Investment Industry

Metro CSG specializes in managing the technology needs of financial firms, particularly hedge funds and other investment vehicles. Supported by Microsoft technology, we offer firms a holistic approach to IT, emphasizing strong cybersecurity and regulatory compliance without compromising productivity.

Overall, our goal is to manage and protect your data so you can focus on running your firm.

Services for All Firms

The technology needs of all firms are not alike, especially between those just starting and those which have been established for some time. Metro CSG offers a range of services specific to the diverse needs of the firms we work with.

Investment Industry

Metro CSG offers pre-launch services to help financial firms build IT infrastructure from the ground up. These services include setup and deployment of critical workloads firms use to do business. Solutions provided are primarily cloud based, meaning IT does not require large initial costs to build.

  • Email, files, apps & even phone service in the cloud
  • Cloud network extends to firm devices
  • Workloads hosted in georedundant datacenters
  • Centralized IT offers greater operational efficiency

Firms with Existing Infrastructure

Services focused on using cloud to compliment existing infrastructure hosted on-site or with a third-party provider. This includes leveraging the cloud for better reliability in a hybrid setup, improving security & compliance with cloud managed tools, and reducing overall operating costs.

  • Migrate non-critical workloads to the cloud
  • Extend network and existing security to the cloud
  • Greater flexibility to scale resources as firm grows
  • Backup & recovery of workloads in Azure

Security & Compliance Services

We understand the immense emphasis put on security & compliance these days, and for that reason we take a holistic, no-stone-unturned approach to your IT that can keep your firm compliant with Dodd-Frank and SSAE16 (SOC1) Type II regulation.

Access Control

Granular management of permissions across all accounts used by employees

Archiving

Retain emails for 10+ years in a cloud archive with intelligent eDiscovery

Backup & Disaster Recovery

Real-time replication of workloads to Azure with automatic idle-to-live failover

Business Continuity Planning

Georedundant backups and remote VPN maintain operations through a disaster

Data Loss Prevention

Block firm data from leaving your network with custom data control policies

Endpoint Protection

Cloudsourced catalog of cyberthreat provides up-to-the-moment anti-virus protection

Mobile Device Management

Manage and monitor firm data stored on devices that connect to your network

Monitor & Reporting

Intelligent scanning of devices and data monitors for high-risk user behavior

Multi-factor Authentication

Require confirmation from secondary device when users log in to accounts

Rights Management

Control who can access firm data with rights based encryption of files at-rest or in-transit

Risk Assessment

Regular penetration testing of workloads to assess and remedy vulnerability

Shadow IT Visibility

Gain insight into third-party cloud apps used by employees to store firm data

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