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Industry

Solutions for Banking and Financial Services Industry

Signisys helps banks and financial services firms protect customer data, control access and keep critical services available.

  • Threat Protection

    Find and contain threats before they reach customer data.

  • Controlled Access

    The right access for staff, administrators and partners.

  • Service Availability

    Customer and payment services that stay available.

  • Audit-Ready Evidence

    Clear, current evidence of how systems are controlled.

  • Risk and Finance Data

    Connected data for reporting and decisions.

Overview

Understanding the Banking and Financial Services Operating Environment

Financial services run on systems that customers, regulators and staff expect to be secure and available.

How the Sector Operates

  • Services delivered through branches, online and mobile channels
  • Transactions that are processed throughout the day, and often around the clock
  • Close oversight from regulators and auditors

Where Technology Matters

  • Core, payment and customer systems
  • Access controls for staff, partners and administrators
  • Data and reporting for risk, finance and compliance

What Drives Change

  • Rising fraud and cyber threats
  • Customer expectations of always-available digital services
  • Requirements for resilience and evidence of control

Challenges

Technology Challenges Facing Banking and Financial Services Organizations

Common pressures. Priorities differ from one organization to the next.

Cyber Threats and Fraud

Financial data and transactions attract attackers, so threats must be found and stopped quickly.

Controlling Access

Staff, administrators and third parties need the right access to sensitive systems, and no more.

Service Availability

Outages in customer-facing or payment systems affect customers immediately.

Compliance Evidence

Audits and reviews need clear, current evidence of how systems are controlled.

Business Outcomes

Business Outcomes We Help You Pursue

The business outcomes most relevant to banks and financial services firms.

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Strengthen Cybersecurity and Reduce Business Risk

Protect customer data and financial systems, and reduce the risk of a damaging incident.

Improve IT Reliability and Business Continuity

Keep customer-facing and payment services available, and recover quickly if they fail.

Modernize IT Infrastructure and Applications

Replace ageing systems that slow change or make controls harder to apply.

Put AI and Automation to Work

Use data and automation to reduce manual work in reporting and operations.

Technology

Technology Platforms

The technology areas involved. Specific platforms and partner status are confirmed per engagement.

Identity and Access

Single sign-on, multi-factor authentication and privileged access controls.

Backup and Recovery

Protected backups and tested recovery for critical systems.

Considerations

Considerations for Banking and Financial Services Technology Environments

Points to review early, so the work fits how your organization runs.

  • Regulatory and supervisory requirements that apply
  • Protection of customer, account and payment data
  • Change control, approvals and audit trails
  • Third-party and outsourcing arrangements
  • Availability targets for customer-facing services
  • Where data may be stored and processed

Our Approach

How We Work with Banking and Financial Services Organizations

Tailored to each engagement, and aligned with your controls and change processes.

Discover

Understand your services, systems, controls and priorities.

Assess

Review the current environment, risks, gaps and constraints.

Design

Define an approach that fits operational requirements and business goals.

Implement

Deliver agreed changes with testing, through your change and approval processes.

Optimize

Measure results and identify further improvements, where in scope.

Measuring Progress

Measuring Progress

Example measures, not results achieved by Signisys. Agree a baseline, and keep targets separate from measured results.

Time to Detect

How quickly security incidents are identified.

Access Reviews Completed

The share of privileged and user access reviews completed on schedule.

Recovery Time

How quickly critical services are restored after an incident.

Open Audit Findings

The number of IT audit findings still open.

Why Signisys

How We Support Industry Priorities

How Signisys works, from the first assessment to handover and beyond.

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01

A Defined Methodology

Every engagement follows the Signisys delivery methodology, with agreed stages, checkpoints and handover.

02

Agreed Baseline

Each engagement records your starting point first, so progress is measured against where you began.

03

Sector Context First

Work starts from the systems, regulations and ways of working that matter in your sector.

04

Vendor-Aligned Delivery

Designs follow each vendor’s published guidance, and vendor support is involved where an issue needs it.

FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions from banks and financial services firms.

Which technology priorities can Signisys help financial services firms address?

Security risk reduction, threat detection, access control, data protection and business continuity.

Can the approach work with our existing controls and systems?

Yes. Work starts with an assessment of your systems and controls, so changes fit what is already in place.

How are regulatory requirements considered?

They are identified during the assessment and reflected in the design and documentation.

How do you handle changes to critical systems?

Changes go through your change and approval processes, with testing and agreed windows to limit disruption.

How can we measure the impact of a technology initiative?

Agree a baseline for measures such as time to detect, access reviews completed, recovery time and open audit findings, and track them over time.

Let's Talk Financial IT

Share your operational challenges and goals with Signisys to explore technology options that fit your environment.

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