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Industries

We speak the language of the businesses we protect.

Each industry carries its own regulators, partners and threats. Our work starts from the obligations you actually face.

DealershipsAuto financeFinancial servicesGrowing companies
Automobile dealerships

A Safeguards program your dealership can run.

Dealers that finance or lease vehicles are treated as financial institutions under the FTC Safeguards Rule. That means a written security program, a designated Qualified Individual and regular reporting to ownership.

What the rule expects: a Qualified Individual, a written risk assessment, safeguards such as MFA and encryption, monitoring or annual penetration testing, staff training, service provider oversight, a written incident response plan and a written report to the board or owners at least annually.

How we help

  • Safeguards Readiness Assessment for single stores and dealer groups
  • Qualified Individual support through a vCISO retainer
  • Wire-fraud and email compromise controls for the F&I and accounting offices
  • Security reviews of DMS, CRM and lender-portal vendors
Auto finance

Security that holds up to partners, investors and regulators.

Lenders and buy-here-pay-here operations hold large volumes of sensitive borrower data and face scrutiny from bank partners, warehouse lenders and investors as well as the FTC.

Notification clock: covered non-bank financial institutions must notify the FTC within 30 days of discovering unauthorized acquisition of unencrypted customer information affecting 500 or more consumers. Readiness has to exist before the incident.

How we help

  • Board and investor-ready security reporting
  • Due diligence support for funding partners and acquisitions
  • Incident response plans with a tested notification workflow
  • Vendor oversight for servicing, collections and payment providers
Financial services

Governance for firms that are trusted with money.

Lenders, mortgage and loan brokers, advisory firms and insurance agencies need documented safeguards and the ability to prove them to clients and regulators.

Frameworks we work with: GLBA and the FTC Safeguards Rule, state privacy and breach-notification laws including California's CCPA, and NIST CSF 2.0 as the common structure underneath.

How we help

  • Policy suites and risk registers that match how you operate
  • Client security questionnaires and due diligence responses
  • Email, identity and remote-access hardening
  • Annual risk reviews and tabletop exercises
Small, midsize and growing companies

Security that keeps pace with growth.

The first enterprise customer security review, a cyber insurance renewal or a near-miss incident is often when a growing company needs security leadership for the first time.

Common triggers: enterprise customer security reviews, SOC 2 requests, cyber insurance questionnaires, and California's new CCPA cybersecurity audit requirements for larger businesses, with first certifications due from April 2028.

How we help

  • Right-sized risk assessment and 12-month roadmap
  • SOC 2 readiness and evidence planning
  • Microsoft 365 and cloud security baselines
  • A fractional security leader who grows with you
Next step

Thirty minutes to a clearer picture of your security risk.

Book a Security Leadership Briefing. You leave with a candid read on where you stand and, if it fits, a fixed-fee proposal within 48 hours.

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