How Expel MDR protects your customers and capital

MDR · 3 MIN READ · SARAH CRONE · MAR 3, 2025

TL;DR

• Financial orgs must maintain trust to keep customers, so they need trustworthy cybersecurity, too
• Expel can help minimize financial and reputation damage, reduce alert fatigue, strengthen regulatory confidence, and more
• Trust Expel to secure trust, protect your customers and capital, and keep you ahead of cybercriminals

Cybercriminals tend to follow the money—so it’s no surprise financial institutions and banks are targeted the most of any industry. The stakes couldn’t be higher for security teams that are stretched thin, drowning in alerts, and facing a cybersecurity talent shortage–all while trying to keep up with the latest regulatory requirements. 

When you work in finance, trust lies at the heart of your business. Every time a customer shares financial data—whether it’s credit card numbers, routing information, or personal data—they’re placing their trust in you. Protecting that trust is a responsibility you and your team carry every day.

So with cyber threats evolving daily, how can financial organizations maintain trust, and achieve resilience in the face of adversaries?  

(Hint: Expel can help!)

A modern approach to financial cybersecurity: 24×7 monitoring by Expel

Expel delivers managed detection and response (MDR) designed to protect financial institutions from sophisticated threats while reducing operational burden. We cover common financial services use cases, like helping secure new environments during a merger or acquisition, or providing you with the necessary functionality you need to qualify for cybersecurity insurance. We have a large portfolio of finance and banking customers, like Visa and Affirm, and understand your business in a way that few MDRs do.

So how can we help? Our expert analysts monitor your environment 24×7, detecting and responding to incidents before they escalate into full-blown breaches. By partnering with Expel, financial institutions can:

• Minimize financial and reputational damage with rapid response to cyber threats.
• Reduce alert fatigue by offloading manual investigation and triage.
• Strengthen regulatory confidence with robust reporting and cost-effective data retention solutions.
• Gain deep security visibility across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments.

Why financial institutions choose Expel

24×7 monitoring and protection

Cybercriminals don’t operate on a nine-to-five schedule, and neither do we. Expel’s SOC acts as an extension of your security team, responding to threats within minutes, not hours. Stay informed in real time via Slack and Expel Workbench™, where you’ll receive clear guidance on what happened, what’s being done, and how to prevent similar incidents in the future.

Bridging the talent and skills gap

Hiring, training, and retaining cybersecurity talent is a massive challenge. With Expel, you don’t have to. Our security experts handle detection, investigation, and response, allowing your team to focus on strategic initiatives. With a 91% analyst retention rate over two years, we ensure consistent, high-quality security operations—so you’re never left unprotected.

Deep cloud coverage

Financial institutions are rapidly adopting cloud technologies—but with innovation comes risk. Expel provides deep visibility across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle (OCI), and SaaS applications, detecting threats like privilege abuse and API misuse. Our industry-leading cloud security offers some of the broadest and deepest coverage in the industry and ensures financial organizations can embrace digital transformation securely.

Advanced identity threat protection

Identity is the new perimeter. Expel integrates with leading identity platforms to detect unauthorized access, credential misuse, and suspicious logins. By proactively identifying identity threats, we help financial institutions prevent account takeovers before they impact customers and reputation.

Proactive threat hunting and continuous improvement

Expel doesn’t just wait for alerts—we hunt for threats. Using MITRE ATT&CK-aligned techniques, we can identify unusual logins, behavioral anomalies, and emerging tactics, while continuously refining detection logic to strengthen your security posture.

Secure trust, protect capital, stay ahead

With customer trust being so vital to your business, financial institutions can’t afford cybersecurity missteps. Expel delivers the expertise, technology, and around-the-clock monitoring needed to keep your organization secure. With deep cloud coverage, identity protection, and hypothesis-based threat hunting, Expel is the MDR partner financial organizations trust to safeguard their customers and capital.