Service Level Agreement (SLA)
nounid
4129·updated May 9, 2026candidate
Formal documents between an institution and its third-party service provider that outline an institution’s predetermined requirements for a service and establish incentives to meet, or penalties for failure to meet, the requirements. SLAs should specify and clarify performance expectations, establish accountability, and detail remedies or consequences if performance or service quality standards are not met.
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Classifications
Entity Type
Requirement85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Sensitivity
Internal72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Service Level Agreement (SLA)S
- possessive
- Service Level Agreement (SLA)'s
- pluralpossessive
- Service Level Agreement (SLA)S'
Framework definitions
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
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- Formal documents between an institution and its third-party service provider that outline an institution’s predetermined requirements for a service and establish incentives to meet, or penalties for failure to meet, the requirements. SLAs should specify and clarify performance expectations, establish accountability, and detail remedies or consequences if performance or service quality standards are not met.
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