Platform Security

CircleBlack ensures your firm’s wealth management technology hub aligns with industry best practices for data security, regulatory compliance, and privacy. Our platform cuts hours away from the audit and compliance processes, all while keeping your clients and your firm secure.
Experience the difference

$1,800+

Potential annual savings vs. maintaining a Box subscription

$4,000+

potential annual savings vs. maintaining a ShareFile subscription

50%

Faster annual filing with regulators using CircleBlack to manage accounts

Keep your firm and your clients’ data secure. Maintain compliance, mitigate risk, and reinforce trust.

Data encryption designed for financial services

We follow industry standards for encrypting consumer financial data, protecting personally identifiable information (PII), payment information, and confidential company data from unauthorized access.

Robust security protocols

Our platform adheres to the latest required security credentialing for managing your client’s financial data.

We protect your client’s sensitive information while you protect their financial future.

Strict access control

CircleBlack provides strict access control to keep sensitive data secure. Minimize security breaches. Prevent privilege escalation. Reduce fraud – all while staying flexible and scalable.

Compliance support

Everything CircleBlack does is in compliance with United States laws and industry regulations, standards, and best practices. To aid in your regulatory reporting, our platform aggregates all client account data. If you’re in need of a Compliance partner, contact sales@circleblack.com and we’d be happy to make a referral alongside a warm introduction.

Every part of CircleBlack’s complete, holistic approach to client-focused wealth management provides benefit to advisors and firms when it comes to regulatory compliance. For example, when the SEC requests client communications reviews, advisors using the CircleBlack CRM Notes Widget to record client notes and the Document Vault for report distribution reduce audit prep and review time by 50%.

Secure software development

We regularly update the CircleBlack platform (every two weeks) using established DevOps practices and secure code practices with frequent security assessments.

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Diversified Capital Group
There’s a confidence that comes with being able to stand behind your technology and the suite of features it offers when conducting business development. It may sound trivial, but knowing that the technology will be a non-issue, hit-it-out-of-the-park experience for the client is a huge benefit… Clients trust me and, by extension, CircleBlack to keep their sensitive data secure.
Tom Toth
Founder
Toth Capital Management

Frequently asked questions

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What type of encryption does CircleBlack use?

We use the following encryption to protect our customers and their clients:

  • In-Transit Encryption: All data transferred between our servers and external systems is encrypted using TLS (Transport Layer Security) to prevent interception by third parties.
  • At-Rest Encryption: Sensitive data stored in databases or on file systems is encrypted using Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 256-bit encryption.

What types of access control does CircleBlack provide?

We provide these access control features to protect your sensitive data:

  • Role-Based Access Control (RBAC): You and your colleagues receive the minimum required access to manage accounts.
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): You are asked to provide a second form of identification, such as a security token or biometric verification, to log in.

What certifications does CircleBlack have to ensure the data it collects is secure?

CircleBlack holds the following certifications and follows these regulations:

  • SOC 2 Type I Certification: This ensures the platform meets stringent security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy standards.

How do you identify and fix vulnerabilities in the platform?

We regularly audit and patch the application to keep the application secure. Typically, these updates happen alongside the development of new features and improvement suggestions from current users.

Do you have a data backup and disaster recovery plan?

In the event of a natural disaster, cyberattack, or hardware failure, we have a disaster recovery plan to restore systems quickly with minimal data loss or disruptions.

We also have automated data backups stored on encrypted servers to ensure your client data remains secure.

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