Your compliance obligations don’t look like anyone else’s. You’re managing non-public client information, navigating GLBA, satisfying cyber insurers, and trying to run a business — all with a team that isn’t large enough to have a dedicated IT department.
Most IT companies learn your compliance requirements when you ask about them. We already operate inside them. We’ve spent years building compliance infrastructure for defense contractors under NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC — frameworks that map almost directly to what financial services firms need. The controls are nearly identical. We just had to learn a different set of acronyms.
E-N Computers specializes in compliance-driven IT for small and mid-sized financial services firms that have enterprise-level obligations and need a real technology partner — not a help desk.
Our MSP handles tickets fine, but they’ve never heard of GLBA
Our cyber insurance asked for things at renewal we couldn’t produce
Our compliance consultant wrote the policies—but we can’t prove the controls work
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Years Driving Business Growth Through Strategic IT
Breach notification already standard
Managed Service Provider in Virginia
Your compliance consultant wrote the policies. But can you prove the controls actually work?
✅ A compliance consultant who wrote policies
✅ Microsoft 365 subscriptions
✅ An MSP who “handles IT”
Sound about right? That’s what most firms tell us.
❌ MFA enabled for some users, not others
❌ Client data across personal OneDrives and local drives
❌ No centralized logging or monitoring
❌ No tested incident response plan
❌ No evidence trail for SEC examination
We don’t just manage IT. We build and run the technical controls that make your compliance policies real.
We built this capability for defense contractors under DFARS. The monitoring infrastructure, incident response protocols, and reporting systems are already in place. We can sign your service provider agreement without hesitation.
Large IT firms treat small financial practices as afterthoughts. You get a junior technician and a ticketing system. We specialize in firms with 5–50 employees who have enterprise-level compliance obligations and need a real technology partner — not a help desk.
Cyber insurers are tightening requirements for financial firms every renewal cycle. MFA enforcement, endpoint detection, access logging, and tested incident response plans are increasingly non-negotiable. These controls are already part of our standard implementation, so your firm stays insurable without scrambling before each renewal.
GLBA. SEC Regulation S-P. FINRA cybersecurity guidance. SOC 2. Most MSPs learn these frameworks when a client asks. We already operate inside them because we’ve spent years building compliance infrastructure for defense contractors under NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC. The controls are nearly identical. The stakes are just as high.
Most financial firms are already paying for Microsoft 365 but only using email and file storage. Instead of selling you a separate security stack, we activate the compliance and security tools already included in your subscription, so implementation costs less than you’d expect.
Microsoft Purview for data classification. Defender for endpoint protection. Sentinel for threat monitoring. Conditional Access for enforcing MFA. Secure Score for tracking your security posture over time. These tools are already in your subscription — they just need to be configured and monitored.
The controls we built for defense contractors map almost directly to what financial firms need. Here’s what that looks like in practice.
| Defense Contractor Requirement | Investment Advisor Equivalent |
|---|---|
| CUI data scoping | NPI/PII data mapping — we identify where client SSNs and account data actually live |
| FIPS 140-2 encryption | GLBA Safeguards Rule compliance — same military-grade encryption standard |
| System Security Plan | WISP technical implementation — proof your written policy actually works |
| 72-hour DoD breach reporting | 72-hour service provider notification — already built into our operations |
| Incident response plan (DFARS) | Rapid notification readiness — we handle forensics so you meet the deadline |
From data mapping through record retention—we handle the full technical lifecycle.
We identify every system, application, and device that touches client Social Security numbers or account data.
We build and test your plan, then use Microsoft Defender and Sentinel for 24/7 monitoring.
We document what your systems really do, then implement the specific controls your policy requires.
We meet the 72-hour notification requirement and handle secure backups that meet five-year retention rules.
SEC Regulation S-P compliance and audit-ready evidence for your next examination
GLBA Safeguards Rule implementation for firms handling personal financial data.
GLBA applies to you too — we help you scope it, document it, and prove it.
FINRA cybersecurity guidance and recordkeeping requirements, handled on the technical side.
GLBA-compliant data handling for firms processing Social Security numbers and income data daily
SEC or state-registered, you have NPI to protect — we build the controls that back up your policies
You touch client data for multiple plans. We map every system that holds it and lock it down.
From client onboarding through record retention — audit-ready infrastructure that survives staff transitions.
Serving McLean, Arlington, Bethesda, Tysons, Alexandria, Fairfax, Reston, and throughout Northern Virginia and the DC metro area.
CASE STUDY
When a new partner stepped into a leadership role at a Northern Virginia wealth management firm, he assessed the IT environment and found serious gaps. Every business document was stored in the founding partner’s personal OneDrive — and the firm had already lost files when a previous partner departed. There was no centralized device management, no multi-factor authentication, and computers running Windows 10 were approaching end-of-life.
Being affiliated with LPL Financial added a compliance wrinkle. The firm’s email had to be archived through Smarsh for broker-dealer requirements, which split control of the email system. Key security features only worked on the Microsoft 365 side, leaving gaps the firm couldn’t easily fix.
Over two months, E-N Computers built a compliance-ready foundation using Microsoft 365 Business Premium: identity management through Entra ID, zero-touch device provisioning with Autopilot and Intune, endpoint protection with Defender, and centralized file storage in SharePoint with proper retention policies. To keep costs down, the firm handled physical equipment deployment themselves — made possible by the Autopilot configuration we’d set up.
The project came in under the original $6,500 budget. The firm now has audit-ready infrastructure, centralized file continuity that survives staff transitions, and E-N Computers as an ongoing managed IT provider and virtual CIO.
Nearly 30 years in business means we’ve helped companies through multiple technology transformations and regulatory changes.
CMMC compliance expertise applied to financial services. The same controls that protect defense contractors’ classified networks work here, too.
We generate the technical proof SEC examiners want to see — not checkbox theater, but live configuration reports and access logs.
Total implementation: 3–4 months.
Data mapping & scoping
Technical implementation
Testing & documentation
Policy refinement
The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act requires financial institutions—including many CPAs and mortgage lenders—to explain their information-sharing practices and to safeguard sensitive data.
Yes. Your consultant writes the Written Information Security Policy (WISP). We implement the technical controls that make that policy true.
Yes. We maximize the compliance and security tools already included in your M365 subscription — Purview, Defender, Sentinel, Conditional Access — instead of selling you a separate security stack.
Yes. We provide the technical evidence (logs, MFA reports, and endpoint configurations) that insurers now require for renewals.
/user/month for growth-focused managed IT — no long contracts, 30-day notice
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