Financial institution chief information security officer: why one-time accreditation isn't enough to secure an open finance chain

A Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) cannot secure what they cannot monitor, and today's accreditation is a one-time check that goes stale immediately – including the moment a third party starts running new Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities with no visibility into them. Closing that gap requires real-time behavioral signals across every participant in the chain, not a periodic snapshot.

To move from a point-in-time check to continuous security assurance, CISOs should structure their approach around two connected steps:

1. Replace the snapshot with a signal: Pair accreditation with real-time behavioral signals across every participant, so access can be restricted the moment risk changes – not months later at the next review.
2. Tie detection directly to containment: Ensure a risk-score change triggers automated access review immediately, rather than producing an alert that sits in a queue for someone to action later.

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