Managed IT & Security for Banks
Examiner-ready IT, resilient operations, and predictable cost—purpose-built for community and regional banks
What keeps bank CEOs up at night
- IT exam findings and documentation gaps
- Month-end/core downtime impacting customers and reporting
- Cyber-insurance renewals requiring fast maturity gains
- Vendor finger-pointing across core, LOS, online banking, and MSPs
- Board pressure for clearer cyber risk visibility
Outcomes TorchLight delivers
- Examiner-ready policies, evidence, and reporting cadence
- 99.9%+ uptime targets during critical banking hours
- Mapped controls that support cyber-insurance underwriting
- Single accountability across vendors, with direct escalation
- Board/committee-ready dashboards and QBRs
Regulator Approved, Security-Focused IT for Community Banks
Friendly service desk support, endpoint security, patching, backups, and cloud productivity are the basics. We implement them consistently so your business stays secure and operational, without slowing your team down.
Endpoint Detection and Response
Lightweight protection that monitors in real time, quarantines threats, and auto-remediates—without interrupting your day.
Vulnerability Management and Patching
Automated OS and app updates happen after hours to reduce disruption and close security gaps quickly.
Reliance Backups
Disaster-recovery-ready backups for workstations, servers, and cloud data—including M365 email and SharePoint.
Microsoft 365 Support
Simplified administration for email, identities, SharePoint, and Azure AD—managed in one pane of glass by our team.
24x7x365 Security Monitoring
We watch your business 24×7 and protect you in real time from threat actors.
Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR)
ITDR protects your business by monitoring and responding to suspicious account activity to keep user identities and data secure.
Examiner-Aligned, Operations-Ready
Examination readiness: policies, procedures, and evidence mapped to banking expectations; pre-exam reviews and remediation plans.
Operational resilience: monitoring and maintenance windows aligned to banking hours; month-end change freezes and test plans.
Vendor oversight: coordinated escalation with core/LOS/online banking; due-diligence evidence maintained for committees.
Cyber-insurance support: control implementation plans and attestations to help stabilize renewals.
Board visibility: QBRs and scorecards that translate IT risk to business impact and next actions.
Identity & access controls: MFA, SSO, conditional access, and privileged account vaulting with approvals and logging.
Endpoint & server protection: managed AV/EDR, patching, and configuration baselines with 24/7 response.
Backups & recovery: Reliance Backups for endpoints, servers, and M365 with tested restores.
Secure collaboration: hardened M365 tenants, secure file sharing, and mobile device management.
Incident response: named handlers, rapid containment, forensic coordination, and post-incident reporting.
Quiet and Safe IT for Your Community Bank
AV/EDR, patching, backups, identity, secure collaboration—these are the minimums. We implement them consistently, prove they’re working, and keep them aligned to your operating calendar.
Antivirus/EDR
Continuous detection and response with automatic quarantine and remediation—kept lightweight to avoid teller-line slowdowns.
Vulnerability Management
After-hours OS and app updates to close vulnerabilities without disrupting branch or wire desks.
Business Continuity and Disastery Recovery
DR-rated protection for endpoints, servers, and cloud data (M365 email/SharePoint) with periodic test restores and reports.
Microsoft 365 Hardening
Identity governance (MFA/SSO/conditional access), least privilege, and secure sharing—administered in one pane of glass.
Why TorchLight for Banks?
Because you need a partner that understands banking operations and examiner expectations, coordinates vendors without drama, and answers to your board with clarity. We deliver trust, security, and stability—so your team can grow deposits, make quality loans, and serve your community.
The Way Forward – TorchLight Blog
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