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Your Next Examination Shouldn't Be the Thing That Finds the Gap
Financial services firms carrying real regulatory obligations - GLBA Safeguards Rule, the SEC cybersecurity rule, NYDFS 23 NYCRR 500, FFIEC guidance - cannot afford to manage these as separate projects. Xact IT Solutions consolidates overlapping frameworks into one coherent security program, runs the evidence cadence examiners actually review, and has maintained a zero client breach record across 20 years of doing it. We are the firm you bring in before the exam finds something your previous provider missed.
Capabilities
What's Included in Our Cybersecurity for Financial Services Program
Unified Regulatory Control Mapping
We map your GLBA Safeguards Rule, SEC cybersecurity rule, NYDFS 23 NYCRR 500, and FFIEC obligations onto a single control set – one program your team manages, not three overlapping ones. The result is less duplication, fewer gaps, and a cleaner story for examiners.
Examiner-Ready Evidence Collection
We run the ongoing evidence cadence that regulators and auditors actually pull during examinations – logs, access reviews, policy attestations, and vendor due diligence records. You are never scrambling the week before an exam.
Incident Detection and Response
Continuous monitoring surfaces threats before they become reportable events. If an incident occurs, we manage containment, investigation, and regulatory notification guidance – from the first alert through the final report.
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery - Built In
Business continuity and disaster recovery are part of the security program from day one, not a separate line item. Recovery objectives, tested failover procedures, and documentation align with both operational expectations and examiner requirements.
Third-Party and Vendor Risk Management
We build and operate the vendor risk process your regulators require – initial due diligence, ongoing monitoring, and contract review checkpoints. You maintain a defensible record of every critical vendor relationship.
Annual Independent Security Assessment
Every year, your environment is assessed by Versprite, a CREST-accredited independent assessor that has reviewed our security practices since 2021. Assessment findings feed directly into your remediation roadmap – keeping your posture current, not just documented.
What Cybersecurity for Financial Services Actually Requires
Cybersecurity for financial services firms means navigating multiple regulatory bodies simultaneously – the FTC enforcing the GLBA Safeguards Rule, the SEC’s 2024 cybersecurity risk management and disclosure rule, NYDFS 23 NYCRR 500 for state-chartered institutions, and FFIEC guidance for banks and credit unions. Each framework carries its own control vocabulary, its own examination cadence, and its own documentation expectations. Firms that treat these as separate compliance projects end up with overlapping work, conflicting policies, and control gaps that examiners surface immediately. The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides an authoritative baseline for organizing these obligations into a unified control structure – which is exactly the approach we use. If you are managing this across multiple vendors without a dedicated security function in-house, the complexity compounds every year. For firms operating in our home region, our cybersecurity for financial services in New Jersey page covers regional nuances in detail.
Our program is not a checklist handed off to your team. It is an operational security program we run with you – consolidated regulatory obligations, continuous evidence collection, and annual independent assessment through Versprite. That independence matters: the organization testing your environment has no financial incentive to soften findings. Most providers sell you tools and leave you to interpret the results. We own the outcome alongside you.
This program is built for mid-market financial services organizations – community banks, credit unions, registered investment advisers, broker-dealers, fintech companies, wealth management firms, and accounting practices handling client financial data – typically between 25 and 500 employees, carrying real regulatory obligations, but without a dedicated internal security function. If your CEO, COO, or compliance officer is also making the security decisions, that is exactly who we built this for. You can also explore our broader managed cybersecurity services to see how financial services fits within our full portfolio.
How It Works
How We Deliver Cybersecurity for Financial Services
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Assess - Map Your Current State Against Regulatory Obligations
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Strategize - Build a Unified Control Roadmap
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Implement - Deploy Controls and Stand Up the Evidence Cadence
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Operate - Continuous Monitoring, Annual Assessment, and Program Maintenance
Why Financial Services Firms Choose Xact IT Solutions
Xact IT Solutions has operated for more than 20 years and has maintained a zero client breach record across that entire period – independently verifiable and rare in this industry. We work across the major frameworks relevant to financial services: GLBA, SOC 2, HIPAA for firms that also handle health-adjacent data, and CMMC for clients with federal contracting relationships. Our security practices are audited annually by Versprite, a CREST-accredited assessor – meaning external validation is a documented annual event, not a marketing claim. For additional context on the threat landscape financial firms face, CISA’s Financial Services Sector guidance outlines the critical infrastructure risks your program must address. We respond to support issues in 15 minutes or less – typically under 2 minutes – and we are based in Marlton, New Jersey, serving financial services firms across the United States.
A typical engagement begins with the regulatory assessment in the first two weeks: we review your current documentation, interview key staff, and run a technical environment review against your applicable frameworks. By week four, you have a written gap analysis and a prioritized 12-month roadmap. Program documentation – information security policy, incident response plan, business continuity plan, vendor management policy – is drafted and reviewed in weeks five through eight. Technical controls are implemented in parallel, so by the end of the first quarter your environment reflects the program on paper. Evidence collection becomes an ongoing operational rhythm from that point forward. See how this fits into our full suite of services on our IT services page.
In the first 30 to 90 days, clients consistently report three things: the gap analysis surfaced issues their previous provider had not flagged, the documentation actually reflects how the environment works rather than being a template copy-paste, and the evidence collection process feels manageable rather than a fire drill. By day 90, most clients have completed their first quarterly access review and have a realistic sense of where they stand ahead of their next examination – without the anxiety of not knowing what an examiner will find.
Frequently Asked Questions About Cybersecurity for Financial Services
What does cybersecurity for financial services cost?
We do not publish pricing because the right program depends on your firm’s size, the number of regulatory frameworks that apply to you, your current control maturity, and the scope of ongoing operations you need. What we can tell you is that we position engagements around the value of a defensible security program – not the lowest possible monthly fee. Pricing is discussed on the strategy call once we understand your situation. There is no obligation and no pressure on that call.
How long does a cybersecurity engagement for a financial services firm typically take?
The initial assessment and documentation phase typically runs six to eight weeks, depending on the complexity of your regulatory obligations and the current state of your environment. Technical control implementation runs in parallel, so most clients have a functional program – with evidence collection underway – within the first quarter. Ongoing operations then continue on a monthly and quarterly cadence. Firms with significant existing documentation move faster; those starting from a minimal baseline take longer. We give you a realistic timeline after the assessment, not before.
What happens on the strategy call?
The strategy call is a 20-minute conversation with our team – not a sales pitch. We ask about your firm’s regulatory obligations, your current security posture, and the specific pressures you are navigating. You get specific observations and recommendations you can act on immediately, whether you engage us or not. There is no obligation, no follow-up pressure, and no generic slide deck. If there is a clear fit, we will tell you what an engagement would look like. If there is not, we will tell you that too.
How is Xact IT different from a typical cybersecurity provider?
Most providers sell you a stack of tools and a quarterly report. We build and operate the actual security program – unified control mapping across your regulatory frameworks, evidence collection that runs continuously rather than before an exam, and annual independent assessment through Versprite, a CREST-accredited assessor that has reviewed our practices since 2021. We also integrate business continuity and disaster recovery into the security program rather than treating them as separate vendor relationships. And because we have maintained a zero client breach record over 20 years, we can make that claim with documentation behind it – not as a marketing line.
Do you serve financial services clients outside New Jersey?
Yes. Our team is based in Marlton, New Jersey, but we serve financial services firms across the United States. The regulatory frameworks we work within – GLBA Safeguards Rule, the SEC cybersecurity rule, NYDFS 23 NYCRR 500, and FFIEC guidance – apply nationally. Our environment is built so that most client work does not require in-person visits. If your IT requires someone to come to your office regularly, something has gone wrong in how the environment was designed. We build environments that stay that way.
You Should Know What an Examiner Would Find Before They Do
The strategy call is 20 focused minutes with our team. You leave with specific observations about your regulatory posture – whether you hire us or not. No pressure, no obligation, no slide deck.
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The Benefits
The Business Impact of Our Cybersecurity for Financial Services Program
- Examination confidence - your documentation and evidence are current, organized, and aligned to what examiners actually review. You walk into every exam knowing what they will find.
- Fewer regulatory surprises - overlapping GLBA, SEC, NYDFS, and FFIEC obligations are consolidated into one program, closing the gaps that appear when frameworks are managed separately.
- Zero breach exposure maintained - an independently audited security posture means your client relationships and regulatory standing are protected by more than internal assurances.
- Business continuity built in - integrated disaster recovery planning means a ransomware event or system failure does not become an unplanned regulatory disclosure or a client trust crisis.
- Operational clarity for leadership - the CEO, COO, or compliance officer receives a monthly program status they can report to a board or regulator without translating technical language.
- A security program that grows with your firm - as your regulatory obligations evolve or your business expands, the control framework updates without requiring you to rebuild from scratch.