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Security, Risk & Compliance

Security controls, fraud, operational risk and regulatory compliance.

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Software Supply Chain Security

Software Supply Chain Security is a security mechanism or control discipline that protects code, dependencies, build systems, artifacts, updates, and distribution paths…

Source of Crypto Funds

Source of Crypto Funds is the specific origin and transaction path of crypto assets used in a particular payment, deposit, investment, withdrawal,…

Source of Crypto Wealth

Source of Crypto Wealth is the explanation and supporting evidence for how a customer accumulated their overall crypto-related wealth or economic position…

Spear Phishing

Spear Phishing is a targeted phishing attack tailored to a specific person, role, team, or organization using information that makes the message…

Stablecoin Depeg Risk

Stablecoin depeg risk is the possibility that a stablecoin trades or redeems materially away from its intended reference value. Decision-makers use Stablecoin…

Stablecoin Freeze Risk

Stablecoin Freeze Risk is the risk that a stablecoin issuer, administrator, smart contract role, court process, sanctions control, or technical mechanism prevents…

Stablecoin Issuer Bankruptcy Risk

Stablecoin Issuer Bankruptcy Risk is the risk that insolvency, resolution, administration, or financial distress of a stablecoin issuer impairs token operations, reserve…

Stablecoin Liquidity Risk

Stablecoin Liquidity Risk is the risk that a holder cannot buy, sell, transfer, or redeem a stablecoin in the required amount and…

Stablecoin Redemption Risk

Stablecoin Redemption Risk is the risk that stablecoin holders cannot exchange tokens for the stated reference asset at the expected value, speed,…

Stablecoin Regulation

Stablecoin regulation is the body of laws, licenses, supervisory rules, reserve requirements, disclosure duties, redemption rights, and conduct standards applied to stablecoin…

Stablecoin Reserve Risk

Stablecoin Reserve Risk is the risk that assets, claims, custody arrangements, legal rights, or operational processes supporting a stablecoin are insufficient, impaired,…

Stablecoin Risk

Stablecoin risk is the possibility that a stablecoin loses value, liquidity, transferability, backing, redemption access, legal availability, or operational usefulness. Decision-makers use…

Step-Up Authentication

Step-Up Authentication is an authentication process that requires stronger or additional proof when a user attempts a higher-risk action or when contextual…

Stored Credential

A stored credential is payment or authentication information retained for authorized future use instead of being entered again for each transaction. Stored…

Strong Customer Authentication (SCA)

Strong Customer Authentication is a regulatory and security requirement that generally uses at least two independent authentication elements for specified electronic payments…

Supply Chain Risk

Supply chain risk is exposure created by external providers, components, logistics, dependencies, and relationships required to deliver products or services. Decision-makers use…

Supply Chain Security

Supply chain security protects products, services, components, data, and delivery processes against compromise, tampering, substitution, disruption, or unauthorized access. Supply chain security…

Suspected Fraud

Suspected fraud is activity with sufficient indicators of intentional deception or unauthorized gain to require investigation, without confirmed final determination. Suspected Fraud…

Suspicious Activity Monitoring

Suspicious Activity Monitoring is the ongoing use of rules, analytics, customer context, and investigation to identify activity that may indicate money laundering,…

Suspicious Activity Report (SAR)

Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) is a confidential regulatory report filed by a covered institution when activity meets applicable suspicion and reporting requirements.…

Suspicious Payment

A suspicious payment is a payment whose parties, purpose, amount, timing, method, or behavior indicates potential fraud or prohibited activity. Suspicious Payment…

Sybil Attack

A Sybil attack creates or controls many false identities to gain disproportionate influence, rewards, access, or voting power in a network. Sybil…

Synthetic Identity Fraud

Synthetic Identity Fraud is fraud involving an identity assembled from fabricated information, real personal data belonging to one or more people, or…

System Trace Audit Number (STAN)

A System Trace Audit Number is a transaction-tracking identifier used in payment messaging to help trace and reconcile individual transactions. System Trace…