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Cloudflare security and edge services
Review and improve Cloudflare DNS, TLS, WAF, access and edge configuration with controlled rollout, evidence and a practical rollback path.
ServiceMicrosoft 365 security and administration
Microsoft 365 security and administration for Canadian organizations: Entra ID, conditional access, mail security, sharing, Intune and licensing.
Starter engagementAI-Agent Infrastructure Access Review
A threat-led review of how an AI-enabled workflow discovers, recommends or performs infrastructure operations without receiving unrestricted authority.
ServiceFirewall policy review
Review firewall policy intent, effective access, ownership and observed use before making bounded cleanup or risk-reduction changes.
ServiceResilience and recovery
Test whether critical services can be restored, identify fragile dependencies and leave recovery evidence that operators can use during an outage.
Resource library
Emergency 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.
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.
ArticlePrivileged access without losing the recovery path
Reduce standing administrative access while preserving tested, monitored emergency access for identity failures and major incidents.
ResourceThird-party remote access review
Review vendor and partner access from business purpose through identity, network path, session evidence, expiry, and safe removal.
Knowledge topicSecurity Operations
Operate privileged access, third-party connections and security evidence as owned lifecycles with tested recovery and shutdown paths.
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.
ArticleCybersecurity Assessment Scope: A Buyer’s Evidence Checklist
Define the decisions, service boundaries, evidence, testing depth and deliverables that turn a cybersecurity assessment into an actionable plan.
ArticleIntune 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.
KnowledgeKnowledge from the field
Cybersecurity, network, infrastructure, Cloudflare, Palo Alto, Cisco and practical AI guidance.
ResourcesPractical security and infrastructure templates
Templates for firewall changes, security assessments, incident readiness and recovery tests.
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.
Resource librarySecurity and infrastructure resource library
Browse HAI Consulting field guides, learning paths, templates and diagnostic tools by topic, technology or format.
ResourceSecurity assessment scoping and evidence worksheet
Define what an assessment must answer, gather evidence consistently, and separate verified findings from assumptions.
ArticleSeven Zero Trust Implementation Mistakes—and How to Correct Them
Seven zero trust mistakes that stall real deployments, why each one happens, and the correction that keeps the program moving.
ArticlePalo Alto policy review: find risk before adding another rule
Review rule order, application visibility, profiles, logging, and stale access before expanding a PAN-OS policy base.
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.
ArticleTeams Phone migration: what to settle before you port your numbers
Moving office calling into Microsoft Teams? The four decisions to settle first: carrier model, network, emergency calling and number porting.
ArticleDeploy SPF, DKIM, DMARC, MTA-STS, and BIMI Without Breaking Mail
Roll out SPF, DKIM, DMARC, MTA-STS and BIMI in an order that will not break mail, with the checks to run before each enforcement step.
ArticleDeploying Cloudflare WAF Without Breaking Production
Deploy Cloudflare WAF without breaking production: staged rollout, rule tuning, false-positive handling and a rollback you have actually tested.
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.
ResourceFirewall change and rollback record
Plan, approve, test, and close a firewall change with the business reason and rollback path in one record.
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.
ResourceIncident-readiness questionnaire
Find the practical gaps that can slow decisions, communications, containment, evidence handling, and recovery during a cyber incident.
Knowledge topicInfrastructure
Design infrastructure around service dependencies, recoverability, administrative boundaries and changes that operators can verify.
Knowledge topicPractical AI
Apply AI to infrastructure with narrow authority, external authorization, reviewable actions and a reliable stop path.
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.
ResourceService recovery test plan and evidence record
Test whether a service can be restored under defined conditions, with safe boundaries, timestamps, acceptance criteria, and follow-up actions.
About HAI
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.
OverviewHAI Consulting
Toronto cybersecurity and IT consulting for organizations in Canada.