Financial services organisations remain among the most mature cyber security environments in UK Critical National Infrastructure, but maturity is not always translating into resilience. Bridewell’s 2026 research explores the threats, pressures and operational challenges shaping cyber security across the sector.
What You’ll Learn
Financial services organisations face a unique combination of high-value assets, sensitive data, complex digital ecosystems and intense regulatory scrutiny. This report examines how those pressures are affecting cyber strategy, incident response and resilience planning.
Inside the report, discover:
- Why 93% of financial services organisations experienced a cyber incident in the past 12 months.
- How phishing and business email compromise remain the most common attack types.
- Why AI cyber risk and data protection are now leading concerns for the sector.
- How financial services organisations report the slowest incident response times across all CNI sectors.
- Why trust in cyber security tools is becoming a major challenge for regulated organisations.
