The Identity Gap in FSI
Thai financial institutions face a unique challenge: balancing modern cloud adoption with critical legacy infrastructure. Traditional Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and Identity Providers (IdP) often fail to cover the most critical assets, leaving a massive "Blind Spot" for attackers.
Key Pain Points:
- ❌ Legacy Apps & Mainframes cannot support MFA.
- ❌ Command Line tools (PsExec, PowerShell) are invisible.
- ❌ Service Accounts (M2M) are unmanaged.
The "Unprotectable" Attack Surface
Figure 1: Percentage of typical bank assets unsupported by traditional MFA.
Total Visibility & Control
Silverfort extends modern security controls to all resources, effectively closing the gap where attackers typically move laterally (Ransomware spread).
🔒 Lateral Movement Protection
Blocks attackers using compromised credentials to move from workstation to server via Command Line (CLI) tools.
💾 Legacy & Mainframe
Enables MFA for AS/400, Mainframes, and homegrown core banking apps without code changes.
🤖 Service Account Security
Automatically discovers and protects Machine-to-Machine accounts, often the weak link in FSI networks.
Meeting Bank of Thailand (BOT) Regulations
Direct mapping of Silverfort capabilities to key BOT Cyber Hygiene and IT Risk Management regulatory requirements.
Access Control
BOT Requirement: Strong Auth
"Financial institutions must implement multi-factor authentication for access to critical systems and sensitive data."
Universal MFA for all resources, including those that don't natively support it (e.g., Core Banking).
Monitoring & Logging
BOT Requirement: Visibility
"Continuous monitoring of system access and anomaly detection to identify potential threats."
Real-time risk engine analyzes every authentication request across on-prem and cloud environments.
Cyber Resilience
BOT Requirement: Ransomware
"Measures to prevent lateral movement and contain the impact of cyber attacks like ransomware."
Blocks the use of compromised credentials for lateral movement via PsExec/Powershell/WMI.
Identity Security Compliance Readiness
Estimated improvement in audit readiness with unified identity controls.
How It Works: The "Bridge" Architecture
Silverfort sits as a transparent bridge, analyzing authentication traffic without requiring agents on servers or proxies in front of applications.
The Hidden Threat: Service Accounts
In typical FSI environments, non-human accounts (Service Accounts) often outnumber human users. They are rarely rotated and often possess high privileges.
Discovery
Silverfort automatically detects all machine-to-machine accounts.
Protection
Virtual fencing prevents service accounts from being used outside their standard behavior patterns.