Banking

Cybersecurity for Banks & Financial Services

Tier-1 grade cybersecurity tuned for Kenyan commercial, digital and corporate banks.

Sector risks

Specific risks for Banks & Financial Services

Account takeover

Credential-stuffing and phishing targeting retail and corporate online banking.

SWIFT and payment fraud

Compromised payment terminals or operators leading to fraudulent wire transfers.

Ransomware

Targeted ransomware on core banking, branch networks or ATM controllers.

Insider misuse

Privileged staff abusing access to customer data or financial systems.

Third-party risk

Compromise of vendors, fintech partners or outsourced service providers.

Regulator exposure

Gaps in audit evidence, log retention or incident reporting.

Regulatory context

What is Managed Security & SOC?

A managed SOC is a dedicated team of analysts, engineers and threat hunters who continuously monitor your endpoints, network, cloud and identity signals for malicious activity.

Market Light combines best-in-class detection technology with senior local analysts who understand the East African threat landscape, regulatory expectations and after-hours realities of running a regulated institution.

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How we secure Banks & Financial Services

Managed Security & SOC in Nairobi and East Africa

Our Security Operations Centre watches your environment around the clock — detecting,

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

A SOC continuously collects security telemetry from endpoints, servers, network devices and cloud platforms, correlates it for malicious patterns, and responds to confirmed incidents. For a Kenyan bank it also produces audit evidence for the Central Bank and supports fraud and AML teams when account-takeover or insider misuse is suspected.

Our standard SLAs are: critical alerts triaged within 15 minutes, containment actions initiated within 1 hour, and an incident report within 24 hours. Faster SLAs are available for higher tiers.

No. We extend them. The SOC handles 24/7 detection and triage, while your internal team retains ownership of business decisions, change management and stakeholder communication.

We support major EDR (CrowdStrike, Microsoft Defender, Kaspersky), SIEM (Rapid7 InsightIDR, Microsoft Sentinel), firewalls (Fortinet, Cisco, Palo Alto), cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP) and identity providers (Entra ID, Okta).

Our analysts are based in Nairobi with a follow-the-sun escalation model for overnight cover, so customer data stays within reputable jurisdictions and on platforms compliant with Kenyan data-protection law.

Pricing is based on the number of endpoints, log volume and required SLAs. Contact us for a scoped quotation.

Take command of your security posture.

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