Cybersecurity Consulting in Charlotte, NC

Charlotte’s financial institutions and their vendors operate under intense regulatory scrutiny. Our cybersecurity risk assessments evaluate your organization against NIST Cybersecurity Framework, FFIEC CAT, CIS Controls, and industry-specific standards. We identify vulnerabilities, quantify risk, and deliver a prioritized remediation roadmap that satisfies both your security team and your regulators.

For Charlotte fintech startups, we accelerate security maturity with gap assessments that identify the controls needed for SOC 2 certification, PCI DSS compliance, and enterprise client due diligence. For established financial institutions, we provide independent third-party assessments that satisfy board-level governance requirements and regulatory examination expectations.

Deliverables: comprehensive risk assessment report, gap analysis matrix, prioritized remediation roadmap, executive summary for board and regulatory presentation, and strategic security program plan.

Financial services operate around the clock across global markets. Attackers target after-hours windows and weekends when internal security teams are thin. Our Managed Security Service Provider offering provides continuous monitoring through a dedicated Security Operations Center staffed by analysts who understand financial services threat patterns.

We deploy Extended Detection and Response across endpoints, servers, network perimeter, cloud infrastructure, email gateways, and identity platforms. Every alert is triaged by human analysts who distinguish legitimate financial operations — overnight batch processing, international wire transfers, automated trading systems — from genuine threats. Confirmed threats are contained and eradicated with minimal disruption to business operations.

Included: 24/7/365 monitoring, XDR deployment, human-led alert triage, real-time threat containment, monthly posture reports, and quarterly executive threat briefings.

Charlotte’s financial institutions face a complex web of compliance requirements. The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act mandates safeguards for customer financial information. PCI DSS governs payment card data. SOC 2 is required by enterprise clients. FFIEC guidance shapes examination expectations. State regulations add additional requirements. We build integrated compliance programs that address all applicable frameworks.

Craig Petronella holds the CMMC Certified Registered Practitioner credential, and our team has deep expertise across financial services compliance. For Charlotte banks and credit unions, we implement GLBA safeguards, prepare for FFIEC examinations, and conduct the annual risk assessments that regulators expect. For fintech companies, we accelerate SOC 2 Type II readiness and PCI DSS certification.

Our cross-mapped approach means a single unified control framework satisfies multiple compliance mandates — reducing audit preparation time and eliminating the redundant documentation that plagues organizations subject to overlapping regulations.

Financial regulators expect regular penetration testing. FFIEC guidance, PCI DSS Requirement 11, and SOC 2 all mandate or strongly recommend independent security testing. Our penetration testing engagements simulate the tactics used by threat actors targeting Charlotte’s financial sector — from nation-state groups to financially motivated criminal organizations.

Certified testers manually probe online banking platforms, payment processing systems, mobile banking applications, internal networks, wireless infrastructure, and cloud environments. For Charlotte fintech companies, we focus on API security, payment gateway integrations, and the custom application logic that differentiates your product. Every finding is risk-ranked with clear remediation guidance.

Testing types: external network, internal network, web application, API, mobile application, wireless, social engineering, and red team engagements.

When a Charlotte financial firm discovers unauthorized access to trading systems or a fintech startup detects anomalous API calls against its payment platform, the response in the first hours determines whether the incident becomes a contained event or a headline-making breach. Craig Petronella is a licensed digital forensic examiner with 30+ years of experience leading cyber incident investigations.

Our incident response team follows NIST 800-61 methodology: preparation, detection and analysis, containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident review. For financial institutions, we coordinate with legal counsel on regulatory notification requirements including SAR filings, state breach notification, and customer communication. Our forensic methodology produces evidence that withstands regulatory scrutiny and legal proceedings.

Services: emergency response, forensic imaging and analysis, malware reverse engineering, regulatory notification support, legal coordination, and post-incident security hardening.

Charlotte’s financial institutions and fintech companies increasingly rely on cloud infrastructure for core banking, payment processing, and customer-facing applications. Misconfigured cloud environments remain a leading cause of data breaches in financial services. We assess and harden cloud deployments in AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud aligned with CIS Benchmarks, FFIEC cloud guidance, and PCI DSS requirements.

For Charlotte organizations adopting zero trust architectures, we design and implement identity-centric security models that verify every access request — regardless of network location. This approach is critical for financial firms supporting remote workforces, branch office connectivity, and third-party vendor access to sensitive systems.