Financial Services Cybersecurity

What Is Financial Services Cybersecurity?

Financial services cybersecurity refers to the practices, technologies, and frameworks used to protect financial institutions and their customers from cyber threats. These threats range from data breaches and ransomware to insider attacks and advanced persistent threats targeting sensitive financial data and infrastructure.

As financial institutions increasingly rely on connected devices, from traditional IT systems to IoT endpoints, cyber risk grows more complex and harder to control. These unmanaged or unauthorized devices often introduce significant blind spots that undermine security, complicate audits, and make regulatory compliance more difficult.

To address these challenges, complete asset visibility is essential. By accurately identifying and monitoring every connected device, institutions can:

• Assess and mitigate risks more effectively
• Enforce appropriate security policies
• Maintain compliance with evolving regulatory standards

However, traditional tools such as Network Access Control (NAC) and Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) often fall short, offering only partial visibility. Without a comprehensive understanding of asset risks, financial organizations remain vulnerable to regulatory breaches and cybersecurity incidents.

Financial Services Cybersecurity and Legacy Tools

Legacy Network Access Control (NAC) solutions, still commonly used by financial institutions, fall short of providing full visibility into a complete and accurate asset inventory. Rather than detecting unknown or unauthorized devices, NACs operate based on predefined whitelists, only recognizing assets that have already been cataloged.

These resource-heavy, labor-intensive requirements make NACs unsuitable for large-scale deployments. They introduce visibility gaps that prevent the tool from enforcing policies and controlling assets effectively, further undermining financial services cybersecurity efforts.

The Limitations of Passive Monitoring Tools

Within the landscape of financial institutions cybersecurity, some entities attempt to compensate for NAC shortcomings by using passive network probing tools like IDS. However, these so-called “next-gen” solutions are often an IT nightmare. They suffer from network dependencies and privacy concerns, making them impractical at scale. Additionally, their significant resource demands and required configuration changes make deployment burdensome, limiting their effectiveness across distributed networks and leaving parts of the enterprise unprotected.

Blind spots in NAC and IDS deployments are frequently exploited by rogue devices that take advantage of these visibility gaps. Payment terminals and ATMs are particularly vulnerable in this context. Malicious assets may impersonate legitimate HIDs by manipulating physical attributes, bypassing traffic-based tools that lack the necessary depth of visibility. As a result, these rogue devices can gain access to ATMs without triggering any alerts, leaving financial services cybersecurity vulnerable to costly breaches and regulatory noncompliance.

Sepio’s Platform for Financial Services Cybersecurity

In the face of these challenges, Sepio offers a unique, trafficless approach to financial services cybersecurity. This architecture enables infinite scalability across all asset types without the burden of resource-draining analyses. There are no privacy issues, no IT headaches, and no compliance complications—making the platform easy to deploy and maintain.

True Asset Identity

Sepio analyzes the physical layer to generate a DNA profile for every known and shadow asset. Bringing a new dimension of visibility that closes the gaps of current solutions. The physical layer includes electrical, mechanical, and functional characteristics which provide agnostic visibility and objective truth. Assessing these physical properties means Sepio is untainted by misleading profile perceptions or behavioral assumptions. Every asset, no matter its functionality, operability, or location, gets detected and identified for what it truly is. Sepio’s platform eliminates blind spots and offers greater reliability for financial services cybersecurity.

Actionable Visibility

Sepio provides instant insight into which assets need attention. By automatically assigning a contextual Asset Risk Factor (ARF) score to every device, the platform helps security teams prioritize threats without sifting through noise. The ARF score evaluates high, medium, and low risks based on each asset’s DNA profile, whether the device is actively in use or not. This enables fast incident response, identifies gaps in regulatory controls, and allows for proactive mitigation. Furthermore, actionable visibility empowers regulation-based policy enforcement, critical for maintaining financial services cybersecurity compliance.

Greater ROI

Sepio’s platform integrates seamlessly with existing cybersecurity tools, such as NACs, EDRs, XDRs, Zero Trust architectures, and more—to enrich them with deep asset visibility and context. By drastically improving the performance of your existing investments, Sepio enhances your overall return on IT and security expenditures. This makes Sepio an ideal complement to any financial institution’s cybersecurity strategy.

Secure Your Financial Services Cybersecurity with Sepio

In today’s dynamic digital environment, financial services cybersecurity is more essential than ever. Sepio provides a comprehensive solution that guarantees full asset visibility—eliminating blind spots in traditional security frameworks and enabling more robust regulatory compliance.

By leveraging Sepio Asset Risk Management (ARM), financial organizations gain true visibility into every connected asset, from known devices to shadow assets, with a precise, contextual risk score. This enables proactive mitigation and the enforcement of regulation-based policies, ensuring compliance and reducing vulnerabilities.

Ensure Complete Asset Visibility and Compliance

Don’t let financial services cybersecurity challenges hinder your ability to protect valuable assets. Sepio’s platform enables financial institutions to achieve complete asset visibility without the resource-heavy burdens of legacy systems. Our technology eliminates blind spots, improves detection, and strengthens the integrity of your security network.

• Discover all known and shadow assets
• Provide actionable visibility through contextual risk scores
• Eliminate blind spots and regulatory gaps
• Enforce regulation-based policies
• Mitigate risks from uncontrolled assets
• Fortify efficacy of existing security tools

Sepio uses the physical layer to provide a unique and verifiable perspective on device identification. Coupled with our embedded ARF scoring system, this approach ensures accurate, scalable, and actionable asset management—key elements of an effective financial services cybersecurity framework.

Start Securing Your Financial Assets Today

Take control of your financial services cybersecurity by deploying Sepio’s platform to close visibility gaps, mitigate risks, and enhance compliance. Talk to an expert. learn how Sepio’s patented technology can provide the comprehensive asset visibility your organization needs to stay protected.