IT Services for Financial AdvisorsOrion. eMoney. Redtail.
Reg S-P Compliant. BEC Protected.

Our IT services for financial advisors include: portfolio management and advisory platform support (Orion, Black Diamond, eMoney, MoneyGuidePro, Riskalyze/Nitrogen, Redtail CRM, Wealthbox); custodian connectivity support (Schwab Advisor Services, Fidelity Institutional, Pershing); SEC Reg S-P compliance program development and maintenance; SEC cybersecurity rule annual review and documentation; GLB Safeguards Rule compliance; BEC and wire fraud protection (DMARC/DKIM/SPF, advanced email security, MFA); client financial data protection; 24/7 NOC and SOC monitoring; endpoint security and EDR; backup and disaster recovery; and on-site support across NJ, NY & CT — all under one flat monthly rate sized for an independent advisory practice.

Yes — Regulation S-P applies to all registered investment advisors regardless of firm size. The SEC's Safeguards Rule requires every RIA to implement written policies and procedures to protect client records and information, provide notification to clients in the event of a breach, and oversee third-party service providers. The SEC's 2023 cybersecurity disclosure rules add requirements for a documented cybersecurity risk management program, annual review, and Form ADV disclosure that apply to advisors of all sizes. Many small and independent RIAs are operating with informal programs that don't meet the written documentation and annual review requirements. Gradius builds compliant programs specifically for small advisory practices and maintains them as part of the IT services engagement.

Extremely serious — and independent advisors are particularly vulnerable because they often lack the email security infrastructure that larger firms have in place. The FBI's IC3 consistently identifies financial advisor email compromise as a high-value fraud category. For an independent advisor, the stakes are compounded: the client relationship is often more personal and trust-based than at a larger firm, the advisor's name is the brand, and a wire fraud event that damages a client relationship has no institutional buffer to absorb the reputational impact. A single successful BEC attack can redirect a client wire of six figures or more and trigger both regulatory reporting obligations and a trust crisis the practice may not recover from. Gradius implements the specific defenses the FBI and SEC recommend for financial advisor practices.

Yes. We support the full range of advisory technology platforms — Orion Portfolio Solutions, Black Diamond/SS&C, eMoney Advisor, MoneyGuidePro, Riskalyze/Nitrogen, Redtail CRM, Wealthbox, Salesforce Financial Services Cloud, and custodian data feeds from Schwab Advisor Services, Fidelity Institutional, and Pershing NetX360. We manage the IT infrastructure and network connectivity these platforms depend on and troubleshoot issues with the operational context of an advisory practice — so platform problems get resolved by someone who understands how the tool fits into an advisor's workflow, not by a technician encountering it for the first time.

Most independent advisory practices are fully onboarded within 1–2 weeks. The onboarding includes a Reg S-P compliance gap assessment, BEC vulnerability assessment, portfolio platform infrastructure review, deployment of monitoring and security agents, and a meeting with the advisor and any operations staff — structured to avoid disruption to active client reviews or annual planning meetings. For advisors with pressing compliance timelines — an approaching SEC exam, a recently identified compliance gap, or an annual ADV review period — we prioritize the compliance program documentation on an accelerated schedule.

No long-term lock-ins. We offer month-to-month and annual agreements — your choice. Independent advisors stay with Gradius because the portfolio platforms run reliably, the Reg S-P compliance program is maintained, BEC defenses are in place, and IT stops being a source of compliance risk or operational distraction in a practice where every hour is better spent serving clients. We earn the renewal every month through performance.