Securing Global Finance: CTEM & Offensive Security

The Challenge

Operating in a high-risk, high-trust domain, the organization was faced with several cybersecurity challenges inherent to its scale and complexity:

A growing portfolio of digital assets and APIs across business units that needed continuous validation for security risks
Strict regulatory mandates across different countries requiring ongoing penetration testing and validation
A decentralized infrastructure that made it difficult to consistently identify and prioritize the most critical exposures
The need to move beyond point-in-time testing to a more continuous, adaptive security validation model

TThe organization sought a security partner capable of delivering comprehensive offensive security services aacross all environments while embedding a proactive and scalable exposure management strategy into their digital risk lifecycle.

Solutions Used

Infopercept’s Offensive Security and CTEM (Continuous Threat Exposure Management) teams engaged with the organization to deliver an end-to-end, continuous security validation program. Key elements included:

Offensive Security Services

Web Application Testing: Over 500+ critical internal and external web applications tested annually
Mobile Application Testing: Regular testing of Android/iOS apps used by millions of global users
API Security Testing: Continuous assessment of over 1,200 internal and public-facing APIs, with special focus on authorization, injection flaws, and business logic
Cloud Penetration Testing: Testing across multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) aligned with CIS Benchmarks and real-world attacker tactics
Dynamic and Static Application Security Testing (DAST + SAST): Integrated with CI/CD pipelines to ensure vulnerabilities are caught early in the SDLC

Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM)

Attack Surface Discovery: Mapping the organization’s entire external attack surface using advanced reconnaissance and threat intel
Prioritized Exposure Validation: Weekly adversary simulation cycles that replicate the latest TTPs (MITRE ATT&CK-aligned) to validate real-world exploitability of exposures
Exposure Scoring and Reporting: Custom dashboards and monthly reports categorizing exposures by business impact, exploitability, and remediation feasibility
Feedback into Patch and DevOps: Findings were integrated back into vulnerability management and DevSecOps pipelines for faster remediation

Global Offensive Security at Scale

Conducted 2,500+ security tests across 60+ global business units in one year
Discovered and helped remediate 1,400+ critical and high-severity vulnerabilities
Enabled shift-left testing by integrating SAST/DAST into 30+ agile development pipelines
Maintained an average SLA of <72 hours for reporting critical issues
Identified 75+ broken object-level authorization flaws across APIs, reducing data exposure risks

CTEM-Driven Exposure Reduction

Mapped entire digital attack surface across multiple regions, brands, and subsidiaries
Conducted bi-weekly exposure validation campaigns, focusing on high-risk assets
Reduced overall mean time to remediate (MTTR) critical exposures by 47%
Enabled board-level visibility into exposure trends and attack simulations through curated CTEM reporting

Executive Quote

“IWe operate in a landscape where both the complexity of our infrastructure and the sophistication of threats are constantly evolving. Infopercept’s offensive security program has helped us move from reactive testing to a continuously validated security model. Their CTEM approach ensures that we’re not just fixing issues—we’re fixing the right issues first.”

— Global Head of Information Security, Leading Financial Services Institution

Conclusion

Through its robust offensive testing and CTEM program, Infopercept has helped this global financial leader evolve from periodic testing to continuous security validation—embedding offensive thinking into their digital DNA. The result is not just a stronger security posture, but a more agile, data-driven, and threatresilient enterprise.

Securing Global Finance

Customer Business Snapshot