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FCI
A Holistic Approach toward Endpoint Security
Brian Edelman, CEO“You can do the 99 things needed to keep your systems safe, however, if you neglect one security component, you can put your entire environment at risk,” says Brian Edelman, the CEO of FCI.
For the leading cybersecurity service provider in Financial Services, FCI’s prime focus has always been on endpoint protection. They go by the principle; “If the endpoint is not secure, nothing is secure.” The company integrates best-of-breed technologies, cybersecurity best practices, industry expertise, and innovation to protect clients and their information. FCI delivers cloud-based managed endpoint and network protection.
FCI identifies unknown devices accessing enterprise systems of private data, audits endpoints, and automates the enforcement of the security settings and software to ensure that all connected devices are secure and compliant. By leveraging automation, FCI eliminates third-party risks commonly associated with security assessments.
FCI’s assessment reports provide evidence of compliance typically required during an audit, an exam, or a breach. These reports ensure that FCI clients can demonstrate proof that they adhere to regulations, cyber insurance, and information security policies.
With more than 25 years of cybersecurity experience, FCI is equipped with a repository of knowledge and expertise to stay ahead of threats and requirements to keep up with evolving regulations. The company leverages its automation platform to secure a wide range of Financial Services clients, from small firms to the largest enterprises. FCI offers end-to-end cybersecurity protection and works cooperatively with existing client resources and IT teams to deliver customized and co-managed cybersecurity solutions. “We impart our knowledge and expertise to protect our clients, respond to incidents and empower them to meet cybersecurity regulatory requirements,” says Edelman.
FCI’s evidence-based audits and logs have been key factors in breach investigations for their clients. One example a few years back happened when one of FCI’s customers was in the process of upgrading Windows7 to Windows10. This client was using Office 365, and the IT team disabled multi-factor authentication to make it easier for the upgrade. During the process, an employee used a browser to log into Office 365 and clicked on a phishing link that asked for credentials. Quickly enough, bad actors attacked the system and tricked one of the firm’s customersinto wiring them money. Having realized that the money had been stolen, the client called FCI for incident response. FCI tracked all the logs and provided them with an evidence of compliance report that helped the FBI with the information to catch the bad actors, recover the money and make sure the client was not implicated in the process.
We impart our knowledge and expertise to protect our clients, respond to incidents and empower them to meet cybersecurity regulatory requirements
With more than 25 years of cybersecurity experience, FCI is equipped with a repository of knowledge and expertise to stay ahead of threats and requirements to keep up with evolving regulations. The company leverages its automation platform to secure a wide range of Financial Services clients, from small firms to the largest enterprises. FCI offers end-to-end cybersecurity protection and works cooperatively with existing client resources and IT teams to deliver customized and co-managed cybersecurity solutions. “We impart our knowledge and expertise to protect our clients, respond to incidents and empower them to meet cybersecurity regulatory requirements,” says Edelman.
Company
FCI
Management
Brian Edelman, CEO
Description
FCI is a NIST-Based Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) that offers cybersecurity compliance enablement technologies and services. The company integrates best-of-breed technologies, cybersecurity best practices, industry expertise, and innovation to protect clients and their information. They also deliver cloud-based managed endpoint and network protection. FCI identifies unknown devices accessing enterprise systems of private data, audits endpoints, and automates the enforcement of the security settings and software to ensure that all connected devices are secure and compliant.
FCI News
FCI Launches Zero-Trust Complete – The First Truly Integrated Solution that Covers the Four Areas of Zero-Trust Cybersecurity
Brian Edelman, FCI’s Founder and CEO comments, “There’s confusion about the term Zero-Trust. You have some vendors covering one functionality and others covering a different area - this piecemeal approach to Zero-Trust does not work and confuses security professionals. We get calls from companies that experience incidents and breaches as a result of this misunderstanding.”Clarifying the definition of Zero-Trust has become critical with everyone posturing themselves as a Zero-Trust solution.
The simplified version of Zero-Trust is that you trust “no one” and “nothing” until you verify them. FCI’s recent infographic on Zero-Trust outlines that John Kindervag of Forrester originally coined the term back in 2010. Today's interpretation of Zero Trust is reinforced by Deloitte as they state, "Proper design and engineering of zero trust architectures can result in simple, modular environments and straightforward user access control and management.
The push of Zero Trust is driven by increasing numbers of cloud-based systems, remote workers, and connected devices which are constantly expanding and dissolving the network perimeter."Recent global events elevated the importance of cybersecurity across industries, boards of directors, and leadership teams. As more employees went remote and geopolitical tensions increased, so did the sophistication and frequency of attacks. Everyone went on high alert and Zero-Trust came to the forefront as a key concept to reinforce.FCI has a unique cybersecurity offering, from standalone components to a complete Zero-Trust ecosystem solution.
FCI analyzes current environments and works with clients to fill Zero-Trust gaps. FCI Zero-Trust Complete follows a NIST Framework and also differentiates by aligning with regulatory requirements like SEC, FINRA, and NYDFS to ensure increased security and compliance. Zero-Trust Complete covers the following areas:- Users: Verifying user identities to ensure only authorized users can access private data, endpoints, software, and networks.
• Endpoints: Ensuring device compliance by automating the enforcement of cybersecurity settings and endpoint protection.
• Software: Securing applications and hardening software to validate user and endpoint compliance at the time of login to systems of private data.
• Networks: Securing the network by enforcing secure and encrypted communication inside and outside corporate networks.
Zero-Trust Complete ensures that all devices are trusted, all users are verified, all networks are known, and all Software are hardened. Wrapped around Zero-Trust Complete are FCI’s Security Operation Center (SOC) Services which provide 24x7 cybersecurity monitoring and incident response support.