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Your Examiners Will Ask. Your Program Should Already Have the Answer.
Xact IT Solutions has delivered cybersecurity for financial services firms for over 20 years - zero client breaches on record, independently audited by Versprite (CREST-accredited) every year since 2021. We translate GLBA, SEC, NYDFS 23 NYCRR 500, and FFIEC expectations into a single, evidence-ready control set your examiners can actually review - so your next examination feels structured, not scrambled.
Capabilities
What's Included in Our Cybersecurity for Financial Services Program
Multi-Framework Control Mapping
We map GLBA Safeguards Rule, the SEC Cybersecurity Risk Management Rule, NYDFS 23 NYCRR 500, and FFIEC examiner guidance to a single unified control set - so your team runs one program, not four overlapping ones.
Continuous Threat Monitoring
Layered, around-the-clock threat detection across your endpoints, network, and cloud environments - built to satisfy the active monitoring obligations in GLBA and NYDFS without requiring you to staff an in-house security function.
Examiner-Ready Evidence Collection
We run the evidence collection cadence examiners actually review - policy attestations, access reviews, log retention, and control testing - packaged in formats regulators recognize, not internal IT reports.
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery - Integrated
Business continuity and disaster recovery are built into your security program from day one, not bolted on later. Regulators view them as part of your cybersecurity posture - and so do we.
Identity and Access Governance
We implement and manage role-based access controls, multi-factor authentication, and privileged access policies - the specific identity controls most commonly cited in GLBA, NYDFS, and FFIEC examination findings.
Incident Response Planning and Testing
We build, document, and annually test an incident response plan aligned to SEC notification requirements and NYDFS 72-hour reporting obligations - so when regulators ask, the plan exists and has already been exercised.
What Cybersecurity for Financial Services Actually Requires
Cybersecurity for financial services firms carries a compliance load that general-purpose cybersecurity providers are not built to handle. The FTC Safeguards Rule under GLBA requires a written information security program with specific technical safeguards. The SEC’s Cybersecurity Risk Management Rule – effective 2024 – imposes material incident disclosure timelines and annual reporting obligations on registered advisers and broker-dealers. NYDFS 23 NYCRR 500 adds its own layer of controls, testing requirements, and certification obligations for covered entities. FFIEC examiners carry their own expectations on top of all of that. For authoritative control guidance, the CISA Cybersecurity Best Practices resource is widely referenced by financial regulators and assessors alike.
Most firms end up running fragmented programs – one policy document for GLBA, a separate incident plan for the SEC, a third checklist for NYDFS – with no coherent thread connecting them. The result is audit fatigue, gaps that only surface during examinations, and a security posture that exists on paper but not in practice. If your firm operates in New Jersey, explore our New Jersey cybersecurity for financial services page for a regional perspective.
Our approach is built around a single, mapped control set that satisfies the overlapping requirements of every framework your firm carries. We do not hand you a policy template and walk away – we operate the program, running the evidence collection cadence examiners review, managing the technical controls, and maintaining the documentation trail in a format regulators recognize. We have been independently audited by Versprite, a CREST-accredited assessor, every year since 2021. That means our methodology is not self-assessed – it has been externally validated at a level most providers cannot claim. Our team responds in under 15 minutes on average, and your firm works with named team members who understand your regulatory profile – not a rotating help queue.
This service is built for mid-market financial services firms carrying real regulatory obligations – community banks, credit unions, registered investment advisers, broker-dealers, wealth management firms, fintech companies, and accounting or CPA practices that handle financial data – particularly those with 25 to 500 employees who do not have a dedicated chief information security officer or in-house security function. If your primary concern is keeping computers running rather than surviving an examiner visit, we are not the right fit – and we will tell you that directly on the strategy call.
How It Works
How We Deliver Cybersecurity for Financial Services
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Assess - Regulatory Profile and Control Gap Analysis
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Strategize - Unified Control Set and Program Design
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Implement - Technical Controls and Documentation Infrastructure
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Operate - Ongoing Monitoring, Testing, and Examiner Support
Why Financial Services Firms Choose Xact IT Solutions
Xact IT Solutions has operated for over 20 years with zero client breaches on record – a claim that is independently verifiable and rare in this industry. Our cybersecurity for financial services methodology has been audited annually since 2021 by Versprite, a CREST-accredited assessor – meaning our program is not self-certified, it is externally validated against an internationally recognized standard. We serve clients with HIPAA obligations, NIST SP 800-53 control frameworks, SOC 2 audit preparation requirements, and CMMC compliance posture alongside financial services regulatory obligations. You can also learn more about our broader managed security services and how they integrate with your compliance program. Our team responds in under 15 minutes on average, and your engagement is staffed by named team members who know your firm’s regulatory profile – not a general support queue.
When you sign on, the first two weeks are spent entirely inside your environment – no assumptions, no cookie-cutter rollout. We review your current policy library, your technical control inventory, your existing vendor relationships, and your examination history. By the end of week two, you have a written current-state summary and a prioritized remediation roadmap with your regulatory deadlines mapped to each workstream.
In the first 30 days, most clients see two things happen: gaps they did not know existed get documented and assigned owners, and evidence collection stops being a scramble before each exam. By 90 days, the unified control set is operational, the evidence repository is populated, and your team has completed at least one tabletop exercise on incident response. Clients consistently tell us that the examination conversation with their regulator feels different – calmer, more structured, and less reactive – within the first examination cycle after we come on board.
Frequently Asked Questions About Cybersecurity for Financial Services
What does cybersecurity for financial services cost?
We do not publish pricing because every financial services firm carries a different regulatory stack, headcount, and technical environment – and a number without context is misleading. Pricing conversations happen on the strategy call, where we understand your situation before we talk numbers. We do not compete on price. We compete on the depth and accountability of the program we operate – and the fact that our clients have not had a breach in over 20 years.
How long does it take to get started?
The regulatory gap analysis and current-state assessment typically complete within the first two weeks of an engagement. Full implementation of the unified control set – including technical controls, policy library, and evidence repository – generally runs 60 to 90 days depending on your firm’s size, existing infrastructure, and regulatory complexity. Ongoing monitoring begins as soon as each control layer is live, so you are not waiting 90 days for any protection.
What actually happens on the strategy call?
The strategy call is 20 minutes with a member of our team – not a sales representative, but someone who understands financial services cybersecurity. We ask about your regulatory obligations, your current security posture, and any upcoming examinations or audit cycles. You will leave with specific observations about where your program likely has gaps and what the highest-priority items are – whether you hire us or not. No obligation and no pressure.
How is Xact IT different from a typical cybersecurity provider?
Most cybersecurity providers deliver a stack of technical tools and hand you a policy template. We operate the program – running the evidence collection, maintaining the documentation, testing the incident response plan, and sitting alongside your compliance team during examinations. We have been independently audited by a CREST-accredited assessor every year since 2021. We map every major financial services framework – GLBA, SEC, NYDFS, FFIEC – to a single control set so your team is not running four parallel programs. And we have not had a client breach in over 20 years. That combination is genuinely uncommon.
Do you serve financial services clients outside New Jersey?
Yes. Cybersecurity for financial services is a national service. We work with community banks, credit unions, registered investment advisers, broker-dealers, wealth management firms, fintech companies, and CPA practices across the United States. Our team is based in Marlton, New Jersey, but our engagement model is built to operate remotely. If your IT firm needs to visit your office regularly, something has gone wrong with how the environment was built. Most of our client work is conducted without an onsite visit.
Your Next Examination Is Coming. Let's Make Sure Your Program Is Ready.
The strategy call is 20 focused minutes with our team – specific observations you can act on immediately, whether you hire us or not. No obligation, no pressure. Just clarity on where your program stands and what needs to happen before a regulator asks.
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The Benefits
The Business Impact of Our Cybersecurity for Financial Services Program
- Examiner-ready documentation on demand - because we maintain the evidence repository continuously, not just in the weeks before your examination.
- One program covering all your frameworks - GLBA, SEC, NYDFS, and FFIEC requirements map to a single control set, eliminating the overlap and contradictions of running separate compliance tracks.
- Zero client breaches in over 20 years - a record built through deliberate program design and continuous monitoring, not luck.
- A calmer examination experience - clients consistently report that regulator conversations become more structured and less reactive within their first examination cycle after onboarding.
- Business continuity built into your security posture - not a separate vendor relationship or a plan that has never been tested, but an integrated, annually exercised program.
- A named team that knows your regulatory profile - experienced people who understand your firm's specific framework obligations and examination history, not a rotating help queue.