# kaal:claim:3936876-028

**Claim.** Information security infrastructure and controls to mitigate hacking, theft, and fraud must be enhanced when maintaining custody of digital assets, because digital assets have unique technical characteristics.

**Type.** design  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- banks and custodians holding digital assets

**Source quote.**

> Information security infrastructure and controls to mitigate hacking, theft, and fraud need to be enhanced when maintaining custody of digital assets due to their unique technical characteristics.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, Hayley Howe, *Custody of Digital Assets* (2021), III.2 OCC Requirements, page 24

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Hayley Howe, Custody of Digital Assets (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3936876

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `9bc0903d01910460298e754c451f027df4324367359800a98ee8e638d94aff55` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20and%20Howe%20-%202021%20-%20Custody%20of%20Digital%20Assets.pdf

**Topics.** consensus-and-security, defi, risk-and-incentives

**Keywords.** information-security, digital-asset-custody, occ, risk-controls

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