Advisory · 11 August 2026
RWA tokenisation cybersecurity
Protecting the claim, the asset and the token.
Real-world asset tokenisation connects blockchain infrastructure with legal rights, asset records, custodians, valuation data and settlement processes. A weakness in any of these components, or in the hand-offs between them, can affect the integrity of the token and the asset claim it represents.
Zanarc’s RWA Tokenisation Cybersecurity Advisory examines the threats that arise across the full token lifecycle. It provides practical guidance on governance, privileged access, smart contracts, minting and redemption, transaction approval, third-party dependencies, monitoring and incident recovery.
Download the advisory to assess the cybersecurity considerations relevant to your RWA initiative. Organisations developing, operating, investing in or overseeing an RWA project may also contact Zanarc to request a confidential briefing on selected findings from the research behind the advisory.
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What the advisory covers
Written for issuers, custodians, platform operators, asset originators, and the supervisors and assurance providers who assess them. Inside the advisory:
The four truth domains
A model for testing that the legal claim, the asset record, the ledger, and the settlement records continue to agree.
Nine risk domains
From asset provenance and privileged authority to oracles, identity, settlement, interoperability, and recovery.
Incident lessons
Control lessons from published RWA and adjacent digital asset incidents: CurioDAO, Zoth, Resolv, and KelpDAO.
Controls for high-impact actions
A five-stage control model for minting, upgrades, freezes, oracle replacement, reserve movement, and asset release.
Supply and backing
Reconciling recognised token supply with eligible backing across every approved chain, wrapper, and bridge.
Assurance and oversight
What an RWA assessment should cover, with questions for boards, supervisors, and assurance providers.
Frequently asked questions
About the advisory, the registration process, and Zanarc.
Who is the advisory written for?
Issuers, platform operators, asset originators, custodians, registrars, trustees, and technology providers, together with the boards, supervisors, and assurance professionals who oversee them. Section 6 sets out the questions most relevant to boards, supervisors, and assurance providers.
Is the advisory free?
Yes. Register your email address and your copy of the 31-page PDF will be sent to your inbox.
How will my email address be used?
To deliver the advisory and, where you have opted in, occasional updates from Zanarc on digital asset cybersecurity. You can unsubscribe at any time.
What is an RWA token?
For this advisory, an RWA token is a digital record on a programmable platform that represents a claim on, or economic exposure to, an asset or cash flow outside that platform. Examples include securities and fund interests, debt and receivables, deposits and payment claims, property, commodities, environmental units, and rights in goods.
Does the advisory replace NIST, ISO/IEC, or OWASP guidance?
No. Existing standards cover parts of an RWA arrangement, and the advisory sets out what each contributes and where it stops. No single source assesses whether the holder's claim remains valid across the legal, asset, oracle, settlement, and ledger records; the advisory addresses that gap.
Who is Zanarc?
Zanarc is a specialist blockchain and digital asset cybersecurity consultancy. It advises virtual asset platforms and their supervisors, conducts CryptoCurrency Security Standard (CCSS) readiness assessments and audits, and assesses cybersecurity risks arising from artificial intelligence and real-world asset tokenisation.
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An RWA transaction can complete exactly as designed and still give the holder the wrong claim. The advisory sets out where that happens, and the controls issuers, custodians, and their supervisors should put in place.