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Consulting
Retained IT and security management
Ongoing scheduled review, maintenance planning and advisory support under a retainer, so security and infrastructure work continues after a project ends.
ServiceMicrosoft 365 security and administration
Microsoft 365 security and administration for Canadian organizations: Entra ID, conditional access, mail security, sharing, Intune and licensing.
IndustryCybersecurity and reliable networks for retail
Improve security and uptime across stores, head office, cloud services, payment environments, Wi-Fi, and connected devices.
ServiceManaged IT services
Hands-on IT operations during Canadian business hours: patching, backup checks, account and device administration, and current documentation.
ServiceFirewall policy review
Review firewall policy intent, effective access, ownership and observed use before making bounded cleanup or risk-reduction changes.
ServiceNetwork architecture and segmentation
Review traffic paths, trust boundaries and failure behaviour, then design network segmentation that can be implemented, supported and rolled back.
ServicesSecurity and infrastructure services
Toronto IT consulting for cybersecurity, networks, firewalls, Cloudflare and recovery.
ServiceUnified communications
Plan and move business phones and meetings: Microsoft Teams Phone, SIP trunking, call routing and number porting, cut over in agreed windows.
Resource library
Intune rollout: what to decide before you enrol devices
Before enrolling devices in Intune, settle ownership, app protection, Autopilot and compliance rules. A rollout plan for Canadian small businesses.
ArticlePatch management for small businesses: a routine that holds
Patching rarely fails for lack of tools. It fails when nobody owns it. A monthly update routine, an emergency lane and proof that the patches landed.
ArticleNetwork Segmentation for SMBs: A Minimum-Viable Architecture That Can Grow
A staged segmentation design for small and midsized businesses that contains compromise without creating an unmanageable firewall-rule maze.
ResourcePrivileged access and emergency access review
A worksheet for reviewing privileged access: who holds it, why, when it was last confirmed, and what evidence supports keeping it.
ArticleA safer starting point for AI agents in infrastructure operations
Start with read-only evidence collection, narrow tool permissions, and reviewable change proposals before an agent can alter production.
ArticleAzure migration: what to settle before moving servers
Before moving servers to Azure, map dependencies, settle identity, network and data residency, and agree rollback. A readiness checklist for Canadian SMBs.
ArticleDNS Migration With a Rollback Plan That Can Actually Work
A DNS provider migration runbook covering zone discovery, TTLs, DNSSEC, delegation, split authority, validation and the time-dependent realities of rollback.
ArticleEmergency access accounts: the control that stops MFA from locking you out
Identity hardening adds dependencies as well as protection. How to configure emergency access accounts so a policy or a lost factor cannot lock you out.
ResourceFirewall change and rollback record
Plan, approve, test, and close a firewall change with the business reason and rollback path in one record.
ArticleFirewall change planning with a tested rollback
A practical change-window method that separates validation, implementation, verification, and rollback before production traffic is at risk.
ArticleFirewall Rule Review: A Checklist That Produces Defensible Change
A firewall rule review that produces defensible change: what to collect, how to judge a rule, and how to retire one without an outage.
KnowledgeKnowledge from the field
Cybersecurity, network, infrastructure, Cloudflare, Palo Alto, Cisco and practical AI guidance.
ArticleProxmox Backup and Recovery: Design for a Restore, Not a Green Job
Design Proxmox backups around a proven restore rather than a green job: retention, isolation, verification and the failure modes that matter.
ArticleRansomware Recovery Readiness: A Checklist You Can Prove
A practical checklist for proving ransomware recovery works: what to test, what evidence to keep, and which assumptions usually fail under pressure.
ResourceSecurity assessment scoping and evidence worksheet
Define what an assessment must answer, gather evidence consistently, and separate verified findings from assumptions.
ResourceSecurity logging coverage and retention worksheet
Map the events needed to investigate material incidents, verify collection and retention, and expose blind spots before an alert or outage.
ArticleSecurity logging coverage and retention: design for the investigation
Build a logging plan from investigation questions, evidence paths and response ownership instead of collecting high-volume data without a use case.
ResourceThird-party remote access review
Review vendor and partner access from business purpose through identity, network path, session evidence, expiry, and safe removal.
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Clear technical advice, tied to the way your organization works
HAI Consulting is a Canadian cybersecurity, networking, and infrastructure consultancy serving organizations in Toronto, Ontario, and across Canada. We help organizations understand their current environment, decide what deserves attention, and carry changes through with less guesswork.
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Toronto cybersecurity and IT consulting for organizations in Canada.