John O’Connell Published in Advisor Perspectives by VettaFi: The Silent Threat on the Line: How Audio Deepfakes Endanger Wealth Management – and How to Build Real Resilience
John O’Connell wrote this bylined article published in Advisor Perspectives by VettaFi, sharing how wealth management firms can protect against AI-enhanced audio deepfakes. He discusses hypothetical and real-world scenarios, as well as the importance of designing workflows that assume any voice could be synthetic until confirmed through an independent channel. He also provides a Deepfake-Resilience Checklist, a framework that is designed to protect clients, staff, and the firm itself, concluding that audio deepfakes represent a turning point for wealth management. They are sophisticated, scalable, and silent until the damage is done. But they are also manageable with leadership resolve.
