12 Biggest Companies That Are Making US Banking Login More Secure

According to the Wall Street Journal, the US government had issued warnings to financial institutions about bank cybersecurity and possible cyber-threats, especially asking largest players like JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo to closely monitor traffic from hackers who might be looking for pitfalls in their bank security infrastructures.

As the digital age is making everything online in every industry, the banking and finance sector is not alone and it’s on the verge of full digitalization. The very foundation of this sector lies in nurturing trust and credibility which makes cybersecurity a golden elephant in a bank’s locker room.

I am really amazed by how rapidly banks are adopting highly secured technologies to protect themselves and thereby assuring customers from critical cyberattacks. Still, the daily dragon-fire of cyber-attacks is causing loss of data, assets, and confidence of banks. The more banking expands digitally, the higher it is exposed to the cyber-threats.

Therefore, I researched leading US-based companies that are securing banking logins and their digital infrastructure from highly sophisticated cyber-attacks. The proposed list of companies is not listed in order because all of these security giants are unique in their offerings. Therefore, in this blog, the number is just a number.

The upcoming list comprises the biggest cybersecurity companies in the US which are guarding banking and financial institutions, and are making US Banking Login more secure for users:

1. Check Point Software Technologies

Established in 1993, Check Point Software Technologies develops, markets, and supports a range of products and services for information technology (IT) security.

How it facilitates banking and financial institutions?

Check Point offers integrated solutions that address the finance industry’s unique challenges ranging from advanced persistent threats, compliance, to the protection of high-value endpoints.

What’s trending about Check Point?

In its recent post on smartphone malware, the company has mentioned a sophisticated Android malware that can destroy data assets and undermine critical business architecture.

1. Palo Alto Networks

The company offers a security platform that helps enterprises, service providers, and government entities to secure their organizations by enabling applications running on their networks and by preventing breaches that stem from targeted cyber-attacks.

How it facilitates banking and financial institutions?

It provides services like Sandboxing, IDS/IPS, firewall, URL filtering, anti-malware and anti-exploit protection in a single platform. Threat mitigation—detect, analyze and prevent threats, both known and unknown, including APTs. It also provides Visibility into encrypted communications, which can hide threat communications and same cybersecurity protection in both physical appliances and virtual machines.

What’s trending about Palo Alto Networks?

A research team of Palo Alto Networks found that thousands of websites were misleading users into entering credit card information by spoofing trustworthy sites.

1. Symantec

Symantec provides security and information management solutions and operates its business on a global civilian cyber intelligence threat network. It tracks various threats across the Internet from mobile devices, endpoints, and servers across the world.

How it facilitates banking and financial institutions?

Symantec provides Host Based Protection for ATMs, prevents wrongful disclosure of confidential data, secure mobile financial data, and defends financial institutions against targeted attacks.

What’s trending about Symantec?

Symantec Principle Threat Researcher said in a post, "Two in Three Hotel Websites Leak Guest Booking Details and Allow Access to Personal Data."

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