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title: "Why Airlock Digital : Secure Banking and Financial Services"
description: "Proactive application control for secure banking and financial services to protect critical assets, safeguard customer data and streamline compliance"
source: https://www.airlockdigital.com/industries/secure-banking-and-financial-services
---

Why Airlock Digital : Industry

# Secure Banking & Financial Services with Airlock Digital

Proactive endpoint protection for a complex threat landscape

The Banking and Financial Services industry is a prime target for cyberattacks, with institutions managing sensitive customer data, critical financial systems, and regulatory obligations. Airlock Digital provides precision, scalable application control technology to address the unique security challenges of financial organizations. By enforcing a [Deny by Default](/use-cases/zero-trust-endpoint-security) model and enabling granular allowlisting and blocklisting at scale, Airlock Digital helps financial institutions operate securely and confidently in today’s high-risk environment.

Protect Critical Assets

Ensure uninterrupted operation of financial systems by blocking ransomware and malware.

Enhance Customer Trust

Safeguard sensitive customer data with robust application control and visibility.

Protect Against Insider Threats

Actively block usage of any applications, scripts, or system tools - including LOLBins - with granular precision.

Streamline Compliance

Support regulatory requirements with granular allowlisting and blocklisting controls, and centralized reporting for all endpoint executions and execution-attempts.

Secure Legacy Systems

Secure outdated infrastructure critical to financial operations with consistent policies.

Operational Continuity

Protect IT and OT systems from disruptions caused by cyberattacks or insider threats.

### Airlock Digital Banking & Finance Customers

- [![logo-iban-first]](https://www.airlockdigital.com/resources/case-studies/ibanfirst)
- [![logo-CashConverters]](https://www.cashconverters.com/)
- ![valley-strong-logo-no-background]
- [![logo-bowman-company]](https://www.airlockdigital.com/resources/case-studies/bowman-and-company)

## How Airlock Digital Supports Financial Institutions

### Deny by Default Security

Prevent unauthorized applications, scripts, and processes from executing, reducing attack surfaces.

### Granular Application Control

Define trusted applications and processes at the file, path, publisher, or process level.

### Real-Time Monitoring

Gain full visibility into endpoint execution and execution-attempts, enabling rapid detection and mitigation of threats.

### Precision Blocklisting

Define which files you want to block by using a variety of launch conditions - including path, product name, publisher, version, user, command line, operating system and more - providing precise control over what is denied execution.

### Integrated File Intelligence

Leverage real-time VirusTotal intelligence to evaluate file histories and reputations, in support of effective allowlist development.

### Immutable Audit Trails

Leverage comprehensive logs of all endpoint executions and execution-attempts to support audits and incident investigations.

## Streamline and De-Risk Compliance

Airlock Digital provides the technical controls financial institutions need to enforce strict and precision application control in a scalable, efficient manner. With real-time  execution monitoring, workflow-driven policy design, and secure integrations with the industry’s leading cybersecurity and reporting tools, Airlock Digital help security professionals streamline and de-risk regulatory compliance.

[![logo - PCI - SSC]](https://www.airlockdigital.com/compliance/pci-dss-compliance)

[![Seal_of_the_United_States_Securities_and_Exchange_Commission.svg]](https://www.sec.gov/)

[![logo - NIST - CSF]](https://www.airlockdigital.com/compliance/nist-compliance)

[![logo - FISMA]](https://csrc.nist.gov/topics/laws-and-regulations/laws/FISMA)

[![logo - EU DORA]](https://www.digital-operational-resilience-act.com/)

## Keep Exploring

### Financial Services Datasheet

[Read Now](https://www.airlockdigital.com/hubfs/Datasheets/Datasheet%20-%20Airlock%20Digital%20for%20Financial%20Services.pdf)

### Case Study: Valley Strong Credit Union

[Read Now](https://www.airlockdigital.com/hubfs/Case%20Studies/Case%20Study%20-%20Valley%20Strong%20Credit%20Union%20-%20Airlock%20Digital.pdf)

### Talk to an Expert

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