Financial Services
In the financial sector, sensitive information is the lifeblood of your business. From client portfolios and payment instructions to transaction records and internal forecasts, your data must be secured, not just in transit or at rest, but also at the point of access.
With hybrid and remote working now firmly established across the industry, financial professionals increasingly connect from locations outside their organization’s control. This includes home offices, hotel rooms, client sites, and co-working spaces, each presenting different security profiles.
Loxada empowers financial services firms to close security gaps by directly securing the uncontrolled network edge – the routers and network infrastructure outside your direct control that staff use when accessing data and systems remotely.
This protection reduces data and compliance risks from outside your IT perimeter.
Why Network Edge Risk Matters
Many firms have invested in cloud platforms, encryption, and secure endpoints. But the connection between the user and your systems, the network edge, often remains vulnerable.
Most off-the-shelf routers:
- Ship with outdated or unpatched firmware
- Use default credentials or insecure configurations
- Can be reset to factory defaults, erasing security settings
- Offer no network separation, allowing lateral threats
- Provide no remote visibility or management for your IT team
That means a staff member reviewing client records from home or accessing a trading system from a disaster recovery site may be doing so through infrastructure that poses a material risk to your data and compliance obligations.
Frameworks such as NIST, FFIEC, and SEC guidance increasingly expect firms to secure infrastructure, not just software. The SEC’s 2023 updates to cybersecurity rules make clear that organizations must demonstrate reasonable oversight of the systems used to access data, particularly when working remotely.
An Expanding Threat Surface
The financial sector remains a top target for cybercriminals, but the nature of the threat is evolving.
With the growth of Hacking-as-a-Service (HaaS), attackers no longer need deep technical skills to compromise routers or edge devices. They can rent scanning tools, buy access to breached infrastructure, or deploy automated attacks with minimal effort.
Add to this the rise of AI-powered phishing kits, automated reconnaissance, and vulnerability exploitation scripts, and the scale of the risk increases dramatically.
Common attack methods targeting network edge devices include:
- DNS hijacking, redirecting users to spoofed portals
- Man-in-the-Middle attacks, intercepting encrypted traffic before a VPN activates
- Lateral movement, allowing malware from one device to jump across the local network
- Router compromise, giving attackers persistent access to traffic or authentication data
These threats do not require a breach of your platform, they exploit the infrastructure someone uses to reach it. And they are invisible to most endpoint or VPN monitoring.
How Loxada Reduces Network Edge Risk
Loxada removes network edge uncertainty by providing fully managed, pre-configured secure devices built for sensitive environments. This ensures consistent, trusted connectivity for every remote worker.
Each device:
- Runs Loxada’s proprietary secure firmware
- Maintains a permanent, encrypted VPN connection to a known endpoint
- Receives automatic, verified updates, no patching needed by the user
- Blocks access to malicious domains using threat intelligence feeds
- Prevents firmware rollback, even after a factory reset
There’s no software to install, no configuration needed, and no dependence on users to maintain updates. You get a secure, consistent edge, every time, everywhere.
Supporting Compliance-Driven Workflows
Loxada is designed to align with the needs of regulated, risk-aware financial organizations.
We help you:
- Demonstrate compliance with SEC, FFIEC, and internal audit expectations
- Extend access controls to remote and hybrid working environments
- Reduce reliance on user-managed or third-party-provided infrastructure
- Standardize security posture across all locations without complexity
The device becomes part of your IT and compliance toolkit, a physical extension of your internal controls, delivered to wherever your team is working.
Examples of Practical Deployment
- Wealth managers and advisors accessing sensitive client data from home
- Trading teams using short-term or backup locations during outages
- Analysts and compliance teams preparing reports from hotels or shared offices
- M&A or due diligence teams operating on-site at client facilities
- Consultants and contractors who require access to secure internal systems
In each case, the Loxada router ensures that network traffic is protected from the moment it leaves the user’s device, not just once it reaches your core systems.
Why Financial Services Firms Choose Loxada
- Supports compliance with evolving regulatory guidance
- Quick to deploy at scale, with no user training required
- Eliminates risk from unmanaged routers and third-party networks
- Integrates with existing tools, including VPNs, secure web gateways, and identity platforms
- Reduces operational risk while enabling flexibility for your teams
Loxada allows you to extend trust to wherever work happens, protecting sensitive workflows without slowing them down.