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Financial services networking for secure, always-on branches

Strong segmentation, correlated threat detection and resilient links to protect financial data across branches, offices and cloud

Hermes network diagram for financial services
The challenge

Every branch is a target

Banks, credit unions, insurers and payment businesses run many branches and offices that all handle sensitive data. Each one needs to stay online for customers, keep card and account data contained, and give security teams a clear view of what is happening.

Hermes puts the same protection at every site. Card and payment systems sit on their own segments, traffic is inspected at the edge, and signals from across the estate are correlated so real threats stand out. PowerLink keeps branches trading through a carrier outage, and every site is managed from one console.

At a glance
Card and payment systems segmented
Correlated threat detection across sites
Failover links for every branch
Central logs and reports
How Hermes fits

How Hermes fits financial services

Built for distributed branches, offices and payment networks

Cardholder data scoping

Keep card and payment systems on their own segments to contain scope.

Correlated detection

Signals from every site are correlated so real threats stand out.

Branch resilience

PowerLink fails over between links so branches stay online.

Zero Trust access

Access by identity and posture for staff in branches and at home.

Data protection

AI-assisted DLP helps keep customer data from leaving the network.

Logs and reports

Central logs and reports support your audit and regulatory reviews.

Rollout

How a branch comes online

1

Model

Plan segments and access policy in the Digital Twin first.

2

Ship

The Hermes edge arrives pre-assigned to the branch.

3

Plug in

Staff connect power and the internet line. No engineer needed.

4

Operate

The branch joins the Orchestrator with the same policy as every other site.

Hardware

Runs on Hermes hardware

Every Hermes device is provisioned zero-touch and managed from the same Orchestrator

SD-WAN AI Edge Desktop

Branch SD-WAN, Layer 3 switching and edge AI in a compact desktop appliance.

SD-WAN AI Edge 24P PoE

A Layer 3 PoE+ switch and an SD-WAN edge in one unit for larger sites.

Wi-Fi 7 Access Points

Wall, desktop and ceiling access points, managed from the same Orchestrator.

FAQ

Financial services networking FAQ

Can’t find your answer? Our solutions architects are happy to help

Card and payment systems are placed on their own network segments, separated from staff and guest traffic, with firewalling and inspection at the edge of every site. Keeping those systems separate helps reduce the scope your team has to protect.

Hermes collects signals from firewalling, IDS/IPS and threat intelligence across every site and correlates them, so a pattern spread across several branches is easier to see than in separate logs.

PowerLink bonds multiple links, such as fibre, broadband and LTE or 5G, and fails over between them, so customer-facing systems stay online.

Hermes provides central logs and reports from every site that your team can use in audit and regulatory reviews. Talk to our team about your specific obligations.

Yes. Zero Trust access applies the same identity-based policy to staff in a branch, at head office or working from home.

See it on your network

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