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Why sector context matters
Different industries face unique adversaries. A red team engagement must reflect the threat model, compliance constraints, and operational realities of each sector to produce meaningful results.
FinTech and banking
Financial services operate in a high-stakes landscape. Recent reporting shows nearly 27% of cyberattacks targeting banks and fintechs, with average breach costs around $5.9 million. Red teaming here must cover regulatory obligations and modern finance technology such as blockchain integrations and complex payment flows.
Crypto and blockchain
Cryptocurrency firms face highly capable theft groups. While the number of incidents has fluctuated, damage has surged into the billions annually, with average losses per incident climbing sharply. Red teams must emulate attacks on exchanges, wallets, and API workflows, and validate how keys and funds are protected across the stack.
Industrial and OT environments
OT networks blend legacy control systems with modern IT. Many ICS devices were never designed with security in mind, making them attractive targets once attackers breach the IT perimeter. Threat-led testing here focuses on IT-to-OT pivoting, safety impacts, and resilience of critical processes.
Choosing a partner that understands your threat model
Ask about prior engagements in similar environments and require evidence of sector-specific expertise. The most effective providers bring senior operators who can tailor adversary simulation to the realities of your business, from supply chain risk in SaaS ecosystems to espionage concerns in defense industries.
When threat emulation aligns to industry context, you uncover the worst-case paths before adversaries do.
Sector-specific rigor is non-negotiable
Critical industries demand precise threat emulation. For financial services, the engagement must reflect regulatory expectations, data protection requirements, and the realities of high-value payment flows. For crypto and blockchain, teams must test wallet custody models, key management, and exchange workflows under adversary pressure.
In industrial and OT environments, the emphasis shifts to safety, availability, and IT-to-OT pivot risks. A red team should simulate realistic lateral movement while staying within strict operational constraints.
Where service depth matters most
- Advanced adversary simulation: Link threat intelligence to realistic chains of attack in Adversary Simulation and Red Team.
- Infrastructure and cloud resilience: Validate complex estates through Infrastructure Testing.
- OT and critical systems: For hybrid environments, align testing with ICS Testing.
For a full picture of how threat-led engagements are structured, start with Adversary Simulation and Red Team and view our methodology here before mapping it to your sector-specific risks.
Ultimately, the right partner brings industry context, operational maturity, and a threat-led mindset to expose the real risk paths that matter most.