Core Principle 14—System safeguards.

The swap execution facility shall: (a) Establish and maintain a program of risk analysis and oversight to identify and minimize sources of operational risk, through the development of appropriate controls and procedures, and automated systems, that: (1) Are reliable and secure; and (2) Have adequate scalable capacity; (b) Establish and maintain emergency procedures, backup facilities, and a plan for disaster recovery that allow for: (1) The timely recovery and resumption of operations; and (2) The fulfillment of the responsibilities and obligations of the swap execution facility; and (c) Periodically conduct tests to verify that the backup resources of the swap execution facility are sufficient to ensure continued: (1) Order processing and trade matching; (2) Price reporting; (3) Market surveillance; and (4) Maintenance of a comprehensive and accurate audit trail.