Technology & Security
The CDR will use industry standard connection security and access
control. Connection security (confidentiality and integrity) to
the CDR will be accomplished using the Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
to provide encryption between the web browser client or Call Report
software and the CDR web server. Encryption will require U.S.
domestic encryption standards of 128 bit or higher. Access control
will be accomplished via basic authentication (username and password).
Each user will have to create a unique username (UserID) and password,
and change the password periodically. Additional information regarding
financial institution requirements to migrate to, and integrate
with the CDR will be provided in the near future.
New Call Report-based Taxonomies and System Specifications
Draft versions of the Call Report taxonomies have been developed using Specification 2.1 of XBRL. Extensions to the XBRL Specification and other guidance and examples can be found in the FFIEC’s CDR Interchange Specification. The FFIEC has created Call Report taxonomies beginning with the March 31, 2001 through June 30, 2005 Call Report dates.
These taxonomies share about 125 items (concepts) with the Bank and Savings Institutions (BASI) taxonomy, which follows U.S. GAAP-General Accepted Accounting Principles. The Call Report taxonomies include a common reference (data names that follow the Federal Reserve Board’s Microdata Reference Manual--MDRM) that incorporates presentation views, business rule formulas, and report instructions.
Current CDR Interchange Specifications
Comments and quesions on these documents can be sent to the Software
Vendor Focus Group.
We encourage users to subscribe to the FIND
e-mail notification service to receive e-mails when documents
have been posted and updates have been made to the FIND web site,
including the posting of the sample taxonomies and system specification
documents.
Minimum Technical Requirements
It will be essential for all financial institutions to obtain
reliable Internet access by the time the CDR is implemented to
transmit Call Report data and to receive notifications from the
FFIEC agencies related to instructions, technical and data quality
errors, and other important information.
To submit your institution's Call Report data to the CDR or view
your institution's confidential data, financial institutions must
use a web browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6.0) that supports U.S. domestic
encryption standards (128 bit or higher).