Phishing and business email compromise
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Every industry faces different threats, compliance requirements, and operational risks. Explore recommended B1G2 cybersecurity solutions designed around the needs of your organization.
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Industry Overview
Financial Services
Banks, cooperatives, lending companies, and fintech platforms handle sensitive financial data and time-critical transactions under constant attack and close regulatory attention.
Security in this sector has to protect customer accounts and transaction integrity without slowing down digital services or day-to-day operations.
Challenges
Common cybersecurity challenges
Threats and risk areas that security teams in Financial Services deal with most often.
Credential theft and account takeover
Stolen usernames and passwords are reused against customer portals, internal systems, and administrative consoles.
Ransomware and endpoint compromise
A single infected workstation can spread across branch and head-office networks, disrupting core operations.
Sensitive financial data exposure
Account records, identity documents, and transaction data must stay protected wherever they are stored or moved.
Third-party and supply-chain risk
Switches, processors, and service providers extend your attack surface beyond systems you directly control.
Digital transaction fraud
Online banking, e-wallets, and payment channels face persistent attempts at unauthorized transfers and abuse.
Security Stack
Recommended security stack
Capabilities we suggest for Financial Services, based on the risks above. Essential items are where most organizations start.
- Essential
Detection and response
Managed Detection & Response
Adds specialist monitoring and response to alerts raised by your security tools.
Why it matters: Time-critical transaction systems benefit from faster detection and response when an alert fires.
- Essential
Detection and response
EDR / XDR
Records endpoint activity so suspicious behavior can be investigated and contained.
Why it matters: Provides visibility into compromised workstations before activity spreads across branches.
- Essential
Identity and access
Identity Protection / MFA
Adds a second factor to sign-ins so a stolen password alone is not enough.
Why it matters: Helps reduce account takeover on customer portals and administrative consoles.
- Recommended
Email protection
Email Security
Filters phishing, malicious attachments, and spam before they reach users' inboxes.
Why it matters: Reduces phishing and BEC lures aimed at finance and payment staff.
- Recommended
Data security
Data Protection / Encryption
Encrypts devices and controls how sensitive files are accessed and shared.
Why it matters: Helps protect sensitive financial information on laptops and in shared files.
- Recommended
Security testing
Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing
Identifies exploitable weaknesses in systems and applications before attackers do.
Why it matters: Tests online banking, APIs, and exposed services for weaknesses.
- Recommended
External threat intelligence
Attack Surface Monitoring
Watches internet-facing assets and external sources for exposures linked to your organization.
Why it matters: Provides visibility into leaked credentials and exposed services tied to your brand.
Technology
Technology behind your security stack.
B1G2 combines proven cybersecurity technologies and local security services based on the requirements of your environment.
- Technology
Endpoint, detection and identity
ESET
B1G2-listed ESET offerings such as ESET PROTECT, ESET Inspect / XDR, ESET PROTECT MDR, Full Disk Encryption and Secure Authentication. Capabilities vary by edition.
Supports: Managed Detection & Response · EDR / XDR · Identity Protection / MFA · Email Security
- Technology
Data-centric security
Fasoo
Protects sensitive documents and data themselves, so controls stay with the file wherever it goes.
Supports: Data Protection / Encryption
- Technology
External threat intelligence
CloudSEK
Monitors your external attack surface and digital risk, such as exposed assets and leaked credentials.
Supports: Attack Surface Monitoring
- B1G2 service
Vulnerability assessment and penetration testing
B1G2 VAPT
A B1G2 service that identifies and validates security weaknesses in your systems and applications to support remediation.
Supports: Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing
Compliance Considerations
Security and compliance considerations
Regulatory obligations vary by organization, industry, data processed, and regulatory scope. These are common cybersecurity and privacy considerations for organizations in this sector.
Financial organizations handle customer identity, account and transaction data. Obligations depend on the organization's regulatory scope.
- Philippines
Republic Act No. 10173 — Data Privacy Act of 2012
Organizations that process personal information must implement reasonable and appropriate organizational, physical, and technical security measures based on the nature of the data and the risks involved.
Data Privacy Act (National Privacy Commission) - Where applicable
National Privacy Commission guidance
NPC guidance covers safeguards such as access controls, authentication, vulnerability remediation, incident monitoring, encryption where appropriate, and breach-management and notification obligations where applicable.
Implementing Rules and Regulations - BSP-supervised institutions
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas — Information Technology Risk Management
BSP-supervised financial institutions are subject to information technology risk-management and cybersecurity requirements intended to strengthen security, resilience, incident management, and consumer protection. Operational resilience is also a consideration for these institutions. Not every financial services organization is BSP-supervised.
The recommended security capabilities above can support technical risk-reduction efforts within a broader governance and compliance program.
Compliance requirements vary by organization and regulatory scope. This information is provided for general cybersecurity guidance and is not legal advice.
Why B1G2
Cybersecurity expertise, delivered locally.
B1G2 brings together cybersecurity technology, implementation expertise, and local support to help Philippine organizations strengthen their security posture.
- Local expertise
- Cybersecurity solutions and technical support for organizations in the Philippines, from a team based in Quezon City since 2016.
- Official ESET distributor
- Exclusive Philippine partnership with ESET, covering endpoint, detection and response, encryption, and authentication products.
- Proven technologies
- Established technologies from ESET, Phished, Fasoo, and CloudSEK, combined around your organization's requirements.
- Security services
- Vulnerability assessment and penetration testing (VAPT) and managed security services to validate and maintain your defenses.
Not sure which security stack fits your organization?
Talk with our cybersecurity team and we'll help identify the solutions that match your environment, risks, and business requirements.