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Consolidated Audit Trail (SEC Reg NMS)
The United States Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) has established new rules governing financial market information,
commonly referred to as Regulation or Reg NMS (National Market System). Reg NMS includes requirements for the synchronization of clocks
and maintaining related audit trail information. These are covered in paragraph (d) of 17 CFR 242.613 (Rule 613):
- Clocks should be synchronized to NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) time.
- Synchronization standards should be revaluated annually.
- Clock granularity should at minimum be recorded/reported in milliseconds and possibly finer increments as required by NMS.
FINRA has well-established procedures and policies regarding time synchronization that allow you
to address the Reg NMS requirement for "reasonable policies and procedures". We recommend you use our instructions on
configuring for compliance with FINRA to ensure the
clocks on your various systems are synchronized and generating correct time-stamps and are collecting the necessary
audit trail records to satisfy your data retention requirements.
References
Rule 613 (Consolidated Audit Trail) Overview
17 CFR § 242.613 Consolidated Audit Trail regulations
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