Sheltered Harbor was founded to protect customers, financial institutions, and public confidence in the financial system when a catastrophic event such as a cyberattack causes critical systems — including backups — to fail. Implementing Sheltered Harbor’s standards augments an institution’s disaster recovery and business continuity plans, with industry-developed crisis and emergency management processes. This enables institutions to proactively plan for and recover from crisis and continue to provide essential services for its customers while it reestablishes normal operations. Sheltered Harbor is a not-for-profit, industry-led “standards setting and certification” organization comprised of financial institutions, core service providers, national trade associations, alliance partners and solution providers dedicated to enhancing financial sector stability and resiliency.
Read the open letter by trade association CEOs to the industry: Join Sheltered Harbor
The core elements of Sheltered Harbor are data vaulting, resiliency planning, and certification.
Institututions backup critical data on a defined schedule into an untouchable offline archive.
Institututions prepare the business processes to be activated in a severe yet plausible (Sheltered Harbor) event.
Sheltered Harbor is the not-for-profit, industry-led effort developed by and for the financial services industry as a critical backup of last resort.
For banks and credit unions, Participant fees are determined based on Participant's total US banking assets to more accurately reflect bank size. The schedule below describes current fees applying at each level of Participant’s assets.
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<$100MM | $250 | OR | ||
>$100M | $500 | OR | ||
>$500M | $1,000 | OR | ||
>$1B | $2,500 | OR | ||
>$5B | $5,000 | OR | ||
>$10B | $10,000 | OR | ||
>$50B | $25,000 | OR | ||
>$250B | $50,000 | OR |
If your operations include brokerage and/or asset management accounts, please check those fee schedules as well, because you will pay a single fee based on the larger of the banking or brokerage or asset management fee calculation.
For securities firms, Participant fees are determined based on both client assets* and the number of clearing clients. The schedule below describes current fees applying at each level of Participant’s assets and clearing clients.
* Including discretionary and non-discretionary assets
If your operations include banking and/or asset management accounts, please check those fee schedules as well, because you will pay a single fee based on the larger of the banking or brokerage or asset management fee calculation.
Participant fees or asset managers, transfer agents and recordkeepers are determined based on AUM or plan assets. The schedule below describes current fees applying at each level of Participant's AUM or plan assets.
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<$20B | $1,000 | OR | ||
$5B - $20B | $2,500 | OR | ||
$20B - $50B | $15,000 | OR | ||
$50B - $200B | $25,000 | OR | ||
> $200B | $50,000 | OR |
If your operations include banking and/or brokerage accounts, please check those fee schedules as well, because you will pay a single fee based on the larger of the banking or brokerage or asset management fee calculation.
Sheltered Harbor standards, best practices, and other materials are developed by collaborative working groups, composed of subject matter experts, mainly from Sheltered Harbor participant institutions and partners.
The working groups are highly active, meet often, and produce concrete deliverables. Therefore, joining is a real commitment. In return, members get to shape the development of the standard, build their own skills and expertise in various aspects of cyber resilience, and grow their professional networks through substantive work with peers around the country.
Current Working Groups:
If you are a participant interested in joining a working group, please contact Sheltered Harbor at
Sheltered Harbor has engaged a community of specialized trusted partners who provide the services, technology, and solutions necessary to help our participants implement the standards. The number and scope of these partnerships expands as the initiative matures
Advanced Software Products Group (ASPG) Inc. | Brand Ambassador | ||
Lisa Hamilton | Executive VP Sales | 239-649-1548 x2031 | |
AWS - Amazon Web Services | Advisory | ||
Christopher McDonald | Industry Specialist Capital Markets | 718-581-7784 | |
Pradeep Dhananjaya | Banking Technical Lead | 201-993-8444 | |
Capgemini | Advisory | ||
Rob Jepson | Senior Manager, Cybersecurity Center of Execellence | 720-480-4538 | |
Cobalt Iron | Solution Provider | ||
Andy T. Hurt | Chief Marketing Officer | 720-891-0053 | |
Cobalt Iron Compass® for Sheltered Harbor will protect consumer account data via SaaS delivery for on-premises or cloud deployment options. | |||
Cohesity | Brand Ambassador |
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Lina Parness | Marketplace Alliances Manager | |
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Cyber Risk Institute | Brand Ambassador |
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Josh Magri | President & CEO | |
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The Cyber Risk Institute (CRI) is a not-for-profit coalition of financial institutions and trade associations. We're working to protect the global economy by enhancing cybersecurity and resiliency through standardization. |
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Dell Technologies | ENDORSED Solution Provider | ||
Jim Shook | Director, Cybersecurity & Compliance | 678-230.0525 | |
Learn how Dell Technologies can help your U.S. financial institution expedite Sheltered Harbor “Data Protected” Certification with “Dell EMC PowerProtect Cyber Recovery for Sheltered Harbor”, the first turnkey data vaulting solution to receive endorsement for meeting all of the requirements of the Sheltered Harbor standard |
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Elastio | Brand Ambassador | ||
Todd Fredrick | SVP Strategic Alliances | 703-328-7325 | |
Grant Thornton | Assurance - Qualified Assessor | ||
Vincent Concialdi | Partner | 312-602-8731 | |
Learn how Grant Thornton can help your U.S. financial institution with independent attestation services for Sheltered Harbor Certification and annual recertification. |
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Mainline Information Systems | Brand Ambassador | ||
Chris Dedham | Solutions Architect | 703-608-0330 | |
PwC | Advisory | ||
Shawn Lonergan, Ph.D. | Principal - Cyber, Risk & Regualtory | 917-683-9049 | |
PwC | Assurance - Qualified Assessor | ||
Jeff Trent | Partner | 646-471-7343 | |
RSM | Assurance | ||
Melissa Harp | Principal | 612-376-9871 | |
John Huyette | Principal | 215-648-3181 | |
Veritas Technologies LLC | Solution Provider | ||
Liji Kuruvilla | Sr. Principal Product Manager, NBU Product Management | 407-417-5523 | |
Elias AbuGhazaleh | Director, Product Management | 321-578-1979 | |
Veritas Technologies, a leader in multi-cloud data management, has joined the Sheltered Harbor Alliance Partner Program as a solution provider. This reinforces Veritas’ commitment to ensuring that critical customer data in the financial sector remains protected from cyber threats, including ransomware. |
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21st Century Software Technologies, Inc. | Brand Ambassador | ||
Eddy Ciliendo | Vice President of Business Development | 919-703-9098 | |
Below is a current list of Sheltered Harbor Solution Providers, firms that have demonstrated a complete understanding of Sheltered Harbor's data vaulting standards, and which are implementing those standards in their products. Those firms whose products have demonstrated complete adherence to the standards in at least two production installations qualify for Sheltered Harbor Endorsement and can use the "Endorsement" seal. For additional details, contact the solution provider firm directly.
We will continue to expand relationships with other select firms in an effort to support the market with a broad menu of options, so keep checking for updates.
Cobalt Iron | Solution Provider | ||
Andy T. Hurt | Chief Marketing Officer | 720-891-0053 | |
Cobalt Iron Compass® for Sheltered Harbor will protect consumer account data via SaaS delivery for on-premises or cloud deployment options. | |||
Dell Technologies | ENDORSED Solution Provider | ||
Jim Shook | Director, Cybersecurity & Compliance | 678-230-0525 | |
Learn how Dell Technologies can help your U.S. financial institution expedite Sheltered Harbor “Data Protected” Certification with “Dell EMC PowerProtect Cyber Recovery for Sheltered Harbor”, the first turnkey data vaulting solution to receive endorsement for meeting all of the requirements of the Sheltered Harbor standard |
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FIS | ENDORSED Solution Provider | ||
Scott Yoshimura | Senior Director, Product Management | 602-337-3347 | |
Learn how FIS, a global leader in fintech and the first service provider officially certified with an endorsed solution and service for Sheltered Harbor Data Protection, can streamline and expedite your Sheltered Harbor Certification with FIS Data Restore. |
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Veritas Technologies LLC | Solution Provider | ||
Liji Kuruvilla | Sr. Principal Product Manager, NBU Product Management | 407-417-5523 | |
Elias AbuGhazaleh | Director, Product Management | 321-578-1979 | |
Veritas Technologies, a leader in multi-cloud data management, has joined the Sheltered Harbor Alliance Partner Program as a solution provider. This reinforces Veritas’ commitment to ensuring that critical customer data in the financial sector remains protected from cyber threats, including ransomware. |