Abacus Group Auditor Profile

Abacus Group is an IT solutions and cybersecurity firm founded in 2008 and headquartered in New York City, with additional offices in Boston, Greenwich, Dallas, Charlotte, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and London. The firm employs roughly 250 people and focuses exclusively on alternative investment firms, serving more than 650 hedge fund and private equity clients. The company is backed by private equity firm FFL Partners, which acquired it from WestView Capital Partners.

The firm's compliance-related services include cybersecurity risk assessments, vulnerability management, and support aligning client environments with regulatory expectations from the SEC and investor due diligence requirements. Abacus advises on frameworks such as the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and helps clients prepare for SOC 2 and similar third-party attestations.

Abacus Group best serves small and midmarket alternative investment managers that want a single provider for hosted infrastructure, cybersecurity, and compliance support.