Business IT · Ottawa
Cybersecurity for Ottawa small businesses
Most small-business incidents do not begin with a sophisticated attack. They begin with a mailbox that had no second factor, a password reused across three services, or a staff member who was never shown what a convincing phishing email looks like.
428 Rideau Street, Ottawa — approximately 16 years serving the National Capital Region
Sound familiar?
- Multifactor authentication is enabled for some people, not all of them.
- Free consumer antivirus is running on business laptops.
- Passwords live in a spreadsheet or a notebook.
- Former employees may still have access to something.
- Nobody has ever explained phishing to the team in practical terms.
Where we start
The basics, done properly, remove most of the realistic risk to a small business.
- Multifactor authentication across every account, without breaking daily work
- Managed endpoint protection with central visibility
- A password manager the team will actually use
- Access review — who can reach what, and who should not
- Practical security awareness for staff, in plain language
- A written answer to what happens if an account is compromised
What we will not tell you
We will not tell you that a product makes you unbreakable, and we do not sell certification. Our review is a preliminary assessment of practical exposure — not a penetration test, compliance audit or guarantee that an incident will not occur.
Local, and available
We are a physical Ottawa business at 428 Rideau Street — not a call centre and not a reseller. You can walk in, and the person who quotes the work is the person who does it.
What changes
Fewer easy openings
The common entry points closed first, in the order that matters.
Staff who recognise it
Training built on real examples rather than a compliance video.
A plan you can read
Written in language you can hand to a partner or a board.
What it costs
Endpoint protection from $49 per device monthly. Assessments are scoped after the free review.
See full pricingCommon questions
- Is a small Ottawa business really a target?
- Attacks on small businesses are overwhelmingly opportunistic and automated. Being small does not remove you from the list — it usually just means fewer defences.
- What is included in a cybersecurity assessment?
- We review email and account security, endpoint protection, access control, backup posture and staff practices, then give you a prioritised written summary.
- Do you require our passwords?
- No. We never ask for passwords or security codes in an assessment, and neither should anyone else who contacts you.
- Can you help after an incident has already happened?
- Yes. Call us — containment first, then recovery, then closing whatever allowed it.