ensures consistent implementation and interpretation.

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Organize Into Reusable Templates

Requirements are categorized by domain (Cybersecurity, Governance, Development, Vendor Risk), business function (Payments, Lending, Digital Banking), and requirement type (Security, Access, Validation, Logging). Teams stop rewriting requirements from scratch.

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Maintain Full Traceability

Every requirement links to user stories in Jira, controls in GRC, test cases in QA systems, evidence artifacts, and issues/findings. One click shows the full trace—no more hunting through folders.

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Auto-Generate Artifacts

From each requirement, Modern Requirements creates process flows, sequence diagrams, use case scenarios, acceptance criteria, and end-to-end test cases. This improves QA coverage and ensures consistency across releases.

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Exam-Ready Baselines

Use baselines and version history for internal audit, FFIEC IT exams, MRAs/MRIAs, and quarterly or annual reviews. This creates a defendable archive of what existed when and who approved it.

What You Achieve in 60–90 Days

FFIEC-Aligned Library

Clean, consistent, reusable requirements across the entire institution.

Standardized Governance

One source of truth for requirements, scenarios, diagrams, and tests.

Reduced Manual Work

AI generates requirements, diagrams, and test cases instantly.

Full Traceability

Regulator-ready visibility across BA → IT → QA with impact analysis.

Migrate Away From Legacy Tools

Move on from DOORS, HP ALM, Word/SharePoint, and Jira-only workflows into a modern, ADO-native requirements environment.

Exam Confidence

Complete documentation and traceability for successful audits.

Who This Is Built For

This solution is ideal for institutions that need to build clarity and consistency from the ground up.

Mid-size Banks
Regional Banks
Credit Unions
Community Banks

Cybersecurity requirements

Governance & controls

Vendor / third-party risk

Digital banking & payments

Audit & exam readiness

Enterprise-grade Security and Compliance Designed for Regulated Teams

SOC 2 Type II Certified Platform

Ensures strict controls for data handling, access management, change governance, and operational security. Ideal for insurers managing sensitive policy, claims, underwriting, and customer data.

Data HandlingAccess ManagementChange Governance

Compliant With Global Insurance Security Standards

Supports NAIC, OSFI, DORA, GDPR, and internal governance frameworks with full data protection, encryption, and audit-ready traceability inside Azure DevOps.

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How We Power Through For Your Projects

Zions selected Modern Requirements4 DevOps as a solution uniquely positioned to fill our need, while also adding additional requirements functionality. We quickly began migrating content from DOORS Next Generation to the new platform. We collaborated weekly, and as a result implemented a seamless migration with additional requirements visualization features.

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Russell Webster

VP, Sr. Manager

Zions Bank

We had already selected Azure DevOps as our ALM solution so Modern Requirements seemed like a natural fit. After further investigation, the solution was a great fit for the Systems, Electronics, Mechanical, Software and other Engineering teams. During the 30-day trial alone, we successfully imported existing requirements, linked them together, undertook a team review with audit history, and produced an easy-to-understand report compliant with our QMS.

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Robbie Woodhead

Head of Software

Blatchford

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