Case Study: Montecito Bank & Trust achieves secure .bank migration and faster site performance with Cloudflare

Reinventing Banking Services With Security In Mind

Montecito Bank & Trust, a $1.2B regional bank in Central California, needed to move its website to the more secure .bank domain and meet strict industry regulations while protecting customers from phishing, spoofing, and other cyber threats. The bank sought a vendor to simplify the domain transition, implement DNSSEC, and harden the site against sophisticated attacks without sacrificing customer experience.

Cloudflare provided an all-in-one solution—DNSSEC, SSL, DDoS protection, WAF, and CDN—with automated management and customizations to meet .bank requirements. The change boosted trust and security (enabling the .bank TLD), delivered 100% clean traffic, reduced bandwidth by 70%, cut page load times by 50%, and simplified ongoing security operations.

Montecito Bank & Trust

Paul Abramson

SVP/Director of Technology, Montecito Bank & Trust