Scaling Securely: How ZILO Built Enterprise-Grade Resilience with Softcat and CrowdStrike
Project at a Glance
ZILO partnered with Softcat and CrowdStrike to embed enterprise-grade security and resilience into its cloud‑native fintech platform, centring on the CrowdStrike Falcon suite. Working as an extension of the client team, Softcat led vendor analysis, supported solution selection and commercials, and coordinated executive alignment with CrowdStrike. The outcome: complete estate coverage, 24/7 managed detection and response, and accelerated progress to ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2: giving global banking clients confidence in ZILO’s security posture.
security certifications achieved: ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2.
Challenge
To win trust in a risk‑averse, legacy‑dominated transfer agency market, ZILO had to prove credibility fast: deliver enterprise‑grade security, resilience, and compliance from day one while scaling quickly for global financial institutions. With Nigel Dinning joining as CISO ahead of the first go‑live, the team needed a secure, scalable stack and the right partner to move at pace.
Critical Success Factors:
1
Bank‑Level Security & Compliance
Enterprise-grade security and compliance to meet or exceed banking standards.
2
Built for Global Scale
Scalable solutions that support rapid growth and global expansion.
3
Trusted Strategic Partnerships
Strategic partnerships that deliver technical depth and operational rigour.
Solution
Softcat partnered closely with ZILO to design and implement a security framework anchored by CrowdStrike Falcon, covering endpoint, identity and cloud workload protection; plus, Next‑Gen SIEM and exposure management. Softcat provided market analysis, workshops, procurement support and executive alignment with CrowdStrike, enabling seamless enrolment of all assets and rapid, cloud‑native deployment.
- CrowdStrike Falcon Complete for 24/7 endpoint and cloud workload protection
- Next-Gen SIEM and exposure management for real-time threat detection and response
- Strategic vendor engagement and commercial negotiation by Softcat
Results
ZILO achieved complete coverage across its estate with 24/7 MDR, reached ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2 with strong auditor feedback, and operates a highly efficient, scalable security model without a traditional SOC - strengthening resilience and accelerating growth with global clients.
- Complete security coverage across global assets and workloads
- ISO 27001, and SOC 2 Type 2 certifications achieved with ease
- Scalable infrastructure enabling rapid international expansion
The response from the auditors was humbling, they commented that our implementation was one of the best they’d seen
Nigel Dinning
Chief Information Security Officer