Network Penetration Testing for Financial Services companies in Santa Fe
Network Penetration Testing for Financial Services in Santa Fe
Financial institutions in Santa Fe and across New Mexico operate under constant pressure from cybercriminals looking to steal sensitive data, disrupt services, or commit fraud. Banks, credit unions, wealth managers, payment processors, and insurance companies are prime targets for attacks such as malware, phishing, password attacks, SQL injection, and ransomware. Each of these attack types is designed to gain unauthorized access to customer data, payment information, and internal banking systems.
The financial impact of a successful breach is significant. In 2021, the median reported cost per data breach reached $4.24M, and that figure only reflects incidents that were publicly disclosed. For financial services, the real cost can be far higher when you factor in regulatory penalties, customer churn, fraud losses, and reputational damage—especially in close‑knit markets like Santa Fe.
To manage this risk, financial organizations need more than firewalls and policies. They need regular, independent network penetration testing—a controlled, ethical hacking exercise that simulates real attacks on internal and external networks, cloud environments, and critical financial applications. This type of security assessment helps leadership verify that controls are working, identify exploitable weaknesses, and support compliance with regulations and frameworks commonly impacting New Mexico financial institutions, such as GLBA, NYDFS Part 500 (for multi‑state institutions), PCI DSS, and FFIEC guidelines.
Santa Fe Financial Services Penetration Testing Expertise
OCD Tech provides specialized network penetration testing services for financial services companies in Santa Fe and across New Mexico. Our team combines deep technical expertise with practical knowledge of banking and financial regulations, internal control environments, and audit expectations.
We routinely assist:
Community banks and regional banks with testing branch networks, remote access, wire transfer platforms, and online banking portals.
Credit unions with assessing member‑facing systems, internal networks, and third‑party integrations.
Wealth management and investment firms with testing VPN access, trading platforms, and data rooms.
Insurance and lending companies with securing underwriting, claims, and loan processing systems.
Our penetration tests do more than generate a list of vulnerabilities. We provide clear, prioritized remediation guidance matched to your environment, risk appetite, and regulatory expectations—so boards, CISOs, and IT leadership in Santa Fe can make informed, defensible security decisions.
Network Penetration Testing Methodology
OCD Tech follows a structured, repeatable methodology that mirrors how real attackers operate, while maintaining strict control and safety. This approach is suitable for both IT security assessments and more advanced red team / assumed compromise exercises for financial institutions.
Our testing process typically includes:
Passive Reconnaissance – Quietly gathering information about your organization, infrastructure, and exposures on the internet without direct interaction.
Active Reconnaissance – Safely scanning and probing networks, systems, and applications to identify open services, misconfigurations, and potential attack paths.
Social Engineering (when in scope) – Testing how staff respond to realistic phishing or pretexting attempts, focused on high‑risk roles such as finance, operations, and IT.
Exploitation – Attempting to exploit discovered weaknesses to gain initial access, always within agreed rules of engagement and with minimal operational impact.
Post‑Exploitation – Determining what an attacker could actually do once inside: access to customer data, payment systems, or internal banking tools.
Privilege Escalation – Attempting to move from standard user access to administrator or domain‑level control, as a real attacker would.
Lateral Movement – Testing how far an attacker can move inside your environment, for example, from a compromised workstation to core banking or cardholder data systems.
Maintaining Access – Demonstrating how persistent access could be established, while ensuring no backdoors or changes remain after the engagement.
Covering Tracks – Showing how attackers might attempt to hide their activity, and evaluating whether your monitoring and logging would detect them.
Reporting & Executive Briefing – Delivering a clear, non‑technical summary for leadership, along with a detailed technical report for IT and security teams, including prioritized remediation steps and configuration review recommendations.
This methodology supports both blue team (defensive) improvements and purple team exercises, where your defenders actively learn from our offensive testing in real time.
National Reach
Although we maintain a strong presence in New Mexico, OCD Tech provides network penetration testing and cybersecurity consulting to financial services organizations across the U.S., including:
This national experience allows us to bring best practices from larger financial centers back to institutions in Santa Fe and New Mexico, helping local organizations meet the same security standards as major national banks and fintechs.
Contact Our Santa Fe Network Penetration Testing Consultants
OCD Tech provides network penetration testing, IT security assessments, and cybersecurity consulting to financial services organizations in Santa Fe and across New Mexico. If you would like to discuss how a penetration test can help protect your customers, meet regulatory expectations, and strengthen your overall security posture, please complete the form below and a member of our team will contact you.
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