Finance

Financial Services Website Security: Compliance & Best Practices

Published 2026-03-26 · 5 min read

Financial Services: The #1 Target

Financial services face 300x more cyberattacks than other industries. The average breach costs $5.9 million. Regulators are watching, and customers have zero tolerance for security failures.

Regulatory Requirements

GLBA - Safeguards Rule requires risk assessments
SOX - Internal controls for public companies
NYDFS 23 NYCRR 500 - NY financial cybersecurity
FFIEC - Federal examination guidelines
PCI DSS - For any card processing

Financial Website Security Checklist

✓ TLS 1.3 with perfect forward secrecy
✓ HSTS preload listing
✓ CSP blocking XSS attacks
✓ Subresource integrity
✓ Certificate transparency monitoring
✓ WAF with financial-specific rules

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