Cybersecurity in Financial Services

Financial services organizations is an umbrella term for a wide range of organizations including banks (central, retail, commercial, and internet), credit unions, investment banks, insurance companies, and brokerage firms. These industries are under cyber-attack with threat vectors including data breaches, advanced attacks that bypass security protections, and misconfigured cloud services. Regulators across the world demand a higher standard of performance from financial firms, as do customers who require safe access to their funds in an increasingly mobile and app-driven world. They remain a key target for threat actors due to money and identities being on offer, along with opportunities for financial sabotage to cripple a country.