Most Edmonton businesses don’t have a cybersecurity policy. The ones that do often have a document nobody has read since the day it was created. Neither situation actually protects your business. A cybersecurity policy for Edmonton businesses isn’t a compliance checkbox — it’s the foundation that makes every other security control work. MFA, backups, employee […]
A ransomware group just hit a Calgary university, stole 10 terabytes of data, deleted the originals, and is demanding $1.9 million. If your Edmonton or Alberta business thinks this doesn’t apply to you, read on — because the group behind it specifically targets organizations that look easier than large enterprises. On June 17, 2026, Mount […]
Right now, your business email address and possibly your employees’ passwords may be sitting on a dark web forum — available for purchase by anyone willing to pay for them. The breach that put them there may have happened years ago. You probably have no idea. Dark web monitoring for Edmonton businesses is one of […]
Weak and reused passwords are behind more Alberta business breaches than any other single cause. Not sophisticated hacking. Not zero-day exploits. Passwords. Password management for Alberta businesses is one of those topics that sounds basic — and it is basic — which is exactly why it gets overlooked. Most Edmonton business owners assume their employees […]
Most Edmonton business owners have a vague plan for what they’d do if their business got hacked. Call IT. Change passwords. Hope for the best. That’s not a plan. And when your business actually gets hacked — which for most Alberta SMBs is a matter of when, not if — the decisions you make in […]
Not all IT support is the same — and choosing the wrong model for your Edmonton business can cost you significantly more than you realize, either in surprise invoices, inadequate coverage, or systems that aren’t being properly maintained. IT support models for Edmonton businesses range from paying someone by the hour when things break, to […]
The Alberta government just put $40 million toward cybersecurity upgrades after reporting a major spike in cyber incidents last year. If the provincial government — with its dedicated IT teams and significant resources — is scrambling to patch outdated systems and shore up defences, that should tell Edmonton and Alberta businesses something important about the […]
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 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 […]