Cabling, Wi-Fi, and FTC Safeguards compliance for dealerships
The same project that fixes your Wi-Fi, your closets, and your payment lanes is the one that closes your GLBA compliance gap. Norvet self-performs the physical layer and coordinates managed IT across every rooftop, under one accountable contact.
What slows dealerships down behind the glass
It is rarely the flashy software. It is the physical layer underneath it, plus a compliance deadline that has already passed.
The FTC Safeguards (GLBA) clock is already running
Because you arrange financing and leases, every rooftop is a "financial institution" under GLBA. Since June 2023 the FTC Safeguards Rule has required a written security program, with per-violation penalties and personal liability for officers. Most multi-rooftop groups are not uniformly compliant.
Flat networks mix guest, cashier, and shop traffic
When customer Wi-Fi, the cashier and parts counters, cameras, and shop devices share one flat network, you carry both PCI and GLBA exposure, and one compromise reaches everything.
Dead zones in the service drive and on the lot
Advisors with tablets, photo uploads, and online service and finance workflows need coverage where the work happens. Long hours and ad hoc access-point placement leave dead spots in the drive, parts counter, and lot edges.
Crowded, undocumented closets from years of brand additions
Groups that grow by acquisition inherit mixed patching, unlabeled drops, aging switches, and several historical vendors. Every move, add, or change then costs more and takes longer than it should.
Aging endpoints in service, F&I, BDC, and parts
Long service hours wear out PCs, printers, scanners, and counter devices, which shows up as slow check-in and check-out, delayed quotes, and staff frustration.
Built for dealership floors
Norvet self-performs the physical layer and coordinates the managed stack through vetted partners, so you are not refereeing four vendors blaming each other.
Structured cabling and low-voltage
Norvet self-performs the physical layer: Cat6/Cat6A remediation, recertification, labeling, patch panels, rack and closet cleanup, demarc extensions, as-builts, and port maps you actually keep.
Segmented Wi-Fi by zone
Access-point design and cabling with separate, segmented networks for guests, staff, payments, and cameras. Standardized on UniFi or HPE Aruba Instant On for dealership ROI, with Meraki where you want cloud-licensed central management.
FTC Safeguards (GLBA) security program
The controls the rule requires: enforced MFA, encryption in transit and at rest, least-privilege access, an incident-response plan, vendor oversight, monitoring, and security-awareness training, with a Qualified Individual to own it.
24/7 monitoring, EDR and MDR
Around-the-clock detection and response across endpoints and network. Threats are triaged and contained before they become breaches, and the activity is logged for your risk assessment.
Camera and access-control cabling
IP camera and access-control wiring across showroom, service drive, parts, and back lot, terminated and tested. Norvet installs the infrastructure; it does not operate surveillance or hold footage.
Payment and POS networking
Cashier and parts payment cabling with PCI-aware segmentation, so card traffic is isolated from guest and back-office networks. Processor and POS coordinated through vetted partners.
Your stack, supported
We don't ask you to rip out the DMS
We secure, monitor, back up, and connect the dealership systems your teams already run. We harden that stack. We don't replace it.
DMS
CDK Global, Reynolds & Reynolds, Dealertrack DMS, Tekion
CRM & desking
VinSolutions, DealerSocket, Elead, DriveCentric
F&I and credit
RouteOne, Dealertrack F&I, 700Credit
Service lane & fixed ops
Xtime, myKaarma, CDK Service, Reynolds ERA-Ignite service
Websites & digital retail
Dealer Inspire, Dealer.com, online finance and trade-in tools
Security stack we add alongside
SentinelOne / managed EDR, Sophos MDR, 24/7 managed SOC, KnowBe4 awareness training, immutable backup, enforced MFA
Running something not listed here? Tell us what you have and we will tell you honestly which pieces we have supported in production.
Every Safeguards requirement, mapped to who does it
The FTC Safeguards Rule names the controls. Here is how Norvet delivers each one, so the project that cleans up your infrastructure is the project that closes your compliance gap.
vCIO acts as or supports the designated owner of the program.
Discovery and documented findings, repeated on a cadence.
Enforced MFA on every system that touches customer data.
Managed configuration and endpoint encryption.
Least-privilege identity plus network segmentation.
Documented IR plan and breach response that stays live in a dispute.
One accountable contact coordinating vetted partners.
24/7 monitoring, EDR/MDR, and security-awareness training.
Norvet implements the technical controls. Your dealership's specific legal posture and any penalty exposure should be confirmed with counsel.
One campus, then the rest
We don't pitch a rip-and-replace
A giant all-at-once project is hard to trust and hard to deliver. We prove the standard on one campus, then roll it.
Assess
A paid on-site discovery of one pilot campus: closets, cabling, Wi-Fi, payment lanes, and a Safeguards gap snapshot. You get a written report and a phased quote.
Stabilize
Fix the urgent items first: critical uplinks and patching, label priority circuits, replace dead gear, and split guest, payment, and back-office traffic where it matters most.
Standardize
Roll one design: common Wi-Fi and switching, clean labeled closets, port maps, test reports, demarc correction, and a support runbook handed to you.
Expand
Repeat the same standard across your other rooftops with one design package, so each campus matches the last instead of starting over.
Start with a paid discovery assessment
Cabling is too site-specific for an honest number over the phone, so we start with an on-site assessment that delivers a written report and a phased quote, credited toward the install if you proceed. Managed IT is then a flat monthly price per user, and security protections stay active even during a billing dispute.
See how we rank and respond to issues on our service level agreement, or read the buyer's guide.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions from dealer principals, GMs, and fixed-ops directors.
The Safeguards deadline already passed.
Let's close the gap on one campus first.
Book a discovery assessment and we will show you what needs stabilizing now, where your compliance gaps are, and a phased quote for the group.