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Branch networks, independent penetration testing and audit, and the
documented controls that a regulator, a partner bank or an enterprise
client will ask you to produce.
Someone wants proof of security controls before an integration or a licence step. Testing produces the evidence; policy work turns it into a position you can defend.
Each location was set up by whoever was available, so a fault at one branch is a different investigation from the same fault at another.
Payment handling sharing a segment with general office traffic is the finding that comes up most often in first audits.
Backups run and reports look clean, but nobody has restored a core system and timed it. The number matters more than the policy.
The components are standard. How they are arranged is what the sector decides.
External and internal network penetration tests plus web application and API testing against the OWASP methodology, with retest after remediation.
Evidence for partners, regulators and enterprise clients, mapped to recognised standards.
Scope agreed with you, systems and controls reviewed, findings issued with evidence and a ranked remediation plan.
An independent opinion rather than a self-assessment.
Standard build per branch, site-to-site connectivity, failover on the primary link, and centralised authentication.
Every branch diagnosed the same way, and a branch that keeps trading when one link drops.
Payment and customer data isolated from general office traffic, with controlled and logged paths between segments.
Blast radius limited when a workstation is compromised.
Multi-factor authentication, privileged access review, dormant account cleanup and a joiners-movers-leavers process.
Access that matches the current staff list rather than a historical one.
Tested restores with a measured recovery time, plus a documented run book for the core systems.
A recovery figure you can quote, backed by a test rather than a policy.
Access control, acceptable use, incident response and NDPR-aligned data handling, written to be enforceable.
Documentation that survives review instead of sitting in a folder.
Scope agreed with you, systems and controls reviewed, findings issued with evidence and a ranked remediation plan.
An independent opinion rather than a self-assessment.
Standard build per branch, site-to-site connectivity, failover on the primary link, and centralised authentication.
Every branch diagnosed the same way, and a branch that keeps trading when one link drops.
Most institutions engage us for a third-party audit, remediate the highest-severity findings, then run penetration testing to prove the fixes hold. That sequence produces cleaner evidence and costs less than testing an estate whose basic controls are still open.
Yes, before any scanning begins where you want one. Findings go only to the people you nominate, and evidence is destroyed on an agreed schedule after handover.
Twice a year is the usual pattern in this sector, plus a test after any major change: a new application handling customer data, a cloud migration, a new branch estate or an integration with a partner.
Yes. The deliverables are built for that purpose: an executive summary for non-technical readers, a technical findings report with evidence, and the control mapping that supports your position.
Windows are agreed in advance and destructive techniques are excluded unless you authorise them in writing. Production impact is treated as a fault on our side, not an acceptable cost of testing.
The first assessment is free, and you keep the findings whether or not you engage us.
