CyberLab Protect
100+
Financial Institutions
25+
Building Societies
25+
Banks
Credential Phishing
Phishing remains the top attack vector, with cyber criminals targeting retail staff and vendors through convincing emails and messages to steal login credentials.
Malware & Ransomware
Malware is used to gain persistent access to systems and harvest sensitive data. Ransomware can halt operations entirely - locking businesses out of critical systems.
Cloud Misconfigurations
Mismanaged cloud environments can expose sensitive data or create backdoors for attackers.
API Exploits
APIs are the backbone of modern e-commerce platforms. If poorly secured, they can be exploited to bypass authentication and access sensitive data.
Insider Threats & Human Error
Malicious or negligent insiders like employees, contractors, or partners pose a growing risk to financial data and systems.
Business Email Compromise (BEC)
Attackers impersonate executives or suppliers to trick finance teams into transferring funds or revealing sensitive data.
Third-Party & Supply Chain Risks
Vendors and service providers can introduce vulnerabilities - especially critical under DORA and NIS2 regulations.
Regulatory & Financial Fallout
Failure to meet evolving standards like DORA, NIS2, GDPR, and FCA guidelines can result in fines, audits, and reputational damage.
Free
Cyber Security Posture Assessment
Your security posture is the top-level summary of the strength and resilience of your cyber defences, and how ready you would be to defend against threats.
We have created this easy-to-complete assessment as a simple, accessible way to identify the areas to focus on to ensure you are secure against today’s cyber threats and prepared to defend against the threats of tomorrow.
Following the 10 Steps to Cyber Security laid out by the NCSC, we will assess your organisation across the ten key areas that should be considered to form a robust yet realistic cyber security strategy.
Our Solutions Supporting Financial Institutions
Assess your Current Security Posture
The first step in partnering with CyberLab is to assess your current security posture and uncover any vulnerabilities that could impact operations, customer trust, or regulatory compliance.
Our online Posture Assessment tool is a simple way to gain a better idea of your cyber security posture. Based on the NCSC’s 10 Steps to Cyber Security, it only takes half an hour to complete and it will help you prioritise aspects of your security.
Our Penetration Testing services help identify vulnerabilities before they can be exploited, evaluate your ability to respond to security threats, assess compliance with security policies, and improve security awareness among staff. Vulnerability Assessments offer a similar approach but are primarily automated, designed to provide a high-level overview of risks across your network efficiently.
You can streamline your regular vulnerability assessments with HackRisk, enabling automated monthly assessments to maintain security proactively.
To further enhance your security measures, Vicarius vRx offers a complete patch management system that discovers, prioritises, and remediates software vulnerabilities across your estate, including smaller applications that are often overlooked.
Additionally, Forescout provides comprehensive visibility across your entire network, discovering and automatically classifying every IP-connected device.
Protect What Matters Most
With the gaps in your security posture identified by Penetration Testing, our expert consultants will build a solution to plug those gaps.
Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provides advanced threat hunting, detection, and response capabilities as a fully managed service. With MDR, you’ll have a dedicated team of 24/7 threat hunters to detect, classify, and respond to security threats.
Next-gen firewalls, like the Sophos XGS line, offer superior flexibility and application awareness, making them more effective than traditional rule-based firewalls. This flexibility is particularly valuable for financial networks that support diverse user needs, enhancing security while maintaining efficient access.
To address the frequent risk of email-borne threats, Mimecast can help defend against impersonation fraud, malware, and phishing attempts, which are especially prevalent in finance settings.
UEBA (User and Entity Behaviour Analytics) solutions from Logpoint or Forcepoint quietly monitor and analyse user activity, alerting you to any unusual behaviour that could indicate potential system compromise.
Maintain Control of your Security Posture
Maintaining control over your security posture is essential for financial organisations operating in a highly regulated, high-risk environment. Our solutions help you proactively manage and strengthen your defences, ensuring resilience against evolving threats.
HackRisk provides continuous monitoring and actionable insights to identify potential weaknesses before attackers do. Build Reviews ensure your applications and systems are developed with security at the core, reducing vulnerabilities from the start. For businesses using Microsoft 365, our M365 Assessment optimises configurations and closes security gaps, while our Cloud Security Assessment delivers a comprehensive review of your cloud infrastructure to protect sensitive data.
To prepare for real-world threats, Tabletop Exercises simulate attack scenarios, helping your team refine incident response strategies. Our Consulting Services give you access to expert guidance tailored to your business needs, ensuring best practices and strong security governance.
Equip your Team with Knowledge & Support
We will equip your team with the knowledge and guidance necessary to utilise your new systems or programs effectively. Once your solutions are in place, you will receive ongoing support in line with your service level agreement.
You can also benefit from our extensive experience in supporting and maintaining these solutions through our range of Security Support services, tailored to meet the evolving security needs of organisations.
To enhance your organisation’s security standards, we offer support as an IASME-approved assessor for Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus. We provide options to guide you through securing these accreditations based on your business requirements and technical capabilities.
For institutions using Microsoft services, our Microsoft 365 consultancy services offer expert assistance with configuring Microsoft services for enhanced security.
HackRisk supports ongoing security awareness with regular bite-sized Security Awareness Training modules and Phishing Simulations, designed to help identify and address any security blind spots among your staff.
Obtain & Maintain Key Industry Compliance
Our solutions help you meet regulatory requirements and industry standards while building trust with your clients.
Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus certifications demonstrate your commitment to baseline security controls, reassuring customers and partners. Cyber Assurance offers a structured approach to managing risk and compliance across your organisation, while NIST CSF 2.0 Assessment aligns your security framework with globally recognised standards.
For businesses processing card payments, PCI DSS compliance protects payment data and helps you avoid costly penalties. To support compliance readiness, Tabletop Exercises test your incident response plans against regulatory expectations, ensuring your team is prepared for any scenario.
SUCCESS STORY
The Cambridge Building Society Strengthen Secure Access
with CyberLab & Island Enterprise Browser
The Cambridge Building Society partnered with CyberLab to modernise secure access as part of its digital transformation. As cloud use and flexible working increased, legacy gateway controls became restrictive. By deploying Island Enterprise Browser, The Cambridge enabled secure, direct access to services like Microsoft 365 with browser‑level data protection, improving visibility, reducing operational overhead, and supporting a more agile, cloud‑ready security model.
Our Vendors Supporting Financial Institutions
Sophos MDR
Where others stop at notification, Sophos MDR takes action.
Few organisations have the right tools, people, and processes in-house to manage their security program around-the-clock while proactively defending against new and emerging threats.
Sophos MDR is a fully-managed 24/7/365 threat hunting service delivered by specialists in detecting and responding to sophisticated cyber attacks.
Sophos’ blend of tech solutions and human-led threat hunting elevates cyber defences, frees up IT capacity, and adds expertise without adding headcount.
Forcescout
Security is a Journey Shared: An Introduction to Forescout
Security teams across the globe face many challenges, not the least of which is trying to deal with an explosion in the number of digital assets while facing a shortage of cybersecurity personnel. You don’t need more security products; you need a force multiplier – a platform that makes your team more effective and able to focus on what matters.
Logpoint
Logpoint provides converged SIEM solutions to organisations of all sizes, helping you to accelerate threat detection and response with one end-to-end platform.
Logpoint’s SIEM solution gives you visibility across your entire security ecosystem, improving overall security through proactive alerting, machine learning. This enables access to incident and security information in a quick and effective manner.
SecurEnvoy
SecurEnvoy’s Access Management Solution has been specifically designed to meet the requirement for a Secure layered approach to meet compliance requirements.
The flexible approach taken by SecurEnvoy gives you a choice of authentication methods – app, SMS, desktop or hardware tokens – and includes Fido2 (passwordless) capability to provide a simple, secure user experience.
Vicarius
Protect your operating systems and third-party software from vulnerabilities with vRx from Vicarius.
A complete patch management system that discovers, prioritises, and remediates software vulnerabilities across your estate, including the smaller applications that are often forgotten.
Consolidate your software vulnerability assessment and let vRx do the work so you can focus on the threats that matter most.
Mimecast
Mimecast’s tried and tested email security integrates with your existing systems to block email-based threats by leveraging AI, machine learning, and social graphing.
Mimecast scans every email, attachment, and URL to detect and prevent impersonation fraud, ransomware, whaling, phishing and spear-phishing attacks.
With built-in social engineering defences, secure email gateway to block spam and malware, and quarantine features to stop inadvertent and malicious leaks, you can keep you systems and data safe from the most sophisticated attacks.
Microsoft Consultancy
Leverage our expertise with Microsoft consultancy services designed to help you make the most of your Microsoft investment, including:
- MS Defender for: Endpoint | 365 | Cloud
- Device management via MS Intune for: Windows | MAC | iOS | Android
- Identity & Access Management via MS Entra (formerly Azure AD)
- Information Protection via MS Purview
- Security Health Checks against CIS Control
- Secure Score Improvement
PCI DSS
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard is a mandatory standard for any business handling card payments. It ensures secure processing, storage, and transmission of cardholder data.
Cyber Essentials
A UK government-backed scheme that protects against common cyber threats. It’s a simple, affordable way to show customers and partners that your business takes cyber security seriously.
ISO/IEC 27001
An international standard for information security management systems (ISMS). Often used by financial institutions to demonstrate best-practice security controls.
A Leading Financial Services Organisation Enhances Security with Red Team Security Testing
A leading UK financial services organisation partnered with CyberLab to independently validate and strengthen its cyber security posture during ongoing digital transformation. Operating in a highly targeted and regulated sector, the organisation required assurance that its defences could withstand modern attack techniques. Through a Red Team security testing programme, including targeted attack simulation and application testing, CyberLab identified both technical and human‑centric risks. This proactive approach improved security maturity, strengthened resilience, and supported ongoing regulatory compliance while protecting customer trust.
Building Trust in a Digital-First World
CyberLab Talk at Manchester Digital’s Fintech Conference
Vaccination UK
“Chess and CyberLab were pivotal in helping Vaccination UK take a step forward into modernising our services, streamline our reporting and workforce, and assisting in rolling out a huge step change in how we deliver our services.”
– James Hart, Head of Operations for NHS Services, Vaccination UK
EBOOK
Cryptographic Inventory
Deriving Value Today, Preparing for Tomorrow.
The strategic principle of establishing a cryptographic inventory is key to addressing today’s vulnerabilities and preparing for a post-quantum world.
This ebook contains success stories from HSBC, Infosec Global and Thales.
What is YourHackRisk Score?
Your Credit Score for Cyber Security
AI-powered cyber risk monitoring with secure dashboard and shareable reports, delivered by security experts.
Dark Web Scanning
Vulnerability Scanning
Recon Scanning
Supply Chain Security
Webinar
Build or Buy: The True Cost of Cyber Security
In the fast-moving world of finance, where trust and digital resilience are essential, cyber security is a critical investment. But should you build defences in-house or work with a specialist provider?
This webinar and blog explore the real costs behind both options to help financial leaders make informed decisions. With expert insights and real-world examples, it reveals hidden risks, resource demands and long-term impacts.
Whether you’re scaling up or managing tighter budgets, this guide helps you choose a cyber security model that protects your reputation and your bottom line.
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Whether you’re looking to implement basic cyber security best practice, improve your existing defences, or introduce a new system or solution, our team of expert consultants, engineers, and ethical hackers are here to help.
Our team specialise in creating bespoke security solutions and testing packages to improve and maintain your security posture.
We are 100% vendor agnostic and will only ever recommend the best products and solutions for your requirements.
