Report by Nile
The State of Networking, Security & AI in Financial Services
Key Findings
57% of financial services organizations experience monthly or more frequent network disruptions that affect customer transactions, trading activity, digital banking access, or internal operations.
59.3% of financial services organizations report a moderate to significant manual burden to maintain audit readiness.
79.5% of financial services organizations rely on manual intervention for threat detection and containment.
46.6% of financial services organizations already deploy AI-driven tools or plan to adopt them within the next 12–18 months.
24.2% of financial services organizations identify cybersecurity and regulatory risk as the top ongoing network challenges.
20.5% of financial services organizations automatically detect and quarantine threats in real time.
Only one in five financial services organizations report advanced capabilities in any individual area such as automated containment, Zero Trust, audit reporting, third-party segmentation, or continuous visibility.
19% of financial services organizations use automated reporting and policy enforcement to maintain audit readiness.
21% of financial services organizations fully segment third-party access with enforced policy controls.
18.6% of financial services organizations fully enforce Zero Trust across their networks.
72.4% of financial services organizations would consider a secure Network-as-a-Service model.