Industries · Financial Services
Banks, insurers, payment providers and fintechs operate under relentless regulatory scrutiny and sophisticated threat actors. We help you protect customer data, payment flows and market confidence — without slowing innovation.
Request a sector briefingFinancial institutions cannot treat cybersecurity as a back-office function. Every failed control is a direct threat to customer deposits, trading continuity and licence to operate. Regulators expect evidence — not assurances.
World Computing works with CISOs, risk committees and technology leaders who need security that satisfies auditors and enables digital products. We translate complex exposure into board-ready priorities.
“In finance, a breach is never just technical — it is reputational, regulatory and existential.”
— Sector security lead, World Computing
Real-time payment rails, open banking APIs and third-party integrations create new attack paths. We test authorisation logic, session handling and fraud controls end-to-end.
Outsourced technology, cloud providers and fintech partnerships extend your perimeter. We assess vendor security posture and contractual control expectations.
DORA and PRA operational resilience rules demand provable recovery. We help you exercise incident response, validate backups and stress-test continuity plans.
Privileged accounts, trading systems and customer data repositories are high-value targets. We review identity governance, segregation of duties and monitoring coverage.
Penetration testing, vulnerability assessment and code review structured to produce audit-grade documentation — mapped to FCA, PRA and PCI requirements.
Senior security leadership on demand — board reporting, risk registers and regulator engagement without a full-time hire.
Classification, encryption and DLP across hybrid estates handling PII and payment data.
Secure architecture for AWS, Azure and financial SaaS platforms.
Tabletop exercises, playbooks and live response aligned to NCSC and DORA expectations.
Explore exercising →Security programmes in financial services fail when they optimise for compliance checklists instead of measurable risk reduction. We focus on what regulators and attackers actually care about.
| Framework | Focus | Our contribution |
|---|---|---|
| FCA / PRA | Operational resilience, governance, third-party risk | Gap analysis, control testing, board reporting packs |
| DORA | Digital operational resilience for EU financial entities | ICT risk management, incident reporting readiness, TLPT support |
| PCI-DSS 4.0 | Cardholder data environment security | Scoping, penetration testing, segmentation validation |
| ISO 27001 | Information security management system | Gap analysis, ISMS design, pre-audit assessment |
| SWIFT CSP | Secure financial messaging | Control attestation support, architecture review |