FFIEC IT Examination Handbook AIO-I: I ARCHITECTURE, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND (Architecture, Infrastructure, and Operations)

Architecture, infrastructure and operations are separate but related functions that management oversees together to design, build and manage the entity's technology: architecture is the strategic design and integration of hardware and software components to support business objectives, infrastructure is the physical elements, products and services including hardware, network and telecommunications, software, environmental controls and physical access that sustain operations, and operations are the methods, processes, procedures and services that turn resource and data inputs into business value.