Security for financial services
Financial institutions are among the most targeted organizations in the world. Nation-state APT groups (FIN7, Lazarus, Cobalt Group) and organized crime (Conti, LockBit) pursue transaction systems, customer assets, and tokenized card data with persistence and resources that demand a defense built on the same tradecraft.
average cost of a data breach in financial services (IBM, 2025)
Key threats
The threat actors and techniques actively targeting financial services organizations today, drawn from current threat intelligence and our own engagement data.
Nation-State & APT Activity
Multi-stage intrusions by state-aligned groups and organized crime targeting SWIFT systems, trading platforms, and core banking infrastructure for financial gain or geopolitical leverage.
Account Takeover & Fraud
Credential stuffing, session hijacking, and social engineering targeting customer accounts, wire transfer systems, and payment processing flows.
Third-Party & Vendor Risk
Compromise through fintech integrations, payment processors, and data aggregators that have trusted access to financial systems and customer data.
Ransomware & Destructive Attacks
Encryption and data destruction attacks targeting operational systems, backup infrastructure, and customer-facing services to maximize disruption and extortion leverage.
What we assess
The systems, trust boundaries, and data flows that define where an attacker spends their time.
Mapping the
perimeter.
Each surface is enumerated, fingerprinted, and tested for known vulnerabilities plus the configuration and business-logic flaws specific to financial services environments.
- 01 — Core Banking & Payment Systems
- 02 — Digital Banking Platforms
- 03 — Trading & Market Infrastructure
- 04 — Data Warehouse & Analytics
Core Banking & Payment Systems
Transaction processing engines, payment gateways, SWIFT interfaces, and settlement systems that form the backbone of financial operations.
Digital Banking Platforms
Customer-facing web and mobile applications including authentication, account management, transfers, and real-time payment features.
Trading & Market Infrastructure
Order management systems, market data feeds, algorithmic trading engines, and exchange connectivity that require ultra-low latency and high integrity.
Data Warehouse & Analytics
Centralized data repositories containing customer PII, transaction histories, and risk models that represent high-value targets for exfiltration.
How we help
Service lines we bring to financial services engagements, scoped to the threat model and compliance regime above.
Penetration Testing
Practical offensive security testing across applications, networks, cloud, AI systems, and connected devices. We find the attack paths scanners miss and explain what matters first.
Learn moreAdversary Simulations
Red-team and purple-team operations modeled around the threats most relevant to your business. We test prevention, detection, and response against realistic attack paths.
Learn moreOffensive Security Engineering
Engineering support for teams that need more than reports. We build tools, workflows, and test infrastructure that make offensive security faster and more reliable.
Learn moreSecurity Analytics
Detection engineering, threat hunting, and data pipelines that turn telemetry into decisions. We help teams find signal, reduce noise, and measure coverage.
Learn moreRegulatory landscape
Compliance frameworks we map findings against so your next audit is a formality, not a fire drill.
Other sectors we serve
Offensive security engagements across seven industries. Same operators, same discipline, threat model calibrated to each sector.
Technology
Testing SaaS platforms, APIs, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD paths, and identity systems built for fast-moving engineering teams.
Government
Supporting agencies and public-sector teams that need disciplined testing around sensitive systems, mandates, and mission impact.
Healthcare
Safeguarding patient data, clinical systems, healthcare networks, connected devices, and the workflows that support care delivery.
Energy & Utilities
Assessing IT, OT, ICS, SCADA, remote access, and vendor pathways that support critical energy and utility operations.
Retail & E-Commerce
Protecting storefronts, checkout flows, payment systems, customer data, loyalty platforms, and third-party commerce integrations.
Manufacturing
Securing production networks, industrial systems, IT/OT boundaries, remote access, and supply-chain dependencies.
Secure your
financial services organization
Tell us about your environment, compliance regime, and the threat actors you're most worried about. We will design an engagement that maps directly to the risks specific to your sector.
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