DNS filtering engineered for investment management firms. Protect trading platforms from cyber manipulation, ensure SEC compliance, secure client portfolio data, and prevent material non-public information leaks through unauthorized channels.
Investment management firms handle some of the most sensitive financial data in the world. Client portfolio positions, pending trades, investment strategies, and material non-public information create an irresistible target for cybercriminals, nation-state actors, and competitors seeking unfair market advantages.
The SEC has dramatically increased its focus on investment adviser cybersecurity, requiring registered firms to adopt and implement comprehensive cybersecurity policies. DNS filtering provides a foundational network-level control that demonstrates due diligence in protecting client assets and sensitive trading data.
Our content classification team maintains dedicated coverage of cybercrime groups targeting investment firms. We track domains used in business email compromise campaigns against fund administrators, restricted content infrastructure mimicking prime brokers and custodians, and watering hole attacks on financial news and research sites frequented by portfolio managers.
The 90-million-domain database includes granular categorization for investment-specific content risks: fake trading platforms, fraudulent fund administrator portals, malicious market data feeds, unauthorized encrypted messaging services, and domains associated with insider trading communication networks.
Sub-millisecond filtering latency ensures that DNS security never interferes with time-sensitive trading operations. Our infrastructure is designed for the zero-tolerance latency environment of electronic trading, where microseconds matter and any delay can result in significant financial impact.
Protecting client assets and market integrity in an increasingly hostile web landscape
The SEC's proposed cybersecurity rules for investment advisers mandate specific controls including incident reporting, risk assessments, and documented policies. DNS filtering provides auditable evidence of proactive content filtering that satisfies examiner expectations during regulatory reviews.
Material non-public information about pending acquisitions, earnings, or large block trades is extraordinarily valuable. bad actors and unscrupulous employees use encrypted messaging, personal email, and file-sharing services to exfiltrate MNPI. DNS filtering blocks unauthorized communication channels.
DNS manipulation can redirect order routing, corrupt market data feeds, or intercept trade confirmations. A compromised DNS resolution for your OMS, EMS, or prime broker portal could result in misdirected trades worth millions, failed settlements, and regulatory scrutiny.
BEC attacks targeting fund administrators and wire transfer personnel have resulted in massive losses across the industry. DNS filtering blocks access to lookalike domains used in these attacks, preventing employees from reaching fraudulent portals designed to harvest credentials or redirect wire instructions.
Investment firms depend on dozens of third-party services: custodians, administrators, data providers, and technology vendors. Each vendor connection represents a potential DNS-resolvable attack vector. Filtering ensures only authorized vendor domains are accessible from your trading network.
Investor PII, account balances, tax documents, and investment preferences are prime targets for identity theft and social engineering. DNS filtering prevents unauthorized access to client data by blocking restricted content, unsafe content command channels, and data leakage tunnels at the network level.
Engineered for the speed and precision that financial markets demand
Sub-millisecond DNS resolution ensures filtering never impacts trade execution speed. Dedicated infrastructure for trading floor networks with guaranteed performance SLAs during market hours.
Strict allowlist policies for trading desks permitting only approved market data, OMS/EMS, and prime broker domains. Block all personal email, messaging, social media, and file-sharing services from trading networks.
Pre-built compliance reports aligned with SEC examination priorities. Demonstrate cybersecurity policy implementation, incident prevention metrics, and access control enforcement for regulatory reviews.
Track and control DNS access to communication platforms. Ensure all business communications occur through approved, archivable channels as required by SEC recordkeeping rules for electronic communications.
Dedicated filtering profiles for market data terminal networks. Ensure Bloomberg Terminal, Reuters Eikon, and other financial data services resolve to authentic servers, preventing man-in-the-middle attacks on market data.
Enhanced monitoring during non-market hours when legitimate trading activity is minimal. Detect unusual DNS patterns that may indicate unauthorized access, data leakage, or insider risk activity outside normal business hours.
Securing the financial ecosystem from trade execution to client reporting
A multi-billion dollar hedge fund implemented trading floor DNS lockdown allowing only approved market data, execution, and research domains. Within the first month, the system blocked 3,200 attempts to access unauthorized communication channels from trading desks, providing compliance evidence that prevented a potential SEC enforcement action during an ongoing examination.
A registered investment adviser managing $5 billion in client assets deployed DNS filtering across all offices to meet SEC Regulation S-P requirements. The solution blocked restricted content campaigns impersonating their custodian, prevented access to malicious lookalike domains, and provided the documented cybersecurity controls needed to pass their annual SEC examination.
A private equity firm used DNS filtering to create isolated network zones for deal teams working on confidential acquisitions. Only approved document sharing, data room, and communication domains were accessible from deal team workstations, preventing any possibility of MNPI leakage through unauthorized channels during sensitive transaction negotiations.
A family office managing ultra-high-net-worth client assets deployed DNS filtering as a cost-effective security layer without needing a large IT team. The managed solution blocks content risks, controls web access, and generates compliance reports automatically, providing institutional-grade security appropriate for the concentrated wealth and limited staff typical of family office environments.
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