The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or FDIC, requires its insured banks, state saving institutions, and state branches of foreign banks to develop and implement information security programs. To remain FDIC compliant, these financial institutions must maintain administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect the security, confidentiality, and integrity of information, systems, and networks.
Financial institutions keep highly valuable sensitive information in paper, electronic and other forms. Regardless of the form the information takes, FDIC Security Standards call for this information to be safeguarded such that:
Financial institutions are a prime target for identity thieves. FDIC security standards seek to enforce greater protections and drive financial institutions to take preventative measures to safeguard customer and consumer information.
The standards don’t stop though at identifying, protecting, and preventing. They also require response protocols so that a bank can demonstrate readiness to address any incidents of unauthorized access.
In assessing risk and maintaining compliance, financial institutions are asked to identify foreseeable internal or external threats that could result in unauthorized access or use of consumer information. These risks might see the information disclosed, misused, altered, or destroyed. Any of these would have serious compliance implications as well as causing financial and reputational damages.
Bank penetration testing is a powerful tool in a financial institution’s arsenal to better identify, manage, and control risks. Penetration testing for financial institutions can be done internally, it’s recommended to bring in external experts to approach the institution’s information security program with fresh eyes.
Bank pen testing manually and semi-automatically tests bank physical security, bank network security, access controls, transmission, and storage encryption, monitoring systems, and procedures in place to ensure information security.
To comply with Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) security standards, financial risk assessments are a thorough and proactive way to establish effective information security practices for a bank or financial services provider.
The FDIC risk assessment should be a wide-reaching one, considering several elements such as:
RedTeam Security’s FDIC penetration testing takes a proactive approach to risk assessment for banks. Our testers approach the financial institution’s information security program from the perspectives of both developer and hacker. Using whatever tools a bad actor might take advantage of to exploit a vulnerability or break-in or breach the institution’s security, RedTeam Security thoroughly tests to identify potential opportunities for intrusion or system misuse.
Our efforts don’t stop at compiling a list of risks though. RedTeam Security’s highly skilled experts share insights into prevention, detection, and response measures. With ongoing access to our online remediation knowledge database and to our dedicated specialists, the financial institution can not only achieve but also confidently maintain its FDIC compliance.
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