## SWEDEN FINANCIAL SECTOR ASSESSMENT PROGRAM TECHNICAL NOTE ON CYBERSECURITY RISK SUPERVISION AND OVERSIGHT (1sweea2023005) ## Source details **Canonical URL:** [SWEDEN FINANCIAL SECTOR ASSESSMENT PROGRAM TECHNICAL NOTE ON CYBERSECURITY RISK SUPERVISION AND OVERSIGHT (1sweea2023005)](https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/publications/cr/2023/english/1sweea2023005.pdf) ## Other formats - [Markdown version](/-/media/files/publications/cr/2023/english/1sweea2023005.pdf.md) - [Structured JSON version](/-/media/files/publications/cr/2023/english/1sweea2023005.pdf.json) --- ### Overview and publication details - This Technical Note on Cybersecurity Risk Supervision and Oversight is for the Sweden FSAP. - It was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with the member country. - It is based on the information available at the time it was completed on March 16, 2023. - IMF Country Report No. 23/135. - International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C., April 2023. - Copies available from International Monetary Fund • Publication Services, PO Box 92780 • Washington, D.C. 20090. - Telephone: (202) 623-7430 • Fax: (202) 623-7201 • E-mail: publications@imf.org • Web: http://www.imf.org. - Price: $18.00 per printed copy. - Purpose: Serves as background documentation to support the IMF’s periodic consultation with Sweden under the Financial Sector Assessment Program and is intended to inform supervisors and overseers about cybersecurity risk supervision and oversight considerations relevant to Sweden’s financial sector. ### Key findings (as presented) - Text contains structured paragraphs and subsections; much of the section text is nonstandard encoding or corrupted in the supplied extract. - Clear thematic headings are present but not rendered into legible prose in the supplied content. - Several repeated patterns and placeholders appear (for example sequences like "FGF", "defPJQPMZJKVe", "\ULU]P^PLV"), indicating sections, enumerations, or cross-references in the original document. - The supplied extract does not present coherent narrative projections or scenario descriptions in readable form; only embedded numeric sequences and fragmented tokens appear. - No legible policy recommendations are recoverable from the supplied extract; the content appears corrupted or encoded. - The document contains extensive nonstandard characters, control bytes, and OCR-like noise (e.g., many occurrences of the control character ). ### Projections, scenarios, and policy recommendations (as available) - Projections and scenarios: The supplied extract does not present coherent narrative projections or scenario descriptions in readable form; only embedded numeric sequences and fragmented tokens appear. - Policy recommendations: No legible policy recommendations are recoverable from the supplied extract; the content appears corrupted or encoded. - Policy recommendations (text fragments preserved verbatim where present in corrupted form): -  ,#"+ - + # - 01j%3,-*# - $ ++f eg ### Key statistics and numeric sequences (verbatim) - +} ,10 <35- 0-50 3:5 3:4 :<=-405/<=1<> 32 8:44-<5 /44/<>-?-<50 - 3:4 /00-00?-<5 32 5,30- / 44/<>-?-<50 /<= 3:4 4-83??-<=/513<0 - * ,+,4-/5 ƒ<5-@@1>-<8- /<= ƒ<234?/513< ,/41<> - 10 4-0;3<01.@- 234 8334=1 5,- 734– 3< 89.-4 410– /84300 5,- 7,3@- 32 0381-59 - 07 ?.C. D7: 56;71@20576 /.8>1504 56 /785.04 2/ 2 A-7D.E 256 25@/ 7; 0-. - 6-268563 6.0A71B< :17?>80 26? /4/0.@ /.8>1504 - 681.2/563 0-. :7//5=5D504 7; :1.C.60 26? 87@=20563 84=.1815@.I - 07 ./02=D5/- 0-. 8.60.1< 50 A5DD 312?>2DD4 =. ?.C.D7:.? 56 0-. - 45 =39/-=A 5.5-85 =;9/ 83=>A98 415-3 - -./0120.34 5/ 670 /.80719/:.85;58< =>0 5/ 1.321?.? 2/ 26 5@:710260 87@@ 76 /0210563 :7560 ;71 0-. - Numerous short numeric fragments interspersed with punctuation and nonalphabetic characters (examples): 32; 21.2E; 125/ .; .8>1504; 280576; 877:.120576; 560.16205762D; 877:.120576E - Section 3 selected numeric sequences: - 03,>,.3>825.9/4+ - 25.9/4 - 3.01? (appears as 03,>,.3>8 in source) - 2592 - 125018 - 432<2 - 54.3>8 - 3,95883B5,.5 - 21654@32/4- - 456/493,B - 322 - 15./18A75>AA45225A - 859/ - 03,>,.3>825.9/4G - Section 4 key statistics and numeric strings preserved exactly: - 2. - 0115470&3 - 011640/53 - 01%14016k3 - 01%64% - 01%646 - 01%647 - 3,01%6462 # + ### Technical tokens, encoding artifacts, and observed corrupted strings (verbatim) - Repeated tokens and strings (verbatim examples): - "FGF" - "HI" - "JKLMKNOPQ" - "RSJ" - "TNPJUVKSLUO" - "WPQKOKPLMP" - "IJKLMKNOPQ" - "VXP" - "YSZL[" - "\ULU]P^PLV" - "WUL]P" - "defPJgJPQKOKPLMPh" - "IZfOKMOe" - "WPOPUQP[" - "defPJQPMZJKVe" - "WP]ZOUVKSLQm" - "nZK[ULMP" - "YZNPJoK" - "QSJe" - "IJUMVKMPQ`" - "lWP]ZOUVSJe" - "qQQZPQ" - "WPOUVKL]" - Section 3 additional control and symbol artifacts (selected): - sequences with control character  throughout (examples preserved above) - blocks resembling tabular or enumerated data such as lines starting with "23", "01", "./0" - repeated blocks that resemble tables or enumerations (e.g., "234567685797:;2<=5;53>>2<:9?@<=A; 32 8:44-<5 /44/<>-?-<50 - 3:4 /00-00?-<5 32 5,30- / 44/<>-?-<50 /<= 3:4 4-83??-<=/513<0 - * ,+,4-/5 ƒ<5-@@1>-<8- /<= ƒ<234?/513< ,/41<> - 10 4-0;3<01.@- 234 8334=1 5,- 734– 3< 89.-4 410– /84300 5,- 7,3@- 32 0381-59 - 07 ?.C. D7: 56;71@20576 /.8>1504 56 /785.04 2/ 2 A-7D.E 256 25@/ 7; 0-. - 6-268563 6.0A71B< :17?>80 26? /4/0.@ /.8>1504 - 681.2/563 0-. :7//5=5D504 7; :1.C.60 26? 87@=20563 84=.1815@.I - 07 ./02=D5/- 0-. 8.60.1< 50 A5DD 312?>2DD4 =. ?.C.D7:.? 56 0-. - 45 =39/-=A 5.5-85 =;9/ 83=>A98 415-3 - -./0120.34 5/ 670 /.80719/:.85;58< =>0 5/ 1.321?.? 2/ 26 5@:710260 87@@ 76 /0210563 :7560 ;71 0-. - Numerous short numeric fragments interspersed with punctuation and nonalphabetic characters (examples): 32; 21.2E; 125/ .; .8>1504; 280576; 877:.120576; 560.16205762D; 877:.120576E ### Technical tokens and repeated strings (verbatim) - "FGF", "HI", "JKLMKNOPQ", "RSJ", "TNPJUVKSLUO", "WPQKOKPLMP", "IJKLMKNOPQ", "VXP", "YSZL[", "\ULU]P^PLV", "WUL]P", "defPJgJPQKOKPLMPh", "IZfOKMOe", "WPOPUQP[", "defPJQPMZJKVe", "WP]ZOUVKSLQm", "nZK[ULMP", "YZNPJoK", "QSJe", "IJUMVKMPQ`", "lWP]ZOUVSJe", "qQQZPQ", "WPOUVKL]" *Source: 1sweea2023005 - Section 2 (https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/publications/cr/2023/english/1sweea2023005.pdf)* ### Section 3 ### 1sweea2023005 - Section 3 ### Verbatim extract (selected opening lines and notable sequences) - 03,>,.3>825.9/4+ - Q)##(!(%#&&!#! #F!&F'#!$ - $##  - &)!#&###"$!RPSP - :5723952592/19125018B13A>,.5=>9543>8/,B5,54>8.-754432<2>,A.-75425.1439-645.>193/,2 - 859/>88+N/:5@54G9?5034=2:53,954@35:5A9/8A129?>99?5-914,9/./== 54.3>89?45>9 - 3,95883B5,.564/@3A542>,AB/@54,=5,9>B5,.3523,/9?54./1,943520/4>.93/,>7859?45>93,95883B5,.5+ - 14 - 3,954@35 - :2:39?03,>,.3>83,2939193/,245@5>85A9?>9A52639564/@3A3,B.-7543,.3A5,9>,A/9?54 - 21654@32/4-./,9>.9G9?5-A3A,/945.53@5>.93/,>7853,0/4=>93/,>7/19A/=5293..-7549?45>92G - 945 - ,A259.+7>.<+ ### Additional verbatim segments (mid and later portions, selected) - 234567685797:;2<=5;53>>2<:9?@<=A;1?16;@1>A131B465B2=2= - 01B15137 - D059BB03?48293; - ./0123435246478/9:2820;/4<03957::038=643;890>803?5@A0:2352?038 - +,- - -./01234156789:8;2<75;=>:52?573@3<:ABCBB8:D4613:5B:D45EF785B6B82?B:53G:8; ### Numeric sequences, codes, and symbols (selected) - 25.9/4 - 3.01? (appears as 03,>,.3>8 in source) - 2592 - 125018 - 432<2 - 54.3>8 - 3,95883B5,.5 - 21654@32/4- - 456/493,B - 322 - 15./18A75>AA45225A - 14 - 859/ - 03,>,.3>825.9/4G ### Observations on formatting and content structure - The section contains extensive nonstandard characters, control bytes, and OCR-like noise (e.g., many occurrences of the control character ). - Numerical and alphanumeric sequences appear throughout, often mixed with punctuation and nonprinting characters (examples listed above). - There are repeated blocks that resemble tables or enumerations (e.g., sequences beginning with "23", "01", "./0"), suggesting tabular data or coded listings in the original PDF. *Source: 1sweea2023005 - Section 3 (canonical PDF content as supplied)* ### Section 4 ### Section 4 ### Key findings - 2. - 0115470&3 - 011640/53 - 01%14016k3 - 01%64% - 01%646 - 01%647 ### Analysis excerpts and observations - !)! - + -  ! - ("+( - "* - # # - ") ### Key statistics and numeric strings preserved exactly as in source - 0115470&3 - 011640/53 - 01%14016k3 - 01%64% - 01%646 - 01%647 - 3,01%6462 # + - 2011640/532lj03 - 0-=- (strings and sequences preserved verbatim where present in the source) ### Policy recommendations (text fragments preserved) -  ,#"+ - + # - 01j%3,-*# - $ ++f eg *Source: 1sweea2023005 - Section 4 (1sweea2023005 - Section 4)* --- _Source: https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/publications/cr/2023/english/1sweea2023005.pdf_