Finance
Banks, brokerages and payment operators operate in a heavily regulated environment where incidents affecting customers' funds can trigger serious legal, financial and reputational consequences.
According to ENISA, the average cost of a single ransomware attack in a financial institution is € 5.9 m. The sector is subject to both DORA and NIS2, as well as national supervisory guidance (KNF). In practice, these requirements affect the entire supply chain: a financial institution may classify even a small IT vendor as a critical ICT provider, compelling them to meet DORA standards (risk management, resilience testing, incident reporting).
We therefore support not only banks but also their subcontractors – from fintechs to cloud providers – in preparing for regulatory audits.
Use cases
- Payment zone segmentation – isolation of card networks/systems, deep packet inspection (DPI) for ISO 20022 messages
- Security Operations Centre (SOC) – correlating alerts from detection/response tools (EDR/XDR) with anti-fraud modules in real time
- 24/7/365 response – crisis management support and post-incident restoration
- DORA/NIS2 audit – gap analysis, penetration tests, executive tabletop workshops
- Ransomware protection – offline backups, immutability, regular data recovery exercises
- Staff training – phishing and social engineering scenarios for front-line and management teams
Is your organisation aiming to meet DORA, strengthen cyber resilience or avoid exclusion from the financial services market?
How we help the finance industry
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Why is finance a prime target?
- Direct monetisation – seizing funds or card data provides immediate gains for attackers
- Broad attack surface – open APIs to fintechs, public cloud usage, extensive mobile app functionality
- Regulatory pressure – the threat of fines (up to 10% of annual turnover under DORA) can push victims to pay quickly (which itself may be sanctionable)
Most common threats
- Ransomware or wipers in banking or payment systems
- Account takeover to siphon funds
- Supply chain attacks: malicious libraries in mobile apps, flaws in KYC services
- Business Email Compromise (BEC) to divert payments
How we help finance
- We audit DORA and NIS2 compliance, mapping ICT risk
- We design zero trust architecture and segmentation between zones such as application, DMZ, cloud and SWIFT
- We build Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) aligned with EBA and KNF regulatory guidance
- We develop Incident Response (IR) procedures and reporting processes (e.g. to relevant CSIRT-KNF and NBP)
- We create complete policy, standard and runbook documentation meeting DORA requirements
- We offer SOC support with 24/7/365 monitoring and ongoing Threat Intelligence
- We conduct TLPT resilience tests and regular penetration tests (e.g. banking APIs)
- We develop Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery (BCP/DR) plans and run staff exercises
- We prepare key ICT suppliers to meet contractual requirements to prevent exclusion from financial services supply chains