Overview
The security requirements of financial institutions are changing rapidly. DORA, MAS TRM and the UK Operational Resilience Regime are raising expectations for continuous security enforcement and third-party oversight. At the same time, AI is accelerating the scale and sophistication of cyber threats, while hybrid environments are expanding the number of users, applications and access points that need protection.
This IDC spotlight paper examines how Managed SASE can help financial institutions address these challenges through continuous policy enforcement, Zero Trust access, AI-native security and unified visibility.
Key insights
| 40.8% | 55.3% | 85.6% | 42.1% |
| of financial services institutions plan to operate SASE in a hybrid configuration in 2026. | are prioritizing cloud-native security technologies over the next 24 months. | prefer a complete SASE solution from a single vendor. | estimated their cost of damages from network-related attacks and disruptions to be over $100,000. |
*Source: IDC's 2026 SASE Buyer Adoption Survey
Operational resilience
Understand how continuous security controls and unified policy enforcement can support evolving regulatory requirements.
AI-driven threats
Explore the security implications of AI-speed attacks and emerging agentic AI identities.
Hybrid SSE
Learn why hybrid security architectures are becoming increasingly important for financial institutions.
Managed SASE
Understand how managed services can help address security complexity, skills shortages and 24×7 operational requirements.
Strengthening security across the modern BFSI environment
Financial institutions need security that can operate consistently across complex hybrid environments. HCLTech and Palo Alto Networks combine cloud-native SASE technology with managed cybersecurity, network transformation and BFSI expertise. Palo Alto Networks’ Prisma SASE brings together SD-WAN, ZTNA, SWG, CASB, DLP, enterprise browsing and AI-powered security to enable unified policy enforcement and protection across users, devices, applications and locations.
HCLTech brings the managed services expertise to deploy, operate and continuously optimize these capabilities at scale. Its BFSI-focused capabilities include security posture assessment, 24×7 security operations, unified observability, automation and vertical-specific SASE configurations.
Together, HCLTech and Palo Alto Networks provide financial institutions with an integrated approach to strengthening operational resilience, supporting regulatory requirements and simplifying security across hybrid environments.
