Transport Layer Security (TLS)
Transport Layer Security, or TLS, is the protocol family that encrypts network connections and authenticates endpoints, most commonly as part of HTTPS.…
Security, Risk & Compliance
Security controls, fraud, operational risk and regulatory compliance.
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Travel Rule Compliance
Travel Rule compliance concerns requirements in some jurisdictions for regulated virtual-asset service providers to obtain, retain and transmit specified originator and beneficiary…
Travel Rule Data
Travel Rule Data is the originator, beneficiary, account, wallet, institution, and transaction information that regulated entities must collect, validate, transmit, receive, or…
Travel Rule Solution
Travel Rule Solution is a technical product, network, protocol, or integration that helps institutions discover counterparties and exchange, validate, protect, reconcile, and…
Travel Rule Threshold
Travel Rule Threshold is the monetary amount or other legal condition used in a jurisdiction to determine whether particular Travel Rule information…
Treasury Audit
A treasury audit examines assets, liabilities, transactions, records, permissions, and controls to determine whether funds are protected, authorized, reconciled, and accurately reported.…
Treasury Incident
A treasury incident is an event that threatens or disrupts the confidentiality, integrity, availability, authorization, accounting, or settlement of treasury assets and…
Treasury Risk
Treasury risk is exposure to loss or disruption from liquidity, market, custody, counterparty, settlement, operational, security, legal, or concentration failures. A score…
Triangulation Fraud
Triangulation Fraud is a commerce fraud scheme in which a criminal uses a legitimate storefront or marketplace listing to collect a customer’s…
Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)
Two-factor authentication requires two independent categories of proof before granting access, such as a password and a security key.
Unauthorized Transfer Incident
An unauthorized transfer incident is a suspected or confirmed event involving value moved, attempted, or instructed without valid permission from the required…
Unlimited Token Approval
Unlimited Token Approval is a security mechanism or control discipline that authorizes a spender to transfer up to the maximum representable amount…
Unscheduled Credential-on-File Transaction
An unscheduled credential-on-file transaction uses a previously stored payment credential for a charge that occurs without a fixed or regular processing date.…
Upgradeability Risk
Upgradeability risk is the possibility that a change mechanism alters software or smart-contract behavior in a harmful, unauthorized, incompatible, or unexpected way.…
Validator Key Compromise
Validator Key Compromise is the unauthorized acquisition or use of blockchain validator signing, withdrawal, governance, or related operational keys. Different key types…
Vampire Attack
A vampire attack uses targeted incentives to draw users, liquidity, volume, or market share away from an established decentralized protocol. Defenses against…
Velocity Attack
Velocity Attack is an attack or weakness pattern that submits many transactions, login attempts, registrations, or other actions rapidly to exploit limits…
Vendor Lock-In Risk
Vendor Lock-In Risk is the risk that dependence on a provider’s proprietary technology, data model, integrations, contracts, pricing, or operational knowledge makes…
Vendor Risk
Vendor risk is exposure created when an external provider’s security, operations, finances, compliance, technology, or dependencies affect an organization’s objectives. Vendor Risk…
Verifiable Credential (VC)
Verifiable Credential (VC) is a tamper-evident digital credential whose claims and issuer can be cryptographically verified according to a defined data model…
Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP)
A Virtual Asset Service Provider is a business that performs specified virtual-asset exchange, transfer, safekeeping, administration, or related financial services for others.…
Volatility Risk
Volatility risk is the chance that large or rapid changes in an asset's market price create financial losses or unexpected costs. It…
Vulnerability
A vulnerability is a weakness in design, implementation, configuration, process, or behavior that a threat can exploit to cause harm. For Vulnerability,…
Vulnerability Disclosure Program (VDP)
Vulnerability Disclosure Program (VDP) is a structured program that tells external researchers how to report suspected vulnerabilities safely and defines scope, communication,…