Four reasons banks choose DefenseStorm over generalist providers.
DefenseStorm is the only cybersecurity platform built exclusively for U.S. banks. Every detection rule, response workflow, and governance report is designed for how banks operate and how regulators evaluate. 16,000+ banking-specific controls mapped to the frameworks and examination procedures examiners use.
One Platform, Not Five Vendors. MDR, risk, and governance in one platform, so your lean team stops swivel-chairing across five consoles. DefenseStorm clients save an average of $170K a year from tool consolidation.
Our Collaborative SOC of banking-fluent cybersecurity analysts provides 24x7 monitoring, triage, investigation, and guided response. A human owns your alert in about 5 minutes, and detection is typically under 3 minutes. Available as 24x7x365 or After-Hours coverage.
DefenseStorm automates the evidence and control documentation examiners expect. Every incident and control check maps across 16,000+ controls, generating thousands of audit-ready artifacts a year and cutting exam prep by about 70%.
One Platform. Four Outcomes for Your Bank.
Our anchor service. SIEM, EDR, and a 24x7 Collaborative SOC, built only for banks and credit unions. Powered by GRID Active, our intelligent data engine that takes in about 80 million events a day per institution and surfaces only the few that need a person. Banking-fluent cybersecurity analysts triage every alert in banking context, so you see real threats, not noise.
LEARN MORE ABOUT MDRContinuous control monitoring, threat-informed risk assessments, and board- and examiner-ready evidence, all on the same platform that runs your MDR. Give your second line independent visibility into how your program is actually performing, and prove it works every day, not just at exam time.
ABOUT RISK & GOVERNANCEA 24x7, US-based team of banking-fluent cybersecurity analysts who monitor, investigate, and guide response as an extension of your team. A senior analyst on every case, detections built from real banking attacks, and escalations in language your examiner understands.
ABOUT OUR SOCAdd-Ons
Extend your coverage with targeted modules built for financial institutions.
- Vulnerability Management: Continuous scanning and risk-prioritized remediation
- Employee Activity Monitoring (EAM): Insider threat detection
- Security Awareness: Managed phishing simulation and training
- Extended Archive Storage: Long-term log retention
How a 2-Person IT Team Runs Enterprise-Grade Cybersecurity
"We get a lot more value for the same amount of money we were spending for a very generalized service. It was like trying to fit 100 different customers into one shoe. Now we have our own pair of shoes."
"DefenseStorm rocks. I love that the level of customer service is off the charts compared to other providers that I've worked with."
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"CTS Ops team has helped our team discover and neutralize about 10 threats just in the past year."
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Replaced a generalist MSSP with a banking-specific platform
24/7 expert coverage with a 2-person internal IT team
Examiner-ready evidence generated automatically
Quantified Results from Banks Using DefenseStorm
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From Community Banks to Large Regionals. DefenseStorm Scales with You
What DefenseStorm Delivers
- Essentials package that provides exam readiness in a box
- Baseline MDR and Governance to improve operational efficiency
- Compliance support without the need to add headcount
- A multi-product platform with full-stack MDR and Governance
- Board-level cyber visibility with enterprise-grade integration
