Financial

Protecting the Financial System From the Inside Out

121G Cyber Services embeds with your team to modernize cloud infrastructure, harden defenses, and operationalize compliance—so your institution can move fast without putting customer trust at risk.

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Financial sector cybersecurity

The Risk in Numbers

$6.08M

Average cost of a data breach in financial services—around 25% higher than the cross-industry average.

77%

Of financial organizations reported at least one cyberattack in the past 12 months.

64%

Increase in ransomware attacks on financial services in a single year.

$16B+

Total cybercrime losses reported to the FBI in a year—much of it tied to financial fraud and compromise.

Protect Your Investment

Financial institutions don't just carry money—they carry confidence in the global system. Breaches, downtime, or fraud ripple across customers, markets, and regulators in minutes.

Where 121G Fits in the Financial Ecosystem

Minutes

Phishing or credential theft gives attackers direct access into payment platforms or trading systems.

Hours

Fraudsters move funds, lock data with ransomware, or corrupt transaction logs.

Days & Weeks

Regulators get involved, customers lose access, and your brand is in headlines.

Months & Years

You negotiate fines, lawsuits, and remediation programs—while competitors market their “stronger security” to your clients.

121G helps you make these scenarios dramatically less likely—and much less damaging if they do occur.

How 121G Partners With Financial Institutions

Resilient Cloud & Core Infrastructure

Resilient Cloud & Core Infrastructure

Architect and manage secure cloud environments for payments, trading, and core banking platforms.

Segment high-risk workloads and critical data to contain attacks.

Build identity and access foundations (MFA, least privilege, just-in-time access).

Built-in Compliance, Not "Check the Box"

Built-in Compliance, Not "Check the Box"

Map controls and evidence for SOC 2 and other regulatory expectations.

Maintain real-time visibility into deviations, not just annual audit panic.

Support third-party risk reviews and due diligence from your largest partners.

Continuous Threat Operations

Continuous Threat Operations

24/7 monitoring, threat hunting, and incident response focused on financial attack patterns (fraud, destructive attacks, extortion).

Proactive penetration testing to identify weaknesses before adversaries do.

Runbooks and tabletop exercises aligned with business continuity and regulatory reporting.

Strategic Leadership You Don't Have to Hire In-House

Virtual CIO

Aligns technology strategy with business goals, from digital channels to data architecture.

VS.

Virtual CISO

Guides risk posture, regulatory alignment, and board-level reporting.

Together, they give you top-tier leadership without expanding your executive headcount.

Outcomes for Financial Clients

Stronger exam results and faster responses to regulators.

Reduced dwell time and blast radius when incidents occur.

Infrastructure that scales as fast as your product roadmap—with security built in.

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