When it comes to financial services companies, there are very few things that are more important than robust security. If you are the CIO of a major bank and your company has a lot of plans to scale up its operations throughout the year, you are left with the daunting task of keeping the company secure through all of this.
To manage the workload of your SecOps, ITOps, and NetOps teams, you are going to need greater visibility and a more intuitive interface for all of your security products. This is why your institution should implement Cisco SecureX, a cloud-native platform that gives you security at a glance. Nowadays, threats move fast — financial services companies need to move faster.
Banks of the Future
Ideally, your company should operate as a bank of the future. In today's more digitalized world, not only do banks have multiple branches, they now have to implement cloud-based networks for multiple bank locations. With this cloud infrastructure set up, it is very difficult to manage both users and employees from a security standpoint.
For example, banks need to verify customer identities to prevent instances of fraud. They also must verify employee IDs to ensure that the sensitive consumer data they are managing cannot be accessed by malignant actors. Cisco's full suite of security products can give a bank's IT personnel the edge over these tasks. SecureX connects directly to your infrastructure so you can utilize all of these security products in one easy-to-use cloud-native interface.
Security Matters in Finance More Than Ever
Security is not only a prerogative for banks, but also something that is being expected from clients in the financial services industry. Financial services companies have access to very sensitive data, such as social security numbers, bank account details, EINs, as well as names and addresses. Some enterprise clients would even demand that a company provides a SOC 2 certification before doing business with them. These are the key ways SecureX can help your organization live up to your clients' expectations:
#1. Respond to Threats
SecureX allows your SecOps team to aggregate and correlate global intelligence with local context in a single concise view — resulting in far more efficient and accelerated threat investigations and incident management. It not only gives you the ability to respond to threats, but it also gives you the ability to do it immediately.
#2. Seamless Third-Party Integrations
SecureX works to your benefit by giving you an integrated and open platform that works with your existing infrastructure, so you can best take advantage of your third-party security solutions. You will be able to use other products like CISCO ISE easily. These simple integrative capabilities will ensure you can access the right security service exactly when you need it.
#3. Routine Automation
SecureX provides you with prebuilt workflows that work with common use cases. Your team will also be able to build their own workflows with SecureX's drag-and-drop canvas that requires very little to no coding. The platform essentially allows you to automate routines and maximize your efficiency.
#4. Intuitive Dashboard
One of the best features of SecureX is it gives you one easy-to-use dashboard for all your products and use cases. Within this dashboard, you get a ribbon that gives you quick access to all the features that SecureX has to offer. The dashboard is also fully customizable and includes operational metrics, visibility into emerging threats and consistently updated new product information.
See SecureX In Action For Your Company
Of course, when it comes to a product that is as useful for your cybersecurity infrastructure as SecureX, seeing is believing. Try SecureX yourself and get instant access to what's most important to all your organization's control points. Now you can take all the security elements within your company, add in high-level intelligence from multiple sites and services on the web, and make them work together easily.
If you need assistance with implementing and managing SecureX correctly, Convergent is here to help. Start by downloading our Cisco SecureX Guide and take the first steps in helping your financial services institution not only scale — but scale securely.
Are you ready to get started but you want a customized assessment for your organization? Convergent offers a Free Security Assessment to identify vulnerabilities, equipment needs, ways to save, and next steps.
