Case Study: New York City-based Savings Bank achieves proactive DDoS detection and uninterrupted service with Binary Defense Counterintelligence

Binary Defense Counterintelligence Helps Thwart Cyberattack

The New York City-based Savings Bank, a long-established financial institution with over 250 branches and 5,000 employees (and $50M+ in assets), was frequently targeted by cyber threats and lacked around-the-clock monitoring and counterintelligence expertise. To close that gap, the bank engaged Binary Defense, adopting its Security Operations Center (SOC) for SIEM monitoring and the Binary Defense Counterintelligence (CI) service.

Binary Defense’s CI team provided 24/7 proactive monitoring across the darknet, clearnet and social media, detected chatter about a planned DDoS attack and issued a two-week warning. Using that intelligence plus continuous SIEM oversight from Binary Defense, the bank implemented mitigations, avoided service disruption to customer-facing systems, tightened its security posture, and continues to report greater peace of mind and no major breaches.