Critical Infrastructure Security - Finance

Application Analysis

The report analyzes critical infrastructure security of the financial and banking sector. The first part looks at the current challenges impacting the security of services and institutions in this area. This includes examining advanced persistent threats and attack vectors. The second part looks at the technical solutions available, such as the multi-layered security model and international standardization efforts.  Forecasted security spending by financial institutions on their critical infrastructure is broken-down into the following categories: spending by type (transaction & data security, counter measures and policies & procedures), by sector (government, financial institutions, merchants, other), and by region (North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa, and Latin America). The final chapter looks at the solutions provided by the following vendors (Cisco Systems, Damballa, Greenway Solutions, IBM, and PayPal).

Table of Contents

  • 1. GROWING THREATS TO THE FINANCIAL CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
    • 1.1. The Financial Critical Infrastructure
    • 1.2. Modern Day Challenges
    • 1.3. Advanced Persistent FCI Threats
  • 2. FCI CYBER SECURITY SPENDING
    • 2.1. Methodology
    • 2.2. Adapting Security Practices
    • 2.3. A Multi-layered Security Model
    • 2.4. Evolving FCI Architectures
    • 2.5. Security Standardization
    • 2.6. Trends Driving Security Applications
    • 2.7. Emerging Technologies Impact Security Spending
    • 2.8. Regional Distribution of FCI Security Spending
  • 3. SECURITY VENDORS SET TO PROFIT, GOVERNMENTS AND BANKS STILL ONE STEP BEHIND
    • 3.1. Cisco Systems
    • 3.2. Damballa
    • 3.3. Greenway Solutions
    • 3.4. IBM
    • 3.5. PayPal

Tables

  1. Retail Banking and Financial Services
  2. Financial Critical Infrastructure Attack Vectors
  3. Notable FCI Attacks 2012
  4. Financial Critical Infrastructure (FCI) Security Spending, World Market, Forecast: 2012 to 2017
  5. FCI Security Spending by Type, World Market, Forecast: 2012 to 2017
  6. FCI Security Spending by Sector, World Market, Forecast: 2012 to 2017
  7. FCI Security Spending by Region, World Market, Forecast: 2012 to 2017

Charts

  1. CI vs. FCI Security Spending, World Market, Forecast: 2012 to 2017
  2. FCI Security Spending by Type, World Market, Forecast: 2012 to 2017
  3. FCI Security Spending by Sector, World Market, Forecast: 2012 to 2017
  4. FCI Security Spending by Region (%), World Market, Forecast: 2012 and 2017

Figures

  1. FCI Multi-layered Security Model