Practical cybersecurity for small businesses, nonprofits, and First Nations organizations across Northwestern Ontario. Audits, ransomware protection, MFA deployment, and staff training — no scare tactics, just real protection.
A full review of your accounts, devices, email, network, backups, and policies. You get a written report with prioritized findings and a clear plan.
Email filtering, endpoint protection, network segmentation, and tested offline backups — the three layers every business needs.
Multi-factor authentication deployed across email, cloud apps, and remote access — the single biggest reduction in breach risk you can make.
Email filtering plus practical staff training on what real phishing emails look like. Simulated phishing tests show who’s at risk.
We check the boxes your insurer actually requires — MFA, EDR, patching, backups, training — and document it so renewals are painless.
Written security policies, acceptable use policies, incident response plans — required by most funders, insurers, and compliance frameworks.
Most cybersecurity vendors selling to small businesses fall into one of two camps. The first scares you with statistics and sells you expensive products you don’t need. The second is a generic IT shop checking a box, with no real understanding of what your specific risks are.
We do neither. We come in, look at how your business actually works — what data you have, who has access, what would actually hurt if it leaked or got locked up — and we focus on the controls that match the real risks. For most small businesses in Northwestern Ontario, that means MFA, good backups, email filtering, basic patching discipline, and a team that knows what a phishing email looks like. Done well, that’s 90% of the protection you need.
For larger organizations, regulated industries, or anyone handling especially sensitive data — healthcare, financial services, First Nations member information — we go deeper. But we don’t sell complexity for its own sake. Every recommendation comes with a reason.
If you get hit with ransomware on a Friday afternoon, you don’t want to be on hold with a 1-800 number waiting for a stranger in another time zone. You want someone who knows your setup, who can be on-site quickly if needed, and who’s going to actually answer the phone.
We’re based in Fort Frances. When a client has a security incident — a suspicious email, a compromised account, a device behaving strangely — they call us directly and we respond. No tiered support, no ticket queues, no offshore call centers.
A standard small-business cybersecurity audit starts at $1,500 and covers your accounts, devices, email, network, backups, and policies. We deliver a written report with findings prioritized by risk and a clear remediation plan. Larger organizations are quoted based on scope.
Phishing and password compromise. The vast majority of small-business breaches start with an employee clicking a malicious link or reusing a password that’s already been leaked elsewhere. Multi-factor authentication, security awareness training, and phishing-resistant email filtering address the bulk of this risk.
Yes. Insurers increasingly require MFA, EDR, regular patching, backups, and security awareness training before they’ll renew or pay out. We help you check the boxes your cyber insurance application actually asks about — and document it so you’re not scrambling at renewal time.
Yes. We work with several First Nations organizations across the Rainy River District. We understand the unique data sensitivity, funding-related compliance requirements, and member privacy expectations that apply to band offices and Indigenous service organizations.
Ransomware is malicious software that locks up your files until you pay. Protection has three layers: stop it getting in (email filtering, endpoint security, patching), limit its spread if it does get in (network segmentation, least-privilege accounts), and recover quickly (tested, offline backups). Every business with a computer needs all three layers.
Yes. We deliver short, practical security awareness training tailored to your team — not generic stock content. We also set up simulated phishing tests so you can see who’s at risk and target follow-up training where it actually matters.
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