Finance Reference.

The ways payment, market, custody, and account systems get fooled, in plain language, and what DOR does about each one.

Payments and Money Movement

Wires, ACH, instant payments, and the messages between institutions.

FIN-M.1

Altered payment instructions

An account number, amount, or beneficiary can be changed between approval and release.

DOR's answer

DOR checks each instruction against where it came from before money moves.

RA-1.3.2RA-2.4.1

FIN-M.2

Unverified instant payments

Instant payments leave before slower checks can finish.

DOR's answer

DOR verifies the instruction at the speed of the payment and holds one it cannot prove.

RA-1.3.1RA-D.4

FIN-M.3

Replayed or reordered financial messages

A valid payment or settlement message can be sent again, or messages delivered out of order.

DOR's answer

DOR knows what it has already received and checks the order.

RA-5.2.1RA-5.2.3

FIN-M.4

Changed vendor bank details

A request to update a vendor's bank account can come from an impostor.

DOR's answer

DOR confirms the request came from the vendor before the change takes effect.

RA-2.4.1RA-3.2.1

Markets and Trading

Prices, orders, clocks, and the models that act on them in milliseconds.

FIN-T.1

Tampered market data

Prices and news can be altered or injected before they reach a trading system.

DOR's answer

DOR confirms each item came from its source, unaltered.

RA-1.3.4RA-1.2.2

FIN-T.2

Faked trading time

A shifted clock corrupts order timestamps and the record regulators rely on.

DOR's answer

DOR checks time where it enters and keeps the true order of events.

RA-5.1.1RA-5.1.2RA-5.3.2

FIN-T.3

Stale data passed as current

An old price or a delayed message can be presented as current.

DOR's answer

DOR confirms how old data actually is and when it was sent.

RA-5.2.4RA-5.2.2

FIN-T.4

Swapped or unapproved models

A model can be altered or replaced while everything around it looks the same.

DOR's answer

DOR confirms the model in use and records what went into each decision.

RA-4.2.1RA-4.2.3RA-6.1.1

Custody and Digital Assets

Who owns what, and what a signer actually approves.

FIN-K.1

Manipulated signing software

The software that shows a signer what they are approving can be altered to show one thing and sign another.

DOR's answer

DOR checks what is actually running and what is actually being signed.

RA-4.1.2RA-1.3.2

FIN-K.2

Altered custody records

Ownership and transfer records can be changed or backdated.

DOR's answer

DOR keeps each record provable from the moment it is written.

RA-6.3.1RA-5.3.1

People and Accounts

The executive on the call, the caller at the bank, the customer at the door.

FIN-P.1

Deepfake executives on calls

A cloned face or voice can join a call as an executive and approve a payment.

DOR's answer

DOR confirms who is on the call while it is happening.

RA-3.2.2RA-3.2.3

FIN-P.2

Cloned voices at the call center

Callers with cloned voices and stolen details can pass as account holders.

DOR's answer

DOR checks the live call and confirms the caller before an account changes.

RA-3.2.2RA-2.4.1

FIN-P.3

Faked documents and faces at onboarding

Generated or edited IDs, selfies, and documents can open accounts.

DOR's answer

DOR checks where each one came from before it is accepted.

RA-1.4.4RA-6.2.2

FIN-P.4

Insiders misusing access

Someone with legitimate access can move money or data for the wrong reason.

DOR's answer

DOR requires a name and a reason for sensitive actions, recorded where no one can edit them.

RA-2.4.2RA-6.3.2

Records and Reporting

The books, the audit trail, and the rules you answer to.

FIN-R.1

Altered or backdated ledgers

Entries and approvals can be changed or created later and dated earlier.

DOR's answer

DOR locks in what was recorded and the order it happened.

RA-5.3.1RA-6.1.3

FIN-R.2

Erased or edited logs

After a break-in, logs are often edited or deleted.

DOR's answer

DOR's record of what your systems received and did cannot be edited or deleted.

RA-4.3.2RA-5.3.2

FIN-R.3

Reports changed after they leave

Statements, filings, and data shared outside the institution can be changed after they leave.

DOR's answer

DOR's proof travels with the data.

RA-6.3.3

Finance

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