When it comes to the cloud, there is a lot at stake in the financial services industry: protecting sensitive information, regulations to adhere to, and maintaining a good reputation among customers and shareholders. This article outlines recommendations to keep your cloud data safe.

The financial sector saw 148 data breaches in 2017, with 92% of threats coming from external sources. There’s no question that security threats put your organization and your customers’ sensitive information at constant risk, potentially costing you in customer loss, diminished trust in your brand, regulatory fines, class action lawsuits, and even jail time.

Who are the biggest targets for hackers and cybercriminals? You are. Intruders are finding the holes in your network, your devices, your applications—and they are accessing your data. The majority of organizations do not have the security resources or the required security solutions in place for 24x7x365 threat detecting, monitoring and response.