Validate your compliance with SWIFT's Customer Security Programme — mandatory and advisory security controls for all institutions connected to the SWIFT network.
The SWIFT Customer Security Programme (CSP) requires all SWIFT-connected institutions to attest annually to their compliance with mandatory security controls. Since 2021, independent external assessment is required. We help banks, financial institutions, and service bureaus prepare for, pass, and maintain their SWIFT CSP assessment.
SWIFT's Customer Security Programme (CSP) establishes mandatory and advisory security controls that all SWIFT users must implement within their local SWIFT infrastructure. The controls are organized around three objectives: Secure Your Environment, Know and Limit Access, and Detect and Respond. Every SWIFT-connected institution must attest to its compliance annually via the KYC Security Attestation (KYC-SA).
Since 2021, SWIFT requires community-standard assessments to be confirmed by an independent external assessor. This means your annual attestation must be backed by a formal assessment — not just a self-declaration. Non-compliance results in SWIFT reporting your status to counterparties and regulators, potentially affecting your ability to conduct correspondent banking and cross-border transactions.
Evaluate your current SWIFT infrastructure security against all mandatory and advisory CSP controls. Identify gaps and produce a remediation roadmap before the formal assessment.
Conduct the formal independent assessment required by SWIFT — evaluating your compliance with all mandatory controls and producing the assessment documentation for your KYC-SA attestation.
Work with your teams to implement the technical controls required by CSP — from network segmentation and jump server architecture through operator security and transaction monitoring.
Help you determine the correct SWIFT architecture type (A1–A4, B) for your deployment — ensuring you assess against the right set of controls for your specific SWIFT infrastructure model.
Develop the security policies and operational procedures CSP requires — covering SWIFT operator management, software integrity, database integrity, and incident response.
Ongoing support for annual KYC-SA attestation — tracking control changes, preparing for the assessment cycle, and monitoring SWIFT CSP updates.
Meet SWIFT's mandatory requirement for independent external assessment — maintaining your good standing within the SWIFT community.
Your CSP compliance status is visible to counterparties via SWIFT's KYC-SA platform. Strong compliance maintains trust in correspondent banking relationships.
SWIFT CSP compliance supports RBI, central bank, and financial regulator expectations for SWIFT infrastructure security — a common regulatory examination area.
CSP controls directly protect against the attack techniques used in SWIFT-related fraud — from credential compromise through transaction manipulation.
The CSP framework drives genuine security improvements in your SWIFT infrastructure — reducing the risk of unauthorized transactions and data exposure.
SWIFT continuously updates CSP controls based on emerging threats. Compliance keeps your defenses aligned with the evolving threat landscape targeting financial messaging systems.
We've assessed SWIFT environments across commercial banks, central banks, and service bureaus — understanding the nuances of each architecture type and deployment model.
We combine SWIFT CSP assessment with RBI SAR, PCI DSS, and ISO 27001 compliance — providing integrated security support for financial institutions.
We don't just identify gaps — we help your infrastructure teams implement the technical controls needed for compliance, from network segmentation to operator workstation hardening.
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