Case Study · Financial Services

Azure Transformation for a Global Financial Services Leader

A policy-first Azure foundation carrying regulated workloads at global scale - engineered for auditors, delivered as code.

Cloud FoundationCybersecurityCloud Modernization

Enterprise overview

Global financial services leader

18,000+

Employees

$180B+

Assets

Multi-region

Regulated footprint

A global financial services leader needed to accelerate cloud adoption while satisfying regulators across jurisdictions. Existing patterns could not scale to the pace or breadth the business required.

The Problem

Regulated cloud adoption stalled without a shared foundation.

Regulatory complexity

Multiple regimes required demonstrable, continuous controls.

Audit overhead

Evidence collection consumed engineering capacity.

Legacy footprint

On-premises data centers constrained modernization.

The Zappsec Solution

Policy-first Azure, delivered as a platform.

1
Azure landing zone
Regulated-ready landing zone with Azure Policy guardrails.
2
Policy-as-code
Controls expressed and enforced as code, with continuous evidence.
3
Security operations
Microsoft Sentinel integrated with enterprise detection and response.
4
Application modernization
Prioritized workloads modernized onto the shared platform.

Architecture