SecFields - Cybersecurity Grassfields Booklet

Welcome to SecFields - a comprehensive, interactive cybersecurity framework specifically designed for financial institutions. This innovative guide explores the critical security domains required for banking operations including Governance & Strategy, Risk Management, Compliance, Fraud Prevention, and operational security, with standardized content and advanced search functionality.

About This Project

This interactive framework provides comprehensive information about cybersecurity domains specifically tailored for financial institutions. The modular system allows for easy expansion of content while maintaining focus on banking-specific requirements, regulatory compliance, and practical implementation guidance. Each module follows a standardized template structure with Overview, Threat Landscape, Regulatory Alignment, Best Practices, Implementation Guides, Configuration Templates, Checklists, Red Team Perspectives, Case Studies, Metrics, Tools & Resources, and more.

Available Security Domains:

1. Governance & Strategy: High-level direction, ownership, and structure including security strategy, organizational structure, and board reporting (governance.md)
2. Risk Management: How banks identify and handle cyber risk with quantification, enterprise risk mapping, and scenario modeling (risk.md)
3. Compliance, Audit & Regulatory: Regulatory obligations, internal/external audits, and continuous compliance monitoring (compliance.md)
4. Security Architecture: Designing the bank's security foundation with zero trust, identity architecture, and network segmentation (security-architecture.md)
5. Security Engineering: Building security into systems with SSDLC, secure coding, and infrastructure hardening (security-engineering.md)
6. Identity & Access Management: Critical IAM controls for financial institutions with privileged access and customer identity (iam.md)
7. Red Team / Offensive Security: Organizational penetration testing, threat emulation, and vulnerability management (redteam.md)
8. Blue Team / Detection & Response: Operational defense with SOC operations, threat hunting, and incident response (blueteam.md)
9. Threat Intelligence: Understanding threats specific to banking with actor tracking and fraud pattern analysis (threat-intel.md)
10. Cloud & Infrastructure Security: Bank-specific cloud guardrails and hybrid architecture controls (cloud-security.md)
11. Endpoint & Device Security: Covers staff, branch networks, ATMs, and mobile device management (endpoint-security.md)
12. Data Security: Critical data protection with classification, encryption, and customer data handling (data-security.md)
13. Network Security: Core protection layer with segmentation and secure connectivity (network-security.md)
14. Fraud & Cyber-Fraud Security: Bank-specific fraud detection and prevention mechanisms (fraud-security.md)
15. Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery: Ensuring the bank keeps running during disruptions (business-continuity.md)
16. Physical & Operational Security: Branch operations and insider threat programs (physical-security.md)
17. Customer-Facing Security: Protecting customers through secure online banking and transaction security (customer-security.md)
18. Metrics & Reporting: How banks measure and drive security through KPIs and executive reporting (metrics-reporting.md)
19. GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance): Integrated approach to governance, risk management, and compliance (grc.md)
20. Practical Examples & Implementation: Real-world applications and implementation guidance (practical.md)
21. References & Next Steps: Comprehensive resources and professional development guidance (references.md)
22. Introduction: Foundational concepts and banking security context (intro.md)

Key Features

Standardized Content Structure

All modules follow a consistent, comprehensive template including:

• Overview and Context: Clear understanding of each security domain
• Threat Landscape: Current threat environment specific to banking
• Regulatory Alignment: Banking-specific regulatory requirements
• Best Practices: Industry-tested security controls and procedures
• Implementation Guides: Step-by-step implementation procedures
• Configuration Templates: Ready-to-use configuration examples
• Checklists: Practical implementation and operational checklists
• Red Team Perspective: Adversarial viewpoints on security gaps
• Case Studies: Real-world security scenarios and lessons learned
• Metrics & Measurement: Quantitative and qualitative metrics
• Tools & Resources: Industry-standard tools and references

Advanced Search Functionality

• Real-time Search: Instant search results as you type
• Content Indexing: Search across titles and module content
• Context Snippets: Preview of content where terms appear
• Term Highlighting: Visual highlighting of search matches
• Ranking: Results ranked by relevance (titles prioritized)

Banking-Specific Focus

• Regulatory Alignment: Direct alignment with banking regulations (SR 13-19, FFIEC, PCI DSS, etc.)
• Financial Context: Security controls tailored to banking operations
• Risk Management: Banking-specific risk assessment and management approaches
• Compliance Integration: Built-in compliance considerations for all controls

Interactive Learning Experience

• Module Navigation: Seamless navigation between security domains
• Responsive Design: Optimized for desktop, tablet, and mobile devices
• Syntax Highlighting: Code examples with syntax highlighting
• Print-Friendly: Easy conversion to PDF for offline reading

Contributing

We welcome contributions to improve and expand this banking security guide! Feel free to fork this repository and submit pull requests with enhancements, especially those addressing banking-specific security challenges or regulatory requirements.

Modular Framework

This repository uses a modular framework that allows for easy expansion of banking security content. The system separates the user interface from the content, making it simple to add new banking-specific topics by creating individual module files.

• Modular Version: index.html - The main file for the dynamic content loading system.
• Content Modules: The modules/ directory, which holds all the content files.
• Banking Focus: All content is tailored specifically for financial institution requirements.

How to Add New Content

1. Create a Module File: In the modules/ directory, create a new Markdown file (e.g., your-topic.md). Add your content following the standardized format:

   # Module Title
   
   **Module Version:** 1.1
   **Last Reviewed:** 2025-12-11
   **Next Review Due:** 2026-03-11
   **Target Audience:** [Specify audience]
   **Estimated Reading Time:** [X] minutes
   
   ## Overview
   [Brief overview of the topic...]
   
   ## Threat Landscape & Current Context
   [Current threat environment for this domain...]
   
   ## Regulatory Alignment
   [Relevant banking regulations and standards...]
   
   ## Best Practices
   [Primary and secondary security controls...]
   
   ## Implementation Guide
   [Step-by-step implementation process...]
   
   [Include configuration templates, checklists, red team perspectives, case studies, metrics, tools, cross-references, and appendices as needed]

2. Register the Module: Open index.html and add your new module to the modules JavaScript object:

   const modules = {
     // ... existing modules
     'your-topic-id': {
       title: 'Your Topic Title',
       url: 'modules/your-topic.md'
     },
     // ... more modules
   };

3. Follow Content Guidelines:

   • Use the standardized template structure for consistency
   • Include banking-specific context and regulatory references
   • Add practical implementation guidance and examples
   • Include Red Team perspectives where relevant
   • Add configuration templates and checklists for practical use

Deployment

This site is automatically deployed to GitHub Pages and accessible at: https://n4igme.github.io/secfields/

All pull requests will be deployed to a preview environment automatically.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

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Acknowledgments

Special thanks to everyone who contributes to this project and helps maintain current and relevant cybersecurity information for the financial sector. This framework represents collaborative effort to improve security practices across banking institutions.

For questions or suggestions, feel free to open an issue in the repository or contact the maintainers.