Cybersecurity and Risk Technology for Financial Firms

Our cybersecurity and risk advisory solutions provide award-winning cybersecurity program support that helps clients uncover critical risks, build robust programs, and identify deficiencies in their cybersecurity policies, procedures, and controls. Backed by our team’s real-world cyber and IT experience, and proprietary tools and methodologies, our products are designed to help cybersecurity, compliance, and privacy leaders confidently meet new regulatory requirements and effectively assess and advise on cyber risk remediation. 

Our services include regulatory readiness assessments, cyber policy development, cyber portfolio oversight, risk assessments, vendor due diligence, penetration testing, incident response plan testing and review, privacy assessments, and staff training. 

Financial institutions handle sensitive financial and personal data, making them attractive targets for cybercriminals. Robust cybersecurity programs and oversight are essential to protect a firm’s data, preventing financial losses, and ensuring compliance with relevant regulations.

We partner with firms to interpret and respond to evolving regulatory expectations. Our team works closely with clients to translate complex regulations into actionable strategies for key authorities including:

• SEC
• FINRA
• NFA
• FCA
• DIFC
• EU Commission
• DFSA

We provide continuous support on a wide range of cybersecurity activities—from risk assessments, staff training, threat and vulnerability monitoring, and on-call advisory support. Our team stays abreast of the latest threat intelligence and regulatory changes, ensuring that your cybersecurity program can stay ahead of evolving regulatory expectations and market changes.

We help manage third-party cyber and information security risk, an increasingly critical responsibility for cybersecurity and compliance leaders. ACA Aponix offers a variety of due diligence solutions to ensure that you understand the cybersecurity risks associated with each vendor. We can also help you create and validate your third-party risk management program.

We are a cybersecurity advisory service that provides a comprehensive range of cybersecurity consulting, independent oversight, testing, assessments, and cybersecurity program enhancements. Our solutions are tailored to the client’s environment, enabling them to meet evolving regulatory requirements and meet demanding investor expectations.

Our team of over 70 cybersecurity professionals have a unique mix of real-world cyber experience (including former CISOs/CTOs), technical expertise, and regulatory knowledge that allows Aponix to provide the highest quality service and advice, designed specifically for the financial services industry.

Our cybersecurity solutions are designed to proactively assess risk, identify gaps in policies and procedures, and controls. We can also test critical cybersecurity defenses and provide alerts on new and emerging threats.

ACA has been a leading voice in helping firms respond to the unique risks that AI tools and technology present. We have hosted numerous webinars in collaboration with trade associations and other companies that provided our clients with unique insights on the topic. We also launched the first survey for the compliance profession on AI risks, opportunities, and risk management practices, creating unique and quantitative insights. 

Most importantly, we have rapidly evolved our product offerings to ensure they are AI-ready. This includes:

• Developing a pan-ACA AI Risk Assessment to ensure that the cyber, information security, and regulatory concerns of AI are rigorously evaluated and understood.
• Updating our guidance around cyber policies and procedures, including acceptable use policies, to ensure they meet the new risks and challenges of AI.
• Enhancing our vendor due diligence and third-party risk management products so that they capture the risks posed by vendors using
• Adding AI risks into our training modules to help our clients raise awareness about AI risks throughout their organizations.