Financial Services Monitoring Needs
Financial organizations must ensure trading platforms, banking systems, payment processing, and customer portals remain available. Downtime in financial services directly impacts revenue and regulatory compliance.
Financial services have some of the strictest uptime requirements, often committing to 99.99% or higher availability in customer agreements.
Regulatory Requirements
Financial organizations must comply with regulations like PCI DSS, SOX, GDPR, and regional financial regulations. Monitoring solutions must support compliance through audit logging, access controls, and data protection.
Uptime monitoring helps demonstrate compliance by providing documented evidence of system availability and incident response capabilities.
Security Considerations
Financial services are high-value targets for attacks. Monitoring should detect not just downtime, but also performance anomalies that might indicate security incidents. Integrate monitoring with security tools for comprehensive protection.
Critical Systems
- Trading platforms and market data feeds
- Banking systems and account management
- Payment processing and gateways
- Customer portals and mobile apps
- API endpoints for integrations
Related Resources
Best Practices - Monitoring best practices
Uptime vs Security Monitoring - Security considerations