Bug Bounty Style Penetration Testing For A Wealth Intelligence Company

Confronted by emerging cyber threats, this FinTech firm teamed with InterSec to adopt a bug bounty program. By incentivizing discoveries of critical vulnerabilities, they rapidly neutralized threats, reinforced investor confidence, and implemented a cost-efficient security strategy.

Background

With over 20 years of FinTech expertise, this Wealth Intelligence Company empowers fundraising, marketing, and business development professionals to expand their reach and enrich prospect pipelines. By delivering data-driven insights, they enable organizations to thrive in a competitive market and make informed, impactful decisions.
The Client
A FinTech Giant
Industry
Finance

Overview

Combating ever-evolving cyber threats with limited resources demanded a strategy that prioritized and validated the most serious issues rather than spreading funds across trivial or theoretical vulnerabilities.

  • Intense Cyber Attacks: Financial data is an attractive target for well-funded adversaries
  • Resource Efficiency: Needed to invest strategically in the most critical vulnerabilities
  • Investor Confidence: Showed potential backers robust defenses were in place

The Challenge

Combating ever-evolving cyber threats with limited resources demanded a strategy that prioritized and validated the most serious issues rather than spreading funds across trivial or theoretical vulnerabilities.

  • Intense Cyber Attacks: Financial data is an attractive target for well-funded adversaries
  • Resource Efficiency: Needed to invest strategically in the most critical vulnerabilities
  • Investor Confidence: Showed potential backers robust defenses were in place

Approach and Strategy

InterSec designed a bug bounty program that incentivized ethical hackers to identify critical flaws first, ensuring the client’s limited budget went toward real, demonstrable threat reduction.

  • Focused Scope Definition: Prioritized mission‐critical systems like payment gateways
  • Rapid Vulnerability Triage: Promptly escalated validated high‐risk findings for immediate action
  • Transparent Reporting: Provided detailed insights to both technical teams and executive stakeholders

Solution & Implementation

We blended targeted Pentesting with internal collaboration, guaranteeing that each discovered vulnerability was resolved quickly and accurately, thus reinforcing trust among investors and customers.

  • Penetration Testing & Reporting: Verified root causes and advised step‐by‐step corrections
  • Remediation Collaboration: Guided client teams on patch deployment and policy updates
  • Ongoing Oversight: Kept ethical hackers engaged for consistent vulnerability checks

Results / Outcomes

By focusing on verified, high‐impact flaws, the company drastically reduced its exposure to significant threats and conveyed a credible security stance to investors.

  • Addressed the biggest risks with minimal spend thereby reducing critical vulnerabilities by 75%
  • Stopped major exploits before they impacted operations
  • Clear demonstration of proactive and cost‐effective security practices

Results / Outcomes

By focusing on verified, high‐impact flaws, the company drastically reduced its exposure to significant threats and conveyed a credible security stance to investors.

  • Addressed the biggest risks with minimal spend thereby reducing critical vulnerabilities by 75%
  • Stopped major exploits before they impacted operations
  • Clear demonstration of proactive and cost‐effective security practices

Capabilities Demonstrated

Penetration Testing via Bug Bounty Program, High-Impact Vulnerability Prioritization, Rapid Triage & Remediation of Verified Threats, Cost-Effective AppSec Model, Building Stakeholder/Investor Confidence

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