Case Study: a US financial advisor firm strengthens retirement platform security with ScienceSoft

US Financial Advisor Firm finds 10 vulnerabilities in 2 weeks with ScienceSoft

The customer, a US financial advisor firm, faced the challenge of ensuring the security of its retirement planning web application and evaluating its employees' cybersecurity awareness. They engaged the vendor, ScienceSoft, for its expertise in investment software security to perform comprehensive penetration testing and social engineering simulations.

ScienceSoft conducted black box penetration testing of the application and network, as well as simulated phishing and vishing attacks. The solution revealed several vulnerabilities and provided pragmatic remediation measures. As a result, the customer received a detailed report on security risks and actionable advice to quickly fortify its cyber defenses. Satisfied with the results, the customer plans to engage ScienceSoft for future security testing projects.