Managed IT & Security for Wealth Management & Investing
Supervision-ready IT, investor data privacy, and predictable costs—for RIAs, broker-dealers, and wealth teams.
What keeps wealth leaders up at night
- Supervision and recordkeeping gaps across email, Teams/Zoom, and mobile
- Wire fraud/BEC risk during client communications and money movement
- Advisor productivity on the road—secure access from any device
- Vendor sprawl: custodians, trading tools, CRM, compliance platforms
- Board/owners want clearer visibility into cyber risk and spend
Outcomes TorchLight delivers
- Supervision-ready controls, policies, and evidence
- Hardened identity, secure collaboration, and tested recovery
- Secure advisor mobility: laptops, tablets, and phones managed
- Vendor coordination and single-point accountability
- Quarterly Business Reviews with health scorecards and next steps
Stability Managed IT Packages for Wealth Firms
Start with the essentials and scale security and supervision as your risk and complexity grow.
Stability Essential
Foundation controls and monitoring to stabilize day-to-day advisor operations and protect client data.
• Managed AV/EDR & automated patching
• 24/7/365 Network Operations Center (human-led)
• Optional Reliance Backups for M365 & endpoints
Stability Professional
Add white-glove user support and a governance rhythm that aligns IT metrics with leadership and compliance oversight.
• Everything in Stability Essential
• TorchLight Help Desk (email, phone, agent)
• Quarterly Business Reviews & monthly health reports
• Optional backups for SharePoint, servers, & more
Stability Ultimate
Full-spectrum IT + security with active response, tailored for higher-risk profiles, multi-office operations, and remote advisors.
• Everything in Stability Professional
• 24/7/365 Security Operations Center (SOC)
• Real-time active response & incident management
• Threat intelligence & attacker infrastructure tracking
• Microsoft 365 hardening & identity governance
Design & Build for Wealth Firms
Identity & access, MDM/secure mobile, privileged access management, branch moves, private cloud, and disaster-recovery testing—delivered with a security-first approach.
Supervision & Resilience — What’s Included
Identity & access: MFA, SSO, conditional access, least privilege, and privileged account vaulting.
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 executive reporting.
Communication governance: integrations for email retention/archiving and e-discovery; guidance for Teams/Zoom and texting policies.
Wire-fraud controls: secure approvals, callback practices, and user training aligned to high-risk processes.
Vendor oversight: due-diligence evidence, access reviews, and coordinated escalation across your stack.
Board visibility: QBRs and scorecards that translate IT risk to business impact and next actions.
Cyber-insurance support: control implementation plans and attestations to help stabilize renewals.
| 24/7/365 Network Monitoring | Antivirus/EDR | Patching | Help Desk | QBRs & Leadership Reporting | M365 Hardening & Support | 24/7/365 SOC | Threat Intelligence | Active Incident Response | Reliance Backups | Email Retention/Archiving (integration) | |
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| Stability Ultimate | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | + | + |
Table-stakes IT for Wealth Firms
AV/EDR, patching, backups, identity, and secure collaboration are non-negotiable. We implement them consistently, prove they’re working, and align changes to your client and trading calendar.
Antivirus/EDR
Continuous detection and response with automatic quarantine and remediation—kept lightweight to preserve advisor performance.
Patching
After-hours OS and app updates to close vulnerabilities without disrupting client meetings or market hours.
Reliance Backups
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 Wealth Management & Investing?
You need a partner that understands advisor workflows, supervision expectations, and the realities of remote-first teams. We coordinate vendors without drama, protect client data with a security-first approach, and report to leadership with clarity. The outcome: trust, security, and stability—so your advisors can serve clients and grow AUM.
The Way Forward – TorchLight Blog
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