The Joint Forum was established in 1996 under the aegis of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), and the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) to deal with issues common to the banking, securities and insurance sectors.
On August 29, 2006 the Joint Forum released its paper on high-level business continuity principles.
The paper contains a set of high-level guiding principles that build upon traditional concepts of effective business continuity management and that reflect the current risk environment and the interdependencies of the global financial sector.
The paper is available on the websites of the Bank for International Settlements (http://www.bis.org), IOSCO (http://www.iosco.org) and the IAIS (http://www.iaisweb.org).