Company: TSI
Filing Date: 2025-10-06
Form Type: N-2/A
Source: 0001193125-25-232082
Chunk: 196

Company: TCW STRATEGIC INCOME FUND INC
Filing Date: 2025-10-06
Form: N-2/A
Chunk 196
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 are therefore not U.S. Government Securities, although the underlying bond represented by such receipt is a debt obligation of the U.S. Treasury. Other zero coupon Treasury securities (e.g., separate trading of registered interest and principal of securities (“STRIPs”) and coupons under book-entry safekeeping (“CUBEs”)) are direct obligations of the U.S. Government.

Cybersecurity Risk

As the use of technology has become more prevalent and interconnected in the course of business, the Fund has become potentially more susceptible to operational and informational security risks resulting from breaches in cyber-security. A breach in cyber-security refers to both intentional and unintentional cyber events that may, among other things, cause the Fund to lose**

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proprietary information, suffer data corruption and/or destruction, lose operational capacity, result in the unauthorized release or other misuse of confidential information, or otherwise disrupt normal business operations. Cyber-security breaches may involve unauthorized access to the digital information systems that support the Fund ( e.g., through “hacking,” ransomware or malicious software coding) or outside attacks such as denial-of-service attacks( i.e., efforts to make network services unavailable to intended users), but may also result from intentionally or unintentionally harmful acts of Adviser personnel. In addition, cyber-security breaches involving the Fund’s and the Adviser’s third party service providers (including but not limited to vendors, advisers, administrators, transfer agents, regulatory authorities, custodians, registry operators, distributors and other third parties), trading counterparties and issuers in which the Fund invests can also subject the Fund to many of the same risks associated with direct cyber-security breaches. Recently, geopolitical tensions may have increased the scale and sophistication of deliberate cybersecurity attacks, particularly those from nation-states or from entities with nation-state backing. In addition, work-from-home arrangements by the Adviser or its service providers could increase all of the above risks, create additional data and information accessibility concerns, and make the Fund, the Adviser or their service providers susceptible to operational disruptions, any of which could adversely impact their operations. Cyber security failures or breaches may result in financial losses to the Fund and its stockholders. For example, cyber security failures or breaches involving trading counterparties or issuers in which the Fund invests could adversely impact such counterparties or issuers and cause the Fund’s investment to lose value. These failures or breaches may also result in disruptions to business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses; interference with the Fund’s ability to calculate its net asset