AI Agents in 2025: Critical Risks Without Identity Controls
The Rise of AI Agents in Business Artificial Intelligence (AI) has evolved from chatbots and analytics tools into AI agents—software programs that can act autonomously on behalf of humans. These agents schedule meetings, triage support tickets, write code, and even make security decisions. Unlike traditional software, AI agents are not limited to a single workflow. […]
7 Proven SIEM Wins: Revolutionize Your SMB’s Security
Armed with knowledge and savvy defense strategies, you’ll navigate through the perilous landscape of hijacked sessions…
From Bluff to Reality: Automated Sextortion Is Here—and It Targets Your Business
What You Need to Know For years, those “I hacked your webcam” emails relied on fear, not facts. Attackers grabbed an old password from a breach dump, waved it in your face, and demanded crypto. Most had no access to your device, your camera, or your accounts. That era is ending. A new wave of […]
The Business Benefits of Managed IT Services (for Canadian SMBs)
The New Reality of IT for SMBs Technology now touches every part of your business—sales, onboarding, invoicing, delivery, and post-sale support. Hybrid work, cloud apps, mobile devices, and SaaS create agility and complexity at the same time. Each new service brings logins, permissions, data flows, and integration points that must be configured, monitored, and secured. […]
Sustainable IT for Canadian SMBs: practical wins, real impact
What is “sustainable IT”? Sustainable IT is the set of policies, architectures, and day-to-day habits that reduce the environmental impact of your technology across its lifecycle—procurement, operations, software, cloud, and end-of-life—while maintaining (or improving) performance and security. In plain terms: do the same (or more) business with fewer watts, fewer boxes, and less waste. That […]
The Data Layer: Protect the Information Itself
What the “data layer” means The data layer focuses on the information itself—wherever it lives or travels. In practical terms, that means the spreadsheet an accountant saves on a laptop, the customer table inside a production database, the invoice PDFs synced to a cloud drive, and the attachments or API payloads moving between systems, partners, […]
The True Cost of a Cyber Breach in Canada (2025 Data)
The New Reality of Cyber Risk in 2025 Technology has blurred the line between IT and business. Every SMB now relies on digital systems for sales, invoicing, service delivery, and customer support. This creates efficiency but also dependency: when systems fail, the business stalls. Add hybrid work, cloud apps, SaaS integrations, and mobile devices, and […]
SonicWall SSL VPNs Under Fire: 2025 Proven Steps to Stay Secure
Ransomware crews—including Akira—are actively targeting SonicWall SSL VPN endpoints through a mix of known vulnerabilities, poor hardening, and risky defaults. Recent advisories point to active exploitation of CVE-2024-40766 against SonicWall SSLVPN portals, renewed attacks on SMA 100/1000 appliances (including an OVERSTEP rootkit campaign), and fresh 2025 patches for critical web-interface issues. If you expose a […]
Weaponized AI in Cybersecurity: Why Canadian SMBs Must Act Now
The New Era of Cyber Threats Artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed cybersecurity—and not just for defenders. Today’s hackers are leveraging weaponized AI in cybersecurity to automate attacks, craft sophisticated phishing campaigns, and evade detection at a scale we’ve never seen before. What once took an attacker weeks of reconnaissance can now be executed in hours, […]
Canadian SMBs & Ethical Hacking: Safeguarding Your Digital Frontier
Ethical hacking—also called penetration testing—is a safe, legal way to find your cyber weak spots before criminals do. For Canadian SMBs, it reduces the risk of ransomware, supports privacy compliance (e.g., PIPEDA), and can even lower cyber‑insurance premiums by proving due diligence. Unlike a theoretical audit, ethical hacking shows how an attacker would actually break […]