How Can Sound Power Solutions Help Banks Insulate Against IT System Failures?
Discover how banks can enhance resilience against major cloud outages by leveraging redundancy, multi-cloud design, and strategic planning. Work with Sound Power Solutions' vCIO team to improve your organization's cloud continuity strategy.
What caused the recent AWS outage?
The AWS outage was caused by disruptions in Amazon Web Services' cloud services, which impacted many essential online services, including those used by banks and fintechs. This incident highlighted the fragility of the internet and the increasing frequency of such outages.
How can banks protect themselves from outages?
Banks can implement several strategies to enhance their resilience against outages. This includes participating in organizations like the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) for cyber intelligence, utilizing backup systems through initiatives like Sheltered Harbor, and ensuring redundancy in their operations to recover quickly from disruptions.
What regulatory changes are needed for better cybersecurity?
Regulatory reforms should focus on creating a more collaborative oversight process that involves industry executives and their expertise. This approach would enhance the quality of regulations and strengthen the cyber defenses of financial institutions, addressing the evolving risks posed by new technologies and cyber threats.

How Can Sound Power Solutions Help Banks Insulate Against IT System Failures?
published by Sound Power Solutions
We are an technology managed service and software development firm with successful experience assisting a myriad of businesses. We have experience in the human resources, healthcare, assisted living , financial management, and warehouse management sectors. We provide consulting and managed solution services to help our clients at all phases of implementing technology. This includes:
- Helping to manage your office IT environment (computers, networks, and productivity software)
- Implement and manage productivity and communication solutions such as Microsoft 365
- Developing a technology roadmap to meet your team's growing needs
- Building software and systems to help implement your roadmap
- Helping you support and maintain your custom software solutions
- Providing training in security and general software usage
At Sound Power Solutions, our goal is to always find the right solution to power your team. We leverage our team's deep experience in IT support, business analysis, systems engineering, software engineering, data development & management, and project management to make that happen for each of our clients.