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Insights on cybersecurity, managed IT, and technology strategy for Canadian businesses.
What Ontario’s First-Ever PHIPA Fines Tell Us About Healthcare IT in 2026
In October 2023, a ransomware attack against a shared IT vendor knocked five southwestern Ontario hospitals offline for…
Paul Thresher
What Is Shadow AI? Security Risks and How to Respond
Your employees are already using AI. They’re drafting emails in ChatGPT, summarizing contracts in Claude, building reports with…
Paul Thresher
MSSP vs MSP: What’s the Difference?
Your CFO wants to know why the cybersecurity line item doubled. Your IT manager wants 24/7 monitoring. Your…
Andrei Fomitchev
How to Evaluate an MSP Before You Sign
You’re comparing three MSPs. Their proposals look similar. Everyone claims 24/7 support, a dedicated account manager, and “proactive…
Andrei Fomitchev
FortiGate CVEs and the Patch Management Problem
Another quarter, another FortiGate CVE with a CVSS score north of 9.0. If you manage a fleet of…
Paul Thresher
Why Mid-Market Businesses Can’t Staff Security Internally
Mid-market IT teams are stuck in an impossible spot. Too large to ignore enterprise-grade security requirements. Too small…
Paul Thresher
IT Vendor Management: How a Managed Provider Simplifies Your Tech Stack
The average mid-market company uses between 40 and 90 different software tools. Each one comes with its own…
Andrei Fomitchev
What Is IT Compliance? A Guide for Business Leaders
IT compliance is one of those terms that gets thrown around in boardrooms and vendor pitches, but rarely…
Paul Thresher
MDR vs SIEM: Which One Does Your Business Need?
Your security team is drowning in alerts. Every week brings another vendor pitch promising to “stop threats in…
Paul Thresher
How AI Agents Automate Business Operations
Your operations team spent 12 hours last week copying data between spreadsheets. Your IT staff manually checked 40…
Adrian Carmichael
