Overview
A mid-sized financial institution in Sweden faced increasing cyber risks and stricter European regulatory requirements. We designed and deployed a full-scale Security Operations Center (SOC) with defined processes, tiered analyst teams, and continuous monitoring. The SOC improved threat detection, reduced response delays, and gave leadership better visibility into security posture while supporting ongoing compliance and business growth.
Client Background
The client is an established financial services organization in Sweden offering retail banking, credit, and fintech solutions to consumers and small businesses. As digital adoption increased, the attack surface expanded and regulatory expectations intensified. To protect customer data and maintain trust, the organization needed a centralized cybersecurity operations model aligned with European compliance standards.
Challenges
- Absence of Centralized Security Monitoring: The organization lacked a unified SOC capability, limiting real-time threat detection, alert triage, and coordinated incident response across systems.
- Expanding and Evolving Threat Landscape: Rapid cloud adoption and remote work increased exposure across endpoints, identities, and email systems, raising overall cyber risk.
- Growing Regulatory and Compliance Expectations: European financial regulations required measurable incident response metrics, audit-ready processes, and continuous visibility into security operations maturity.
Solutions
- Multi-Tiered SOC Operating Model: Implemented tiered SOC teams with global coverage, enabling continuous monitoring, faster escalation, and consistent incident handling.
- Integrated Security Technology Stack: Deployed SIEM, endpoint detection, SOAR automation, and threat intelligence integrations to improve visibility, correlation, and response accuracy.
- Standardized SOC Processes and Governance: Established runbooks, performance metrics, and maturity assessments to ensure repeatable operations and continuous SOC effectiveness improvements.
Technology in Use
Crowstrike
Splunk
Business Value Propositions
- Rapid Incident Detection and Containment: The SOC contained a business email compromise within 2 hours, minimizing potential financial and operational impact.
- Post-Incident Security Policy Strengthening: Strengthened MFA, email security, and user awareness reduced the likelihood of repeat incidents.
- Enterprise-Wide Security Readiness: The SOC became a core control for consistent threat response and financial risk management.