It began quietly, with a contractor brought in to streamline processes for a mid-sized neobank in Qatar. He had solid credentials, worked fast, and spoke the right language in meetings. His job was to clean up workflows and improve data visibility. Three months later, things started to feel off. Customer data appeared in places it did not belong. Small transfers were misrouted. A few unusual login times were flagged but ignored. It was only when a senior compliance officer spotted discrepancies in KYC records that the real story emerged. This was not an external hack. There was no phishing email or brute force attack. It was a series of quiet, credentialed actions carried out from within.
Banking and Fintech
In the financial sector, attention often focuses on external threats such as ransomware, phishing, and supply chain attacks, while internal risks remain underestimated. These insider threats are not always malicious. Sometimes they stem from carelessness. Often they happen because someone was never trained to see the danger in what they were doing.
A DevOps engineer using a personal GitHub account for staging code. A sales representative exporting client lists to follow up from home. A chatbot trained on real customer interactions, now leaking fragments through an API call.
In fintech, where speed is essential and teams are lean, trust can be granted too quickly. Access creep becomes a real problem. Often, no one notices until it is too late.
Trust Is Everyone’s Blind Spot
Technology alone will not solve the insider threat problem. Security awareness, clear accountability, and an escalation culture need to be part of the organisation’s DNA.
Because in the end, this breach was not caused by malware or a technical exploit. It was carried out by someone with a badge and too much access.
We work with fintech and banking clients to protect against both external and internal threats, ensuring that trust is never taken for granted.
We review internal processes, permissions, and workflows to uncover hidden risks before they are exploited.
We design role-based access systems that prevent privilege creep and ensure every permission has a reason.
We track, record, and review activity across critical systems to detect abnormal patterns early.
We investigate insider incidents with discretion, containing the threat and preserving evidence for compliance and legal needs.
We prepare staff at all levels to recognise risky behaviours and follow secure procedures.
We align access controls and monitoring with regulations such as SAMA, GDPR, and PCI DSS to keep operations audit ready.
When you work with us, you gain more than a cybersecurity service. You gain a strategic sentinel committed to your resilience.
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