For SEC & FINRA regulated firms in New York

The controls are usually
there. The proof isn't.

Access reviews that happened but weren't recorded.
Training with no completion roster. A policy that doesn't
match how the firm actually runs. Every one of those is a
finding, even when the work was genuinely done.

SEC/FINRA Exam Readiness Review

Founder-reviewed

Scored against SEC and FINRA examination standards.

This is the external view only. Walter will reach out to your inbox to book twenty minutes and walk you through your full SEC/FINRA Exam Readiness Review — including the documentation and supervision gaps a scan can't see.

We don't email findings. If someone is already sitting in your mailbox, a written list of your gaps is exactly what they'd want.
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Walter reviews every one personally and walks you through it.

Since 2009
SOC 2 Type II
NY State approved cybersecurity instructor
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What the review covers

Two views of the same firm.
On screen, immediately
What an attacker sees
Public breach exposure, credentials already sitting on the dark web, SSL/TLS configuration, and the external footprint anyone can reach without your permission.
On a call, within two business days
What an examiner would ask for
Documentation, supervision, access reviews, training records, and approved-tool policy, scored against SEC and FINRA. Walter reads every one himself and walks you through it.

WHO’S BEHIND THIS

"I lead a team of IT experts focused
on SEC and FINRA compliance."

Walter Contreras is the founder of Motiva Networks and a New York
State–approved instructor for DFS Part 500, he teaches the rule that
examiners hold firms to. He personally reviews every Exam Readiness
Review that leaves the building.

You won't just get a PDF and a follow-up email. I go through it with you
personally, so you understand exactly what's exposed, why it matters to
your examiners, and what it will take to fix it.

FROM THE FIELD

What we find at firms that
thought they were covered.
Motiva V1 - Field Notes
FIELD NOTE
TOKEN THEFT
MFA was enforced. The attacker never saw the prompt a stolen session token put them inside the tenant as (...).
FIELD NOTE
ACCESS REVIEW
The employee left in (--) In November their login still worked, and nobody could say who was supposed to have removed it...
FIELD NOTE
DOCUMENTATION
The controls were mostly in place. Not one of them was documented in a way an examiner would accept...
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stands.
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