1H 2026 Examination of Cyber Hostility and Operations

Modern Threat Defense
for Financial Services

Protect sensitive data, ensure regulatory compliance, and stop threats across every attack vector.

$174,000

Global breaches cost nearly $174,000 more on average when non-compliance with regulations is a contributing factor.

93%

93% of financial services firms experienced a cyber incident in the past year.

60%

Ransomware and stolen credentials drove most financial services breaches in 2025, making up 60% of all actions.

How Cynet Secures the Financial Services Industry

Financial services organizations face rising pressure to deliver secure, always available digital experiences. Clients expect 24x7 access and self-service convenience, which drives new apps, new technologies, and rapid cloud adoption. These improvements also expand the attack surface and raise compliance demands. For many teams, maintaining security, visibility, and regulatory readiness at this pace has become a challenge that is increasingly difficult to manage alone.

Why banks, credit unions, and other financial services organizations choose Cynet.

Select a risk to see how Cynet responds.

The Risk

Safeguard High-Value Identities & Access Points Across Financial Systems

Financial institutions are prime targets for credential theft, account takeover, insider fraud, and privileged access abuse.

Cynet's response

Continuously monitoring high risk credentials across identity, payment gateways, trading bots, financial APIs, and more. All through detecting MFA bypass and session hijacking leading to automated containment of compromised credentials before it affects your customers.

  • Identity
  • Financial APIs
  • MFA bypass
The Risk

Secure Transaction Flows, Core Banking & Payment Systems

Banking and fintech environments require a high-integrity transaction system with limited downtime.

Cynet's response

Quickly spotting compromised signals before attackers can manipulate transactions and infiltrate customer accounts. Halt commerce-based threats like credential stuffing, malware targeting, fraudulent wire transfers, and transaction exploitation to keep financial systems safe.

  • Payments
  • Core banking
  • Credential stuffing
The Risk

Prevent Ransomware & Extortion Attacks that Stall Financial Operations

Ransomware in financial services isn’t just a data problem. It can completely shut down trading floors, ATM networks, teller systems, and customer access.

Cynet's response

Identifying early-stage and anomalous behavior across teller systems, trading desks, and core-banking servers. Block attempts that might compromise backups and data vaults while protecting sensitive records like PII, loan files, and credit data.

  • Teller systems
  • Core banking
  • Backups
The Risk

Strengthen Compliance, Audit Readiness & Regulatory Response

Compliance and audit-readiness for financial institutions is a must-have. Continuous visibility, control access across critical systems and automated forensics are a requirement for all financial and banking platforms.

Cynet's response

Delivering real-time detection of policy violations, misconfigurations, and suspicious activity that can trigger compliance failures. Cynet maintains the strongest security controls to protect infrastructure and client data. Cynet helps to meet the standards of the strictest regulatory mandates.

  • CyAI
  • Policy violations
  • Automated forensics
The Risk

Unified Platform Built for IT & Security Teams

Banks, credit unions, regional lenders, and fintech companies, no matter the size, are faced with enterprise-level threats.

Cynet's response

Replacing multiple point tools with a unified platform that is easy to maintain and manage. Cynet’s 24x7 CyOps MDR and IR service is included at no extra cost or retainer fees, providing always-on monitoring and expert support without adding headcount. With Cynet, you’re able to automate investigations via one-click remediation, reducing the time and effort required to contain threats.

  • Unified platform
  • CyOps 24x7 MDR
  • Incident response

Scaling Cybersecurity for the Financial Services Industry

Financial service organizations face pressure to deliver highly secure digital and online experiences that are seamless, up to date on regulatory requirements and accessible to their clients. Cynet supports financial service organizations to stay secure, maintain visibility and regulatory readiness to ensure their infrastructure and customer’s money is safe and accessible.

Endpoint Security

EPP · EDR

Blocks malware and fileless attacks at execution.

Identity Security

ITDR · UEBA

Catches credential theft and account takeover in progress.

Network Security

NDR

Spots command-and-control traffic, then isolates the host.

Email Security

Inbound · Internal

Stops phishing and weaponized attachments before delivery.

Cloud & SaaS Security

CSPM · SSPM

Finds misconfigurations and risky permissions across cloud and SaaS.

Mobile Protection

iOS · Android

Extends the same protection to phones and tablets.

Security Automation

AI SOC Method · CyOps + CyAI

Combines AI-powered detection and remediation with expert human judgment to deliver faster, more accurate security operation.

CyOps 24x7 MDR

Managed Detection & Response

24x7 expert monitoring, investigation, and response from Cynet's MDR team.

Schedule a call with an expert to learn why financial services organizations trust Cynet.

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