Case Study: Financial Services Firm achieves greater network visibility and control with OPAQ Security-as-a-Service

Financial Services Firm - Customer Case Study

Financial Services Firm respondents in a 451 Research study commissioned by OPAQ face constrained security teams (avg. 4–5 FTEs), distributed networks (3–5 branch offices) and significant spending on network security (avg. $203.8k, 39% of IT security budgets) yet still report low visibility and control over remote users, mobile devices, branches, IoT and third parties. Legacy infrastructure (71%), budget limits (56%) and heavy staff time spent managing security (21–60 hours/week for 87% of respondents) were cited as the biggest barriers to improving network security.

OPAQ positions network security-as-a-service as the solution to these gaps, and the 451 Research findings show strong demand: 84% of Financial Services Firm respondents plan to adopt security-as-a-service within 12 months and 80% prefer it over on-premise or MSSP options. The study highlights clear priorities for OPAQ’s model — threat management (77%), branch office enablement (76%) and on‑demand security for M&A (59%) — underscoring measurable intent to shift to OPAQ’s service to improve visibility, control and operational efficiency.