Financial services firms operate under a non-negotiable duty of care — to clients, to regulators, and to the integrity of every transaction. Techvera delivers managed IT, cybersecurity, and compliance services engineered around the control frameworks your examiners actually test. We maintain the evidentiary trail, the communications archive, and the continuity plan so your team can focus on advising clients instead of chasing audit artifacts.
Family Office IT: Security Without Over-Engineering
Family offices face a specific challenge: enterprise-grade threat exposure with small-team operating realities. Here is how to build a security program that fits.
SEC Reg S-P Compliance for RIAs: What the 2024 Amendments Mean for Your IT
The SEC's 2024 amendments to Regulation S-P turned implicit expectations into explicit rules. Here is what RIAs need from their IT program to satisfy the new incident response, notification, and safeguards requirements.
WORM Email Retention: SEC 17a-4 and What Modern Archiving Actually Requires
SEC Rule 17a-4 has a specific definition of Write-Once-Read-Many that trips up firms running modern cloud archives. Here is what the attestations require and how to structure a compliant deployment.
Private-Equity Due Diligence: A Tech-Stack Evaluation Framework
When private-equity firms evaluate a target financial services business, the technology stack is increasingly a deal-defining variable. Here is the evaluation framework we use for PE diligence engagements.
Cyber-Insurance Alignment for Financial Firms: The 2024 Carrier Checklist
Cyber insurance underwriters raised the bar on financial services firms in 2024. The questionnaire has grown, the controls have to be verifiable, and missing items can void a claim. Here is what carriers want to see.
Client-Portal Security for Advisors: The MFA + SSO Baseline
The client portal is the front door to your firm's most sensitive data. Here is the MFA and SSO baseline every advisor portal should meet — and the common deployment mistakes to avoid.
NY DFS Part 500 Cybersecurity: What Changed in the 2023 Amendments
The 2023 amendments to 23 NYCRR Part 500 introduced new obligations that every Covered Entity — including NY-registered investment advisers and broker-dealers — has to satisfy. Here is what changed and what it means operationally.
Trust Company IT Compliance: Oklahoma's Regulatory Framework in Practice
Oklahoma trust companies operate under the Oklahoma Banking Department with a specific set of IT expectations that blend federal banking guidance and state-specific obligations. Here is how to build a compliant program.
Texas Wealth Management Firms: An IT Readiness Playbook for DFW and Beyond
Texas wealth management firms operate under a specific combination of federal, state, and regional pressures. Here is the IT readiness playbook we use with firms from the DFW metroplex out to Houston and Austin.
FINRA Cybersecurity Requirements: A Working Guide to Rules 3110, 4511, and Notice 22-29
FINRA's cybersecurity expectations live across supervision, books-and-records, and guidance notices rather than a single rule. Here is how to operationalize them inside a modern IT stack.
Business-Continuity Planning for RIAs: Satisfying the SEC Business-Continuity Rule
The SEC expects every RIA to have a written business-continuity plan. Here is what the plan has to cover, how to exercise it credibly, and what examiners want to see in the evidence file.
Broker-Dealer vs. RIA IT Requirements: Which Framework Applies to Your Firm?
A firm registered as both an RIA and a broker-dealer operates under two overlapping regulatory regimes with materially different IT implications. Here is how the frameworks compare and where they diverge.