Innovate, Secure, and Transform Financial Services

Basic web application attacks are the most common method used in data breaches at financial institutions,⁴ meaning applications need greater security to prevent vulnerabilities from being exploited. Frequently, security is enabled when applications move to production, leading to false positives for the security team. Integrating security into the development lifecycle in the form of a SaaS-based or self-managed WAF can proactively protect against vulnerabilities, enabling more effective security without delaying releases.

Fraud is also a concern, as attackers use bots and automation to bypass security tools. Organizations struggle to balance security and ease-of-use, as anti-fraud technologies can be frustrating for customers. Artificial intelligence and machine learning can be used to identify and stop bots, even ones sophisticated enough to emulate human behavior. AI trained on verified human data allows it to identify fraud and share insights with fraud management teams.

In order to innovate quickly and bring new products to market, financial services organizations need a secure, scalable digital platform for applications that can provide the computational power for analytics and reporting. Cloud computing offers the speed and performance to innovate at scale, including managing containerized applications and multiple clouds.

Integrating app performance, security, and compliance directly into the DevOps automation pipeline can help bring new applications to market faster while minimizing developer downtime. Optimizing the digital transformation journey can reduce technical debt, improve visibility, and help the process run smoothly.

Customers deal with a number of financial institutions, and open banking streamlines sharing data between them. APIs allow networking between different accounts, but legacy core banking can’t always keep up, causing latency issues. For open banking to work well, organizations must reduce the response times for API calls and increase scale to handle millions or even billions of operations per day.

In addition, APIs are another connection that must be secured, making real-time API management a must to define and apply security policies. An API gateway can also supply authentication and traffic management to secure the connection.

F5 solutions help you modernize applications, manage APIs, and secure sensitive data. With AI, machine learning, and real-time monitoring, you can prevent credential stuffing, account takeover attacks that lead to fraud, as well as denial-of-service attacks. F5’s WAF solutions can be integrated into your CI/CD pipeline to protect applications without delaying releases. API management enables open banking with performance and security, facilitating rapid innovation without compromising security or adding user friction.

Google Cloud is a flexible, secure cloud provider that embraces open source. It’s also incredibly multi-cloud friendly, providing pioneering capabilities around Kubernetes as well as big data and analytics. Google Cloud also prioritizes security; the platform’s strong security and cutting-edge encryption allow companies to safely store and analyze sensitive personally identifiable information. Open banking APIs, regulatory reporting, and high-performance analytics help you grow revenue while reducing risk.

Together, F5 and Google Cloud can help you offer new digital experiences at scale while protecting your customers through improved security, resilience, and performance in reducing costs and maintaining compliance.