For RIAs, Broker-Dealers & Regulated Firms
Your firm is using AI on client data. Can you prove to an examiner it’s controlled?
Centience runs your IT, cybersecurity, and AI oversight as one program — and keeps the audit evidence assembled, so you’re ready before the SEC, FINRA, or a client ever asks.
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20+
Years Operating Governance Programs
1,000+
Organizations Served
Proven
Track Record Across SEC, FINRA & HIPAA Reviews
10+
Year Average Client Relationship
Built on 20+ years and 1,000+ organizations served through our OfficeSafe → Compuwork heritage — now delivered as Centience.
Infrastructure Governance
Managed infrastructure with technically enforced governance controls
Cybersecurity Governance
Continuous security posture, vendor risk, and incident readiness
Data Governance
Classification, retention, lineage, and access controls — continuously maintained
AI Governance
Policy, oversight, and ongoing monitoring for regulated AI adoption
Technology Governance
Integrated GRC across infrastructure, cybersecurity, data, and AI — one accountable firm
Works With Your Team
Works alongside your existing IT team, vCISO, or compliance counsel — Centience is the accountable operator
Built for regulated industries
The Technology Governance Gap
One Integrated Governance Program. Three Layers. Continuously Operated.
Centience does not deliver governance frameworks and walk away. We build and operate the governance program — managing your infrastructure, governing your cybersecurity, controlling your data, and overseeing your AI environment as a single continuously enforced model.
Every layer works together. Data governance ties the stack together: classification, retention, lineage, and access controls that make your infrastructure defensible, your AI auditable, and your records exam-ready. Every control is technically enforced. Every piece of audit evidence is assembled in real time — not reconstructed before an exam.
The Opportunity
AI Is Reshaping How Regulated Organizations Operate. Governance Is What Makes It Stick.
Organizations that build governed AI operations gain a durable operational advantage: they can move faster than competitors because their governance infrastructure keeps pace with their technology adoption. Every new AI tool, every new workflow, every new vendor is onboarded into a framework that is already running.
Deploy AI with documented oversight from day one
Deploy AI tools across your organization with documented oversight from day one — not reactive governance after a regulator flags them.
Accelerate client service workflows
Accelerate client service workflows without creating undocumented AI exposure. Governed AI adoption is a competitive advantage, not a constraint.
Onboard new technology inside an existing framework
Onboard new technology vendors inside an existing governance framework — not after the fact. Every new tool enters a program that is already running.
Scale operations without scaling headcount
Scale operations without scaling headcount — governed automation with enforced controls already in place. Demonstrate responsible AI use to clients, counterparties, and regulators.
The Governance Gap Has a Price Tag
SEC, FINRA, and HIPAA enforcement is accelerating — and regulators are now using AI to surface governance gaps faster than manual examination ever could.
$2M+
HIPAA civil penalty annual caps per violation category as of January 2026
Feb 2025
SEC Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit launched with explicit AI governance authority
$2.3M
FINRA fines in 2025 for automated monitoring and off-channel communications failures
$90M
Two Sigma paid to SEC for failing to address known system vulnerabilities
"The firms that modernize successfully are not the ones that avoid AI. They are the ones that govern it."
“After 20 years inside regulated organizations, I kept seeing the same problem: governance frameworks that couldn't be enforced because nobody controlled the technology. Centience was built to close that gap — and to give regulated organizations a way to move forward, not just stay compliant.”
— Orville Matias, Founder & CEO, Centience
The Governance Stack
The Centience Governance Stack
Four integrated governance programs — not separate engagements delivered by separate vendors. One accountable firm managing every layer of your technology environment as a single ongoing program.
Managed Infrastructure
What it enables: Operational continuity, resilient systems, and the technical foundation that makes every governance layer above it enforceable. You cannot govern what you do not control.
- Managed workstations, servers, and cloud environments
- Endpoint detection and continuous monitoring
- Disaster recovery and business continuity governance
- Infrastructure resilience and uptime management
Cybersecurity Governance
What it enables: Continuous security posture visibility, vendor risk control, and incident readiness — so a security event does not become a regulatory event.
- Security posture monitoring and oversight
- Vulnerability management and remediation
- Vendor and third-party risk evaluation
- Incident response governance
- Compliance readiness monitoring
Data Governance
What it enables: Documented classification, retention, lineage, and access controls across every system — so your data posture is defensible before a regulator, auditor, or client ever asks.
- Data classification and sensitive data inventory
- Records retention aligned to FINRA 17a-4, HIPAA, and SEC
- Data lineage and AI audit trails
- Access control governance and audit logs
- Off-channel communications capture and retention
AI Governance
What it enables: Confident AI adoption with documented oversight — so your organization can deploy, scale, and benefit from AI without creating the governance gaps regulators are now actively examining.
- AI usage discovery and shadow AI identification
- AI governance framework development (NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001)
- AI implementation inside governed infrastructure
- Ongoing AI monitoring and regulatory readiness
- Board-level AI governance reporting
The Centience Governance Program
What You Get Inside the Program
The Centience Governance Program is not a scope of work. It is a set of tangible, ongoing deliverables — maintained continuously so your organization can demonstrate governance at any moment.
AI Use Inventory
Every AI tool in your environment — sanctioned, unsanctioned, and vendor-embedded.
Approved / Prohibited AI Register
A living register of permitted and prohibited tools with documented rationale.
Governance Policy Framework
Policies aligned to your regulatory obligations — maintained as the environment changes.
Cybersecurity Control Map
Controls mapped to SEC, FINRA, HIPAA, or NIST — with status and evidence.
Vendor Risk Register
Third-party AI and technology vendors assessed, documented, and monitored.
Data & Access Control Review
Classification, retention, lineage, and access documented across governed systems.
Evidence Inventory
Audit-ready evidence assembled continuously — not reconstructed before an exam.
Open Remediation Tracker
Every identified gap tracked to closure with status, owner, and timeline.
Monthly Governance Status Report
Program status, control changes, and open issues delivered every month.
Quarterly Executive Control Report
Board- and executive-level reporting on your governance posture and trajectory.
Exam / Client / Insurer Evidence Package
Packaged evidence ready for regulatory examinations, investor DDQs, and cyber insurers.
Operational IT Support
Included because unsupported infrastructure creates governance gaps.
Governance Dashboard
Your governance system of record — risks, controls, evidence, and reports in one place.
One program. One accountable firm. Everything above — continuously maintained.
After a free Governance Score, regulated firms bring Centience on to run the program continuously — it does not end at a report.
Why Centience
Not a Report. Not a Managed Service. A Governance Operation.
Most regulated organizations have either hired a consultant who delivered a binder, or an MSP who manages their technology without a governance layer. Centience is the third option — the firm that builds and operates both.
One-Time Assessment
- Delivers a report
- Ends at document delivery
- Controls implemented by your team
- Evidence rebuilt before every exam
- AI oversight included
- Ongoing program available
Generic MSP
- Manages infrastructure
- Governance layer included
- Regulatory expertise on staff
- Audit evidence maintained
- AI oversight included
- All three layers, one firm
Centience
- Builds and operates the program
- Continuous — never stops
- Controls technically enforced
- Evidence maintained in real time
- AI, cybersecurity, infrastructure
- One accountable firm for all three
In Practice
“We were using AI across the firm and had no way to show an examiner what went in or what came out. Once I understood that books-and-records rules apply to AI the same as email, we had to fix it. Now we can answer every question.”
“An institutional investor's due diligence questionnaire asked about AI governance and we didn't have answers. Six months later we did. That questionnaire was the moment I stopped treating this as optional.”
“We were handling a lot of this ourselves without really knowing if it was right. Having a team that understands what regulators actually look for changed how we think about every technology decision.”
Names and firm details withheld. Quotes reflect real client conversations.
The Technical Difference
Governance Without Technical Control Is Just a Policy Document.
There are firms that write governance frameworks. There are firms that conduct compliance assessments. There are firms that manage IT infrastructure. Centience is the only firm that does all three — because effective governance requires control of the environment being governed.
When Centience manages your infrastructure, your cybersecurity, and your AI environment, governance is not theoretical. Controls are technically enforced. Evidence is continuously collected. When regulators arrive, the documentation is already assembled.
That is why Centience maintains a documented track record of successful outcomes across client engagements — and why our average client relationship exceeds 10 years.
Managed Infrastructure
Computers, networks, cloud, and endpoints — fully managed, monitored, and governed 24/7.
Cybersecurity Operations
Security monitoring, vulnerability management, incident response, and compliance controls — continuously enforced.
AI Governance & Monitoring
AI usage discovery, governance frameworks, and continuous monitoring across your organization's AI environment.
Audit-Ready Evidence
Continuous evidence collection means your documentation is assembled before the auditor arrives — not after.
Proven
Audit & Exam Track Record
24/7
Infrastructure Monitoring
20+
Years Technical Operations
1,000+
Regulated Organizations Served
Programs
Four Integrated Governance Programs. One Accountable Firm.
Technology governance at Centience is structured as a four-layer stack: infrastructure, cybersecurity, data, and AI. Each layer is managed as part of a single ongoing program — not separate engagements delivered by separate vendors.
Managed Infrastructure
- Managed workstations, servers, and cloud environments
- Endpoint detection and continuous monitoring
- Disaster recovery and business continuity governance
- Infrastructure resilience and uptime management
Cybersecurity Governance
- Security posture monitoring and oversight
- Vulnerability management and remediation
- Vendor and third-party risk evaluation
- Compliance readiness monitoring
Data Governance
- Data classification and sensitive data inventory
- Records retention aligned to FINRA 17a-4, HIPAA, and SEC
- Data lineage and AI audit trails
- Access control governance and audit logs
AI Governance
- AI usage discovery and shadow AI identification
- AI governance framework development (NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001)
- Ongoing AI monitoring and regulatory readiness
- Board-level AI governance reporting
How the Program Works
Baseline → Build → Operate → Evidence → Report → Improve
The Centience Governance Program follows a structured operating rhythm. Most firms stop at an assessment. Centience starts there and runs the program continuously from that point forward.
Free Governance Score
Take the free Governance Score to see where you stand across infrastructure, cybersecurity, AI usage, vendor risk, and compliance readiness — an instant 0–100 score, a peer benchmark, and a prioritized gap map before the program begins.
Program Construction
Policies, control frameworks, evidence structures, AI registers, vendor risk processes, and reporting templates — built for your specific regulatory environment, not adapted from a generic template.
Continuous Operation
The program runs continuously. Infrastructure is managed, controls are enforced, AI tools are monitored, vendors are assessed, and support is provided — as an ongoing function, not a project.
Real-Time Evidence Assembly
Audit evidence is assembled continuously — logs, access reviews, policy attestations, AI oversight records, and vendor assessments. Nothing is reconstructed before an exam.
Monthly & Quarterly Reporting
Monthly governance status reports and quarterly executive control reports — so leadership always knows where the program stands and what is open.
Continuous Improvement
As regulations change, AI tools evolve, and your organization grows, the program adapts. New tools enter the framework. New requirements are addressed. The governance layer never falls behind.
“This is where most firms stop — at the assessment. This is where Centience starts.”
Now in software
Meet the Centience Platform
The same governance we've run for regulated firms for 20+ years, now as a platform. Connect Microsoft 365 or Google, get scored against the rules that matter, and keep a standing evidence trail — running alongside your internal IT or MSP.
Governance Score
LiveIllustrative — your dashboard reflects your live environment.
Industries
Built for Regulated Industries
Free Governance Score
Know Where You Stand Before Regulators Ask.
The free Governance Score evaluates your technology governance posture across infrastructure, cybersecurity, AI usage, and compliance readiness — then delivers an instant 0–100 score, a peer benchmark, and a prioritized gap map — free, with no commitment.
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