Cyber insurance Alberta businesses carry has changed dramatically — and most Edmonton SMBs either don’t have coverage or don’t understand what their policy actually covers. In 2026, that gap is becoming increasingly dangerous. A single ransomware attack, data breach, or business email compromise incident can cost a Canadian SMB over $3.4 million when you factor […]
Right now, somewhere in your Edmonton business, an employee is probably pasting something into ChatGPT they shouldn’t be. Shadow AI — the use of unauthorized AI tools at work — is one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity risks facing Alberta businesses in 2026, and most business owners have no idea it’s already happening inside their organization. […]
If your business lost all its data tomorrow, how long would it take to recover — and would you even survive it? Data backup and recovery for Edmonton businesses is one of the most overlooked areas of IT, right up until the moment it isn’t. A server crash, a ransomware attack, a flood in the […]
If you do one thing for your business’s cybersecurity this year, enable multi-factor authentication on every account. That’s not an exaggeration. Multi-factor authentication for Edmonton businesses is the single highest-impact, lowest-cost security control available — and most small businesses still haven’t fully implemented it. According to Microsoft, MFA blocks over 99.9% of automated credential attacks. […]
Phishing attacks on Alberta SMBs are the number one way cybercriminals get into business networks — and in 2026 they’ve gotten significantly harder to spot. It just takes one employee clicking the wrong link at the wrong moment. This guide breaks down exactly what phishing attacks targeting Alberta small businesses look like right now, what […]
Yesterday the GuidePost team drove 258 kilometres to Frog Lake Cree Nation for a scheduled on-site IT support visit — one of several First Nations organizations across Alberta we provide managed IT services for. That’s part of the job. Reliable IT support means showing up, not just answering tickets from a desk. What We Got […]
A law office in St. Albert. A construction firm in Nisku. A medical clinic in Sherwood Park. These aren’t hypothetical targets — they’re the kinds of Alberta businesses that ransomware groups are actively going after right now. Ransomware attacks on Canadian small and medium businesses increased by over 150% between 2023 and 2025. Alberta, with […]
Category: Cloud Computing | Read time: 5 min | Keywords: Cloud Computing Edmonton, Cloud Migration Alberta, Cloud Services Edmonton Small Business There’s a server sitting somewhere in your office right now. Maybe it’s in a back room, maybe it’s tucked under someone’s desk, or maybe it’s in a dedicated server closet that nobody goes into […]
Last week, a cybercriminal group called ShinyHunters hacked Instructure — the company behind Canvas, the learning management platform used by universities and schools worldwide. Instructure confirmed the breach on May 3, 2026, and the numbers are staggering: up to 9,000 institutions affected, with names, email addresses, student ID numbers, and private messages exposed across potentially […]
If you run a business in Edmonton, you’ve probably been there before. It’s 8:45 AM. Your team is showing up for work, coffees in hand, ready to go — and nothing works. The server’s down. Email won’t load. Your point-of-sale system is frozen. You call your IT guy, he’s booked until noon, and every minute […]