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PASTA · STRIDE · SEBI CSCRF · RBI · DPDP

PASTA Threat Modelling for Real Banking Systems: The Add-Beneficiary & Fund-Transfer Walkthrough

A 7-stage PASTA threat model walkthrough on the add-beneficiary + fund-transfer flow used by every Indian retail bank — DFD, STRIDE catalog, attack tree, risk matrix, and SEBI/RBI/DPDP control mapping for AppSec teams.

CreativeCyber Research · Jan 2026 · Updated Apr 2026 · 13 min read · By CreativeCyber
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7
PASTA stages in the methodology
~60%
BFSI fraud via beneficiary abuse
₹14L
Median Indian breach cost
6h
CERT-In reporting clock
In This Article
Introduction PASTA vs STRIDE Alone The DFD Stage 1: Business Objectives Stage 2: Technical Scope Stage 3: Decomposition Stage 4: Threat Analysis Stage 5: Vulnerabilities Stage 6: Attack Modelling Stage 7: Risk & Impact Regulatory Mapping Why Manual PASTA Stalls Practitioner Checklist
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