Financial services firms — including banks, insurance companies, investment firms, and fintech startups — are prime targets for cybercriminals due to the direct monetary value of their data and transactions. The industry faces regulatory requirements from multiple frameworks including PCI DSS, SOX, GLBA, and state-level regulations like the NY DFS Cybersecurity Regulation. Sophisticated threats include account takeover, wire fraud, insider trading data theft, and increasingly AI-powered social engineering attacks targeting employees and customers.