01 ·
EDR + SIEM + UEBA monitoring
European SOC 24·7·365 with behavioural detection calibrated on financial actors. UEBA for anomalies on privileged users, wire transfers, clearing access. Triage in <15 min.
Cybersecurity for banking and finance. DORA-ready.
Cyber threats to the financial sector are increasingly sophisticated and regulated. Fortgale protects banks, insurance, asset managers and fintech with 24·7·365 monitoring, DORA + NIS2 + PSD2 compliance and on-site Incident Response in Milan.
Fortgale · Financial Console
DORA · live
Alerts · 24 h
12
SOC live
24·7
Successful breaches
0
DORA · status
OK
TimeSevDetectionOwner
10:43P1Suspicious wire transfer · €120kL3
10:14P2Credential stuffing · banking appL2
09:48P3API abuse · payment gatewayL2
09:12P4DORA compliance · verified OKL1
Compliance · financial sector
DORA
NIS2 ready
PSD2 · SCA
GDPR · ENISA
Supervisory standards
EBA Guidelines
ECB · TIBER-EU
ISO/IEC 27001
Why Fortgale for finance
A firewall is not enough. Orchestrated cyber protection is required.
DORA, NIS2 and PSD2 have raised the bar. Sanctions up to 10% of revenue, mandatory CSIRT notifications within 24h, stricter supervisory audits. Financial detection rules are needed, not generic ones.
02 ·
Financial intelligence
50+ specialised threat actors for the sector: APT-Finance, Carbanak, FIN7, Cobalt, banking-focused ransomware, insider groups, financial supply chain. MITRE-mapped IoCs/TTPs applied to the SIEM.
03 ·
DORA · NIS2 · PSD2 compliance
Full audit, gap analysis, remediation roadmap. Support for TIBER-EU, third-party risk, incident reporting to the national CSIRT, ECB, ESMA, national supervisors. Audit-ready documentation.
Proof · service scale
Four numbers that hold the financial service up.
Fast triage, specialised intelligence, continuous coverage, full compliance support.
<15 min
Critical alert triage
on financial threats
on financial threats
50+
Financial threat actors
actively tracked
actively tracked
24·7·365
European SOC
continuously operational
continuously operational
100 %
Compliance support
DORA · NIS2 · PSD2
DORA · NIS2 · PSD2
How we stop an attack
Five stages · an attack on the financial system stopped at every stage.
We don't wait for damage. Detection, blocking and containment are activated at every kill-chain transition — from initial phishing to fraudulent wire transfer.
01 · Initial Access
Phishing & credential
Targeted phishing on privileged operators, credential stuffing on banking apps, VPN/trading-desk account compromise. Detection: CTI IoCs, behavioural analysis, MFA fatigue patterns.
02 · Privilege esc
Account compromise
Escalation to administrative accounts via Kerberoasting, service account abuse, AD vulnerability exploitation. Detection: UEBA, privilege anomalies, hidden lateral movement.
03 · Lateral movement
Settlement systems
Lateral movement to core banking, clearing, payment gateway systems. Detection: micro-segmentation, internal traffic anomalies, C2 beacons on non-standard ports.
04 · Exfiltration
Data & transactions
Exfiltration of customer data, contracts, trading positions. Fraudulent wire transfers, order-book manipulation, payment API abuse. Detection: DLP, financial-flow anomalies.
05 · Block
Containment & recovery
Host isolation in ~8 s, transaction block, account disable, supervisory authority notification. ~11 min median containment. Chain-of-custody forensics for authorities.
End-to-end security
Complete cybersecurity for financial institutions.
Four deliverables governed by a single European point of contact: DORA assessment, 24·7 monitoring, on-site IR in Milan, recovery & hardening.
01
DORA · NIS2 · PSD2 assessment
Cybersecurity posture audit against DORA (ICT risk, incident reporting, TIBER-EU), NIS2 (24h CSIRT), PSD2 (SCA, liability). Gap analysis with prioritised remediation roadmap and compliance timeline.
02
24·7 monitoring · EDR + SIEM + UEBA
European SOC 24·7·365 with behavioural detection calibrated on financial threats. UEBA for anomalies on privileged users, wire transfers, access to clearing systems. Sector-dedicated threat hunting.
03
On-site Incident Response · Milan
IR team available on-site in Milan within 2-4 hours. Forensics with chain of custody, support for national CSIRT notification within 24h, communication management with supervisory authorities (ECB, ESMA, national bank regulators). Assisted recovery without halting core banking.
04
Recovery & post-breach hardening
Validation of post-incident transactions, secure system recovery, chain-of-custody audit, hardening of compromised systems, lessons learned, DORA plan update. Reporting for board and supervisory bodies.
Generic IT vs Fortgale Financial
The difference between a generalist SOC and one calibrated on the sector.
Capability
Generic SOC
Fortgale Financial
Threat intel on financial actors
✗ Generic feeds
✓ 50+ specialised actors
Wire transfer anomalies
✗ Not monitored
✓ UEBA on financial flows
Financial threat hunting
✗ Generalist hunting
✓ Banking · clearing · trading TTPs
DORA compliance
✗ Not supported
✓ Audit-ready · TIBER-EU
CSIRT notification (NIS2 · 24h)
✗ Best effort
✓ Documented procedure
On-site Incident Response
✗ Remote only
✓ Milan · 2-4h on-site
Chain-of-custody forensics
✗ Generic
✓ Audit-ready for supervisors
Third-party risk (DORA)
✗ Not managed
✓ Continuous vendor risk
Who it is for
Eight financial verticals, one governance.
Banks, asset managers, insurance, fintech, payment providers and critical financial infrastructure. Different regulatory and technical needs, one European outpost.
DORA · obliged
Universal banks
Commercial banks, credit institutions. DORA + NIS2 essential entities. TIBER-EU obligation for significant banks (ECB).
Asset Management
Fund managers
Asset managers, pension funds. MiFID II + DORA compliance. Protection of trading systems and position data.
DORA · supervised
Insurance
Insurance companies, brokers. DORA entities under national insurance supervisors. Customer-data protection, underwriting systems, claim management.
PSD2 · SCA
Payment Service Providers
Payment institutions, e-money issuers. PSD2 + DORA compliance. Payment gateway, wallet, anti-fraud system protection.
Fintech
Fintech & neobank
Neobanks, lending platforms, robo-advisors. Cloud-native with DORA needs. API security, mobile app, KYC/AML cyber-integrated.
Trading
Trading & dealing
Trading desks, market makers, prop trading. Latency-critical, real-time protection of order books, pricing engines, execution venues.
Private capital
Private Equity · VC
PE/VC funds, family offices. Protection of data rooms, M&A transactions, confidential deal-flow. Threat intel on APT actors targeting the sector.
Critical · NIS2
Critical infrastructure
Clearing houses, central counterparties (CCPs), credit registries, financial market infrastructure. NIS2 essential entities with reinforced obligations.
Integrated defence
The financial outpost is the centre. The other services complete the coverage.
Operational outpost
Managed SOC 24·7·365
The European outpost orchestrating monitoring, triage and response — with an L2/L3 team dedicated to the financial sector.
Discover SOC →Advanced detection
Managed Detection & Response
EDR/XDR managed by the European SOC to detect and block threats in real time across endpoint, network, identity and cloud.
Discover MDR →Threat anticipation
Cyber Threat Intelligence
Proprietary feeds on the 50+ financial actors active in Europe: APT-Finance, Carbanak, FIN7, Cobalt, banking-focused ransomware.
Discover CTI →FAQ · frequently asked
Everything to know before talking to our analysts.
What does Fortgale cyber protection include for banks and financial institutions?
DORA + NIS2 + PSD2 assessment, 24·7 monitoring with EDR/SIEM and behavioural detection calibrated on financial threats, proactive threat hunting, on-site incident response in Milan within hours, compliance support with national CSIRT notifications within 24 hours, digital forensics with chain of custody, assisted recovery, post-incident hardening. Coverage across endpoint, network, identity, cloud and APIs with proprietary intelligence on 50+ financial threat actors.
What is the difference between DORA, NIS2 and PSD2 for banking cybersecurity?
DORA is the EU framework for operational resilience: ICT risk management, 72h incident reporting, TIBER-EU testing, third-party risk. NIS2 is the cyber security directive for essential operators (banks, clearing, markets): 24h CSIRT notification, mandatory audits. PSD2 governs payment service providers with SCA, data protection and liability framework. Fortgale supports compliance across all three frameworks.
How does Fortgale defend against finance-specific threats?
We monitor sector-specific threats: wire transfer attacks and clearing houses, credential stuffing on banking and trading apps, payment gateway compromise, ransomware on settlement systems, social engineering against privileged operators, supply chain attacks on financial providers, DDoS, APTs on clearing, insider threats on trading desks. Proprietary intelligence tracks 50+ specialised actors in the sector.
What is the Fortgale response time in case of incident?
For critical alerts (suspicious wire transfer, credential compromise, ransomware, payment gateway anomaly), the SOC responds in under 15 minutes with active investigation and immediate containment. For incidents requiring forensics or authority support, the IR team is available on-site in Milan within 2-4 hours. Notifications follow DORA (72h), NIS2 (24h to national CSIRT) and supervisory authority obligations.
Does Fortgale support TIBER-EU audits for banks?
Yes. We support banks in TIBER-EU audit preparation: threat intelligence alignment with the threat actors monitored by the ECB, detection rules to identify red teams during simulation, controlled APT attack simulations, forensics and technical reporting for the simulated incident timeline, post-test remediation support. The team knows ECB requirements, TIBER-EU standards and testing best practices.
How does Fortgale help fintech and payment providers manage cyber risk?
For fintech and PSPs security must cover: real-time trading platforms, digital wallets, payment and settlement APIs, KYC/AML, blockchain/DLT, mobile app security. We offer specific monitoring on API gateway security, payment-flow anomalies, crypto supply chain, wallet compromise, DDoS on payment services. Includes intelligence on threat actors specialised in fintech, DORA compliance support and coordination with national supervisors and ESMA.
Start with a DORA audit
Is your bank ready for the cyber threats of tomorrow?
DORA is in force. NIS2 applies to the financial sector. PSD2 mandates SCA and the liability framework. A 4-week audit maps your posture across the three frameworks with an audit-ready roadmap. You'll receive the dossier on your financial segment within 72 hours.