Palm Beach County, Florida
IT support and cybersecurity in West Palm Beach
Managed IT and cybersecurity for the financial firms and law offices of West Palm Beach.
Professional firms in West Palm Beach
Who we work with here
West Palm Beach is the seat of Palm Beach County and home to its courts, including the county courthouse, a federal courthouse and the Fourth District Court of Appeal. Law firms fill the downtown blocks around Clematis Street and Okeechobee Boulevard.
In recent years so many investment firms have opened offices here that the area is often called Wall Street South. Alongside the large names are many small ones: independent advisers, boutique funds and family offices with a handful of staff, large sums under management, and no IT department.
Financial advisers
Independent advisers, boutique funds and family offices, expected by regulators and investors to show institutional-grade security.
Law firms
Trial, appellate and estate practices around the downtown courts.
Accounting and CPA firms
CPA firms serving funds, family offices and wealthy households.
Real estate and title firms
Brokerages and closing firms on some of the most expensive property in the state.
Local risks
What goes wrong for firms in West Palm Beach
The basics are the same everywhere. These are the problems that are sharper here.
Small firms, large sums
A five-person fund can control more money than a five-hundred-person company. Attackers look at the assets, see a small team with no security staff, and treat it as an easy route to a large payout.
Investor and regulator due diligence
Investors and the SEC ask advisers how client data and accounts are protected, and expect written policies, tested controls and a plan for an incident.
Hurricane season
A storm that closes downtown for a week shouldn't close the firm. That depends on where the files live and whether anyone has tested working without the office.
How it works
How we support firms in West Palm Beach
We support West Palm Beach firms remotely from our base in Miami Beach, which is how nearly all problems are fixed in any case. On-site visits in Palm Beach County are available by arrangement.
Areas we cover
- Downtown West Palm Beach
- Clematis Street
- Palm Beach
- Palm Beach Gardens
- Jupiter
- Lake Worth Beach
- Wellington
- A help desk your staff can reach directly
- Monitoring and updates on every computer
- Protection that watches for ransomware
- Email security and phishing training
- Backup for computers and cloud files
- Insurance form and questionnaire support on our Secure plan
The rules
What Florida firms are expected to do
Florida Information Protection Act
Florida law requires businesses to take reasonable measures to protect personal information. After a breach, affected people must generally be told within 30 days, and a breach affecting 500 or more people in Florida must also be reported to the state Attorney General's office.
The Florida Bar
Florida lawyers must make reasonable efforts to prevent unauthorized access to client information. Florida was also the first state to require technology training as part of a lawyer's continuing education.
FTC Safeguards Rule
Tax preparers, accountants and many financial firms must keep a written information security program under federal rules, with specific controls such as multi-factor authentication and encryption.
General information, not legal advice. The rules that apply to your firm depend on the work you do and the data you hold.
Questions
What firms in West Palm Beach ask us
Do you have an office in West Palm Beach?
No. We're based in Miami Beach and support West Palm Beach firms remotely. Help desk, monitoring, security and backup are all delivered that way, and on-site visits can be arranged when a job needs someone in the room.
Investors are asking about our cybersecurity. Can you help us answer?
Yes. We put the protections in place, then give you the reports and written policies that due diligence questionnaires ask for. Compliance reporting is part of our Secure plan.
We're only four people. Do your plans cover us?
Our published plans start at five people. For a smaller team, talk to us and we'll tell you plainly what it would cost and whether we're the right fit.
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