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    Financial Services Security

    Cybersecurity for banks, insurers, and financial institutions requires demonstrable operational resilience and compliance, in line with DORA, NIS2, and PCI-DSS. Fraud and supply chain attacks make a targeted approach essential.

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    Compliance Frameworks
    DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act)
    PCI-DSS
    NIS2 Directive
    DNB guidelines
    EBA/ESMA requirements

    Financial Sector Challenges

    DORA compliance requirements (in force from 17 January 2025)
    PCI-DSS for payment processing
    Sophisticated financial fraud threats
    Third-party and supply chain risks
    Real-time transaction security
    Regulatory reporting requirements

    DORA: in force since January 2025

    DORA has applied to all EU financial entities since 17 January 2025. In practice it comes down to one thing: you must test your ICT resilience and prove it. Here is where we fit.

    ICT risk management

    DORA requires a documented ICT risk management framework with regular security testing. Our pentests validate whether those controls actually work in practice, not just on paper.

    ICT incident reporting

    Significant ICT incidents must be reported to authorities within tight deadlines. A tested environment with proper monitoring cuts both the likelihood and the detection time of those incidents.

    Digital resilience testing (TLPT)

    Significant institutions must run Threat-Led Penetration Testing (TLPT) at least every three years. We deliver test reporting aligned with that requirement. For formal TLPT we work with an approved threat intelligence provider.

    Third-party ICT risk

    You are accountable for the security of your critical ICT suppliers. We test the integration points between their systems and yours: APIs, authentication and access control.

    Financial Security Services

    Financial Pentesting

    Security testing for banking applications, trading platforms, and payment systems. We test authentication, authorization, transaction logic, and API security under conditions that reflect real adversary behavior.

    Red Team Operations

    Adversary simulation testing your fraud detection and security operations. Red Team exercises test whether your controls detect and stop a realistic attack across the full kill chain.

    DORA Compliance Testing

    Digital operational resilience assessment and compliance testing aligned with DORA requirements. Delivers a structured evidence package for your regulator and internal audit function.

    Supplier Integration Testing

    Pentest of the integration points with your critical ICT providers: API security, authentication and access control. Produces technical evidence for your DORA Article 28 file.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    NIS2 and DORA are separate regulations with overlapping scope for some financial institutions. DORA is lex specialis for the financial sector: where DORA and NIS2 both apply, DORA's requirements generally take precedence for ICT risk management and testing obligations. Financial entities still need to satisfy NIS2 requirements that DORA does not specifically address. We map our testing scope to both frameworks simultaneously.

    DORA ICT testing (Articles 24-27) goes beyond standard penetration testing. It requires testing against a documented threat intelligence basis, with defined scope, methodology, and evidence that maps to your ICT risk management framework. For significant institutions, TLPT requires an approved threat intelligence provider. Standard pentests do not satisfy these requirements without the DORA-specific framing and documentation.

    DORA applies to credit institutions, payment institutions, e-money institutions, investment firms, insurance and reinsurance undertakings, crypto-asset service providers, and their critical ICT third-party providers, among others. The full list is defined in DORA Article 2. Significant institutions within these categories face additional requirements including TLPT every three years.

    We test the integration points between your systems and those of your critical ICT suppliers: API security, authentication mechanisms, data flows and access controls. That produces a structured technical report you can use in your DORA Article 28 file. Assessing the supplier itself stays with your own organisation.

    Secure your financial operations

    Get a security assessment aligned with DORA and financial sector requirements.

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