How We Helped Fortify Enterprise Resilience for a Premier Wealth & Asset Manager
Strengthening Cybersecurity with Modern Engineering & AI
At a glance
CLIENT
Global Investment Management Firm
SERVICES
- Cybersecurity
- Artificial Intelligence
INDUSTRY
- Financial Services
A leading global investment management firm leveraged the breadth and depth of EPAM’s cyber expertise to bolster its existing security posture. We partnered on several enterprise-wide cybersecurity initiatives around cloud, endpoint protection and proactive threat monitoring, helping to reinforce business resilience. Together, we raised the bar by implementing state-of-the-art machine learning (ML) capabilities and architecting and implementing both defensive and proactive threat measures.
CYBER STRATEGY
Staying Ahead of Threats
According to the World Economic Forum, cybersecurity risks are on the rise, and the financial services industry feels the pressure acutely.
Our client, a leading global investment firm, has continually updated its cybersecurity posture to predict and respond to evolving threats. While they are becoming more common, cyberthreats are simultaneously growing more sophisticated.
AI is an important tool in cybersecurity, but hackers are misusing AI personalization to create convincing new scams. EPAM’s cybersecurity expertise includes cutting-edge incident response and detection response capabilities, enabling us to serve as a trusted strategic partner as the risk landscape evolves.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Using Machine Learning to Expose Malicious Websites
Hackers are becoming ever shrewder at tricking employees into visiting malicious websites that have the potential to wreak havoc on an entire organization. One wrong click can lead to a multitude of adverse consequences, including:
Data Theft and Loss
By gaining unauthorized access to systems, hackers can steal valuable data, which poses a significant threat to the confidentiality and integrity of sensitive information.
Operational Disruption
Once inside an organization’s IT system, attackers can disrupt operations, causing substantial downtime and hindering productivity — potentially leading to financial losses and a compromised ability to effectively deliver services.
Legal and Regulatory Implications
A data breach can result in non-compliance with regulatory standards and data protection requirements, which may lead to significant fines, legal proceedings and reputational damage.
Security breaches can have serious downstream implications for organizations as brand damage results in a loss of revenue, customer trust and more. And with more than a billion websites on the internet and thousands more created every hour, detecting malicious websites is as challenging as it is vital. Leveraging EPAM’s AI/Run™.Transform framework, we collaborated with the investment firm to build a machine learning model, using multiple data sources, to identify anomalies and other high-risk content, allowing us to block malicious websites proactively.
The machine learning model operates continuously, identifying flagged websites for further inspection. We regularly enhance the algorithm using specialized techniques. To maintain high performance, we rigorously monitor the model's features, overall effectiveness and resource use.
Engineering a Strong Cyber Defense
Cyber threats can come from many directions, sometimes simultaneously. Seeking an end-to-end solution, the investment firm also engaged EPAM to assist with multiple enterprise-wide security efforts:
Information Protection
Incidents Management
Cloud Security Posture Management
SECURITY HARDENING
Partnering for Success
We have successfully partnered with the investment firm across many other security workstreams including:
EPAM provided resources to support a Security Operations Center (SOC) team, which delivers proactive monitoring, detection, analysis and response to security incidents.
Together we implemented a tiered administrative model to enhance the company’s well-established set of controls for privileged access.
We helped design and implement new Windows firewall policies and optimize the operating system configuration to improve overall system performance.
Cybersecurity now finds itself at the heart of operational resilience and success. As cyber threats continue to evolve, a well-rounded, proactive defense is imperative. Modern engineering, including AI, is at the heart of any mature security posture.
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