Banking Use Case — Modernizing Core Without Opening a Back Door

Challenge: A top-10 bank was lifting its core to Kubernetes (AWS). Lift-and-shift, new IAM, old batch jobs. Risk: misconfig + privilege escalation from internal network to payment switch. Timeline: 6 weeks to go-live.

Solution — Snipeyes Internal Pen-Test + Secure Code Review:

• Internal assumed-breach test — from corporate VLAN to core, MITRE ATT&CK
• SAST + manual review of new microservices (authz logic) — found isAdmin bypass
• Cloud config review (CIS AWS) — open S3 + over-permissive IAM

Outcome:

• Critical escalation patched, retest closed in 48h — no go-live delay
• Hardening baseline for future sprints, mapped to ISO 27001 A.8, SOC 2 CC6.1
• SOC now detects lateral movement — MTTR from hours to minutes in next red team

CISO quote: “You found it before the regulator did. That’s worth the fee.”

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