The financial sector is under constant cyber assault—from phishing and ransomware to insider threats and sophisticated fraud schemes. Whether you're part of a bank, fintech startup, or regulatory body, understanding how to secure financial systems and protect customer data is more important than ever. This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.

Cybersecurity in Finance is your complete, hands-on guide to navigating this digital battleground. Designed for professionals across finance, IT, and risk management, this course walks you through both the threat landscape and the actionable techniques you can use to safeguard your institution.

You’ll begin by examining the most common cyber threats targeting banks and financial institutions, illustrated through real-world case studies and high-profile attacks. From there, we dive into encryption basics, secure financial transactions, mobile banking threats, and the role of technologies like SSL/TLS and blockchain in modern security.

You’ll also explore strategies for data privacy, multi-factor authentication, cloud security, and regulatory compliance frameworks such as GDPR, PCI DSS, and SOX. These aren’t just checkboxes—they’re practices you’ll learn to implement, assess, and align with your business operations.

The course goes further by teaching risk assessment techniques, how to design incident response plans, and how to recover from breaches while maintaining customer trust. We’ll look at disaster recovery, zero trust architecture, and how to train your teams to avoid common cybersecurity mistakes.

In the final sections, you'll explore future trends such as AI in fraud detection, blockchain's evolving role in security, and how to stay ahead of emerging cyber threats.

Finally, you’ll complete a Final Project where you’ll design a cybersecurity strategy tailored to a fictional finance company—putting your knowledge into practice in a professional scenario.

By the end of this course, you'll not only understand the risks—you'll know how to manage them, mitigate them, and build a more secure financial environment.