Many financial services firms have embarked on digital transformation and cloud-computing adoption to increase productivity and enhance customer experience, but business operations and reputations are on the line if proper cybersecurity threat protection protocols are not implemented. And because firms in this industry store, transmit, and process a large magnitude of sensitive information through web applications and portals, they are a perfect target for cybercriminals to exploit. The combination of these facts – along with the growth in demand from customers, business partners and investors for any time / anywhere access to their financial information, as well as the considerable regulatory, business and technological changes in financial services environments today – has increased the need for secure networks and infrastructure. Common Attack Vectors Cybercriminals are increasingly exploiting IoT blind spots, privacy loopholes for mobile and cloud jacking, and network / software vulnerabilities to gain access to valuable information. According to