Project Polaris: secure and resilient CBDC systems, offline and online
Updated on 26 October 2023
Project Polaris, from the BIS Innovation Hub Nordic Centre, is focused on designing secure and resilient CBDC systems, online and offline. Over several workstreams, Project Polaris will provide central banks with the essential information needed to inform decision-making, architecture, design, implementation planning and investments. It will also address long-term change and operational considerations.
The Polaris workstream roadmap includes:
A handbook for offline payments with CBDC (11 May 2023)
A security and resilience framework for CBDC systems (7 July 2023)
Closing the CBDC cyber-threat modelling gaps (7 July 2023)
A high-level design guide for offline payment (26 October 2023)