Unified security and transaction data layer
Collects logs from identity, endpoint, network, cloud, and core banking systems.
Links security events to customers, accounts, and transactions.
Normalizes data to a common schema for detection and search.
In most financial institutions, the security team watches logins, endpoints, and networks. The fraud team watches transactions. An attacker who steals credentials, changes a payee, and moves funds triggers a weak signal in each tool. Neither team sees the full attack.
Svitla builds cybersecurity software for finance that connects identity, device, API, and transaction data in one view. AI scores risk across the whole session, not just one event. Analysts get a single case with the evidence they need, and controls can step in before funds leave.
Your analysts handle thousands of alerts a day and miss the ones that matter. You need fewer, better alerts and faster investigations.
You run many security products across regions and business lines. You need one data layer and consistent controls for regulators everywhere you operate.
You protect many financial clients from one platform. You need multi-tenant detection, reporting, and evidence for each client’s regulator.
Financial firms remain among the most expensive places to suffer a breach. IBM’s 2025 Cost of a Data Breach Report puts the average financial sector breach at $5.56 million. Many of those breaches start with simple paths that tools see only in fragments.
We review digital channels, APIs, core systems, vendors, and existing security tools, and identify where data and money can leave.
We rank threats by potential loss, regulatory exposure, and customer harm, and agree on what to build first.
Detections are tested against simulated attacks drawn from your threat model and frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK.
After launch, we track detection rates and false positives with your analysts, and update models as threats change.
Below, Svitla shares a sample feature set that forms the core of a cybersecurity solution for finance. Each real-life use case is unique, so you should elaborate on the functionality and tailor it to your channels, systems, and regulatory obligations.
Collects logs from identity, endpoint, network, cloud, and core banking systems.
Links security events to customers, accounts, and transactions.
Normalizes data to a common schema for detection and search.
Profiles normal behavior for customers, staff, devices, and services.
Flags unusual logins, data access, and payment changes.
Explains which signals drove each risk score.
Inventories every API, including undocumented ones.
Detects token misuse, scraping, and unusual call volumes.
Applies rate limits and blocks in real time.
Finds excess, dormant, and toxic access combinations.
Supports access reviews with risk-ranked lists.
Triggers step-up authentication on risky sessions.
Groups related alerts from many tools into one case.
Ranks cases by financial and regulatory impact.
Suggests next investigation steps with AI.
Freezes sessions, holds payments, or disables accounts on approval.
Runs containment steps through your existing security tools.
Logs every action for audit.
Classifies incidents against frameworks such as DORA and NYDFS Part 500.
Builds timelines, impact estimates, and notification drafts.
Tracks deadlines for each reporting step.
Answer a few simple questions to find out whether you should choose a custom solution or a pre-built cybersecurity platform for finance.
Do your security and fraud teams use separate tools and data?
Do analysts spend most of their day closing false positives?
Do you expose APIs to partners, fintechs, or open banking apps?
Have you bought security tools that didn't fit your core banking or payment systems?
Do you need incident reports for regulators such as DORA or NYDFS?
Would AI behavioral analytics help you catch account takeover earlier?
Do third-party vendors connect directly to your core systems?
Do you run systems in several clouds or on-premises data centers?
Do you expect your digital channels or customer base to grow fast?
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Below, Svitla outlines the ROI factors a cybersecurity solution for finance typically affects. Results depend on your threat profile, systems, and starting point, so model them on your own data.
Fewer false positives.
Faster investigations with evidence in one place.
Earlier detection of account takeover.
Payments held while risk is reviewed.
On-time incident notifications.
Clear audit trails for examiners.
Lower license and storage costs.
Simpler operations for your team.
Step-up checks only when risk is real.
Fewer blocked legitimate payments.
Security software for finance must work at payment speed, meet strict regulations, and not block real customers. It also becomes a target itself. Every phase treats security and auditability as requirements, not add-ons.
We map assets, data flows, and likely attackers for each channel. We also list the applicable rules, such as DORA, NYDFS Part 500, PCI DSS, or GLBA. This shapes both detections and evidence requirements.
We design a secure pipeline that collects logs, identity data, and transactions with low delay. We mask or tokenize sensitive data and log access.
We build rules and behavioral models for priority attack paths. We train models on your historical data and test them against simulated attacks. We document each one for model risk review.
We build case management, response playbooks, and regulatory reporting. Analysts test them on real scenarios before launch.
The platform goes through penetration testing and secure code review before go-live. After launch, we tune thresholds, retrain models, and add detections as threats change.
A focused solution for a credit union, community bank, or fintech typically costs $120,000 to $250,000. It covers one priority area, such as account takeover or API abuse, with integrations and case management. An enterprise platform with a unified data layer, AI behavioral analytics, response automation, and regulatory reporting typically costs $300,000 to $700,000. The final cost depends on channels, data volume, and integrations.
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We assess your threats, tools, and regulatory duties, then define a security software roadmap.
We build detection, response, and reporting software around your channels and systems.
We audit your legacy security tools and rule sets and plan the migration. The new platform adds behavioral analytics the old tools lacked. We cut over in phases and validate detection coverage after migration.
We monitor model performance, retrain on new attack patterns, and document every change for model risk review.
We add security engineers and data engineers to your team for new detections, integrations, or audits.
Most tools cover one layer well. The gap is between them, where security and fraud signals never meet. Custom software connects your existing tools around your systems and risks, so you can often use fewer products, not more.
Not necessarily. Many clients keep their SIEM for log storage and compliance. We build the finance-specific detection, correlation, and response layer on top, with two-way links.
Models score risk, and your policies decide the action. Low-risk sessions pass without friction. Higher-risk sessions get step-up checks before any block, and every decision is explainable.
We document data, features, training, testing, and limits for every model. Performance is monitored after launch. This supports reviews under guidance such as SR 11-7.
Yes. Incidents are classified against each framework’s criteria as the case runs. The system builds timelines and drafts reports, and tracks every deadline.
We apply least-privilege access, encryption, and full logging to the platform. It goes through penetration testing and secure code review before launch and after major changes.
Analysts can add a rule within hours. Behavioral models also flag unusual activity that no rule describes. Confirmed new attacks feed back into model training.