1525 S Higley Rd Ste 104, Gilbert, Arizona 85296
24x7 Monday-Sunday (480) 605-4465

Financial Services

Your clients trust you with their financial futures, and you can trust us with your technology. We safeguard your data with the same precision you bring to managing assets. With CTS, your firm gets IT support that understands: in financial services, security breaches and downtime aren't just inconveniences — they're existential threats.

CTS financial services IT — engineer reviewing SEC compliance dashboard during Arizona advisor-client meeting

We Didn’t Set Out to Build an IT Company for Financial Services. We Set Out to Fix a Broken One.

Financial services IT in Arizona has been built on the wrong incentives, and we’ve seen it from the inside. After 20 years working inside organizations, we saw an industry-wide pattern: financial firms getting ghosted by IT providers during critical moments. Client data compromised through negligence. Advisors blamed for security problems they didn’t cause.

What “Never Leaving You Alone” Looks Like in Financial Services

Our mission is simple: never leave a client feeling alone with their technology challenges. For financial firms, that means:

Sub-1-Hour Response — Always: When systems go down during market hours, every minute costs money and trust. We respond in minutes, not days. And we back it with financial accountability — because words without consequences aren’t commitments, they’re just words.

Security That Satisfies Regulators: SEC cybersecurity requirements. State regulations. Client due diligence questionnaires that get longer every year. We handle the complexity so you can focus on managing wealth, not managing IT compliance.

The $15,000 Ransomware Recovery Promise: Financial services firms are high-value targets. If ransomware gets through our defenses, we don’t point fingers or make excuses. We pay up to $15,000 toward your recovery. That’s accountability with teeth.

90-Day Money-Back Guarantee: You’ve probably been burned before by IT providers who overpromised. We put our money where our mouth is. If we’re not the right fit, you get your money back.

Proactive Protection for Client Trust

Your clients trust you with their financial futures. That trust is your most valuable asset — and it can be destroyed in a single breach.

Most IT providers wait for something to break. CTS believes in proactivity — preventing problems before they reach your desk:

  • 24/7 security monitoring watching for threats around the clock
  • Vulnerability assessments that find weaknesses before attackers do
  • Encryption and access controls protecting client data at every layer
  • Compliance documentation ready for audits and examinations
  • Tested disaster recovery because you need to know it works before you need it

A Partner in Your Success, Not Just a Vendor

Collaboration means we understand your business — your custodian integrations, your CRM, your portfolio management software. We speak your language because we’ve taken the time to learn it.

We tell you the truth, even when it’s hard to hear. If a shiny new tool won’t actually help your firm, we’ll say so. If you’re heading toward a compliance gap, we’ll warn you. That’s integrity.

Why Arizona Financial Firms Trust CTS

We weren’t built to be the biggest MSP in Arizona. We were built to be the most trusted — the partner that financial firms with 10-80 employees can count on.

17 Written Guarantees: Contractual commitments, not marketing promises.

Local Presence: Gilbert-based, serving the Valley. Your neighbor, not a distant vendor.

Earned Trust: One kept promise at a time.

Your clients trust you with their wealth. You can trust us with your technology.

In practice, CTS delivers that protection through three core service engagements: Managed Cybersecurity for GLBA and FTC Safeguards compliance, Data Backup and Disaster Recovery for the recovery commitments your clients depend on, and Email Protection for the wire-fraud and BEC attempts that target money-handling firms.

Frequently Asked Questions About Financial Services

Does CTS support GLBA and FTC Safeguards compliance?
Yes. CTS configures and manages the technical safeguards required by GLBA (Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act) and the FTC Safeguards Rule — access controls, encryption, multi-factor authentication, log monitoring, vendor management, and written information security program (WISP) documentation. Your vCIO (virtual Chief Information Officer) runs a gap analysis against the framework, builds a remediation roadmap, and maintains audit-ready evidence year-round. The compliance accountability remains yours; we handle the technical infrastructure that makes compliance achievable.
Can CTS protect us against wire fraud and business email compromise?
Yes. Wire fraud and business email compromise (BEC) are the highest-loss attacks against financial services firms. Our defense stack includes enterprise email filtering with AI-powered impersonation detection, MFA (multi-factor authentication) on all financial systems, domain spoofing protection (DMARC/DKIM/SPF), endpoint detection and response, and tailored security awareness training. Most successful BEC attacks exploit gaps in process more than technology — your vCIO works with you on wire approval workflows that close those gaps.
How does CTS handle data backup for financial records?
Layered backup using the 3-2-1 architecture: three copies of every dataset, on two different media types, with at least one off-site and immutable. Backup integrity is verified daily, and full disaster recovery testing happens annually — actual failover and validation. Retention policies are tuned to match your regulatory requirements (GLBA, IRS, state-specific). If ransomware ever encrypts a system under our management, our $15,000 recovery commitment is in writing in your Statement of Work (SOW).
What's CTS's response time if our trading or banking system goes down?
Senior engineer engagement within one hour — guaranteed in writing, with a financial credit if we miss. For confirmed outages of trading, banking, or payment processing systems, we treat it as a Priority 1 emergency and mobilize immediately: triage, vendor escalation if needed, communication with you throughout, and remediation. Most issues resolve same-day. For on-site response, we dispatch within four hours — backed by a $200 credit guarantee if we miss that window.
Can CTS integrate with our specialized financial software?
Yes. We support integration and ongoing management of common financial platforms — QuickBooks Enterprise, NetSuite, Sage, Microsoft Dynamics, plus specialized tools like wealth management platforms, CRM systems, and document management. CTS acts as your single accountable IT partner: when something breaks across systems, you call us, not five different vendors. We own the vendor coordination and drive resolution.
What's CTS's experience with Arizona financial services firms?
We serve financial services firms throughout the East Valley and Greater Phoenix area — accounting firms, wealth advisors, lending companies, insurance agencies, and small banks. Being local matters: same-day on-site dispatch when needed, awareness of Arizona regulatory climate (Arizona Corporation Commission, Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions), and a team that understands the specific compliance pressures Arizona financial firms operate under.

Let's Talk About Securing Your Firm

Your financial practice deserves IT support that takes security as seriously as you take fiduciary duty. Schedule a conversation with CTS and experience our sub-1-hour response promise — because in financial services, trust is everything.