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Consulting
Security and infrastructure services
Toronto IT consulting for cybersecurity, networks, firewalls, Cloudflare and recovery.
IndustryCybersecurity and infrastructure for professional services
Protect client information, support hybrid work, and reduce technology risk without slowing down your billable teams.
IndustryCybersecurity and resilient infrastructure for healthcare
Strengthen access, networks, and recovery around sensitive health information and systems that staff need to deliver care.
IndustriesIndustry cybersecurity guidance
Security and infrastructure priorities shaped by each organization's operating context.
ServiceRetained 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.
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.
IndustryCybersecurity and reliable networks for retail
Improve security and uptime across stores, head office, cloud services, payment environments, Wi-Fi, and connected devices.
Starter engagementsStarter security engagements
Bounded cybersecurity reviews for firewall policy, ransomware recovery, Cloudflare and AI-agent access.
Work examplesIllustrative engagement examples
Representative cybersecurity and infrastructure engagements showing scope, evidence, deliverables and validation.
ServiceIT project and program management
Run infrastructure and security projects to a defined outcome: scope held, dependencies surfaced early, risks tracked, and a cutover with a rehearsed way back.
ServiceCloud services
Azure and AWS design, migration and review for Canadian organizations: landing zones, identity, networking, backup and cost visibility.
ServiceManaged IT services
Hands-on IT operations during Canadian business hours: patching, backup checks, account and device administration, and current documentation.
ServiceNetwork architecture and segmentation
Review traffic paths, trust boundaries and failure behaviour, then design network segmentation that can be implemented, supported and rolled back.
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
Practical security and infrastructure templates
Templates for firewall changes, security assessments, incident readiness and recovery tests.
ArticleSecure AI-Agent Access to Infrastructure: Put Authorization Outside the Model
How to give AI agents infrastructure access without losing control: scoped credentials, approval paths, audit trails and reversible change.
Resource librarySecurity and infrastructure resource library
Browse HAI Consulting field guides, learning paths, templates and diagnostic tools by topic, technology or format.
Knowledge topicInfrastructure
Design infrastructure around service dependencies, recoverability, administrative boundaries and changes that operators can verify.
Knowledge topicSecurity Operations
Operate privileged access, third-party connections and security evidence as owned lifecycles with tested recovery and shutdown paths.
Knowledge topicEmail Security
Build email trust with aligned identity, authenticated sending sources, measured enforcement and monitoring that survives the rollout.
Knowledge topicNetwork Security
Make network and firewall controls understandable, attributable and safe to change without losing the path back.
ResourceSecurity assessment scoping and evidence worksheet
Define what an assessment must answer, gather evidence consistently, and separate verified findings from assumptions.
Learning pathsSecurity learning paths
Connected guides for controlled changes, recovery, identity, email trust and segmentation.
KnowledgeKnowledge from the field
Cybersecurity, network, infrastructure, Cloudflare, Palo Alto, Cisco and practical AI guidance.
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.
Knowledge topicCloud and Edge
Treat edge security as an operated control plane with explicit ownership, safe changes, origin protection and evidence of intended behaviour.
Knowledge topicPractical AI
Apply AI to infrastructure with narrow authority, external authorization, reviewable actions and a reliable stop path.
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.
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.
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.
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.
ArticleMicrosoft 365 Email Authentication: A Controlled SPF, DKIM, and DMARC Rollout
Configure SPF, DKIM and DMARC correctly in Microsoft 365, including the alignment details that quietly cause legitimate mail to fail.
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.
ArticlePrivileged access without losing the recovery path
Reduce standing administrative access while preserving tested, monitored emergency access for identity failures and major incidents.
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.
Knowledge topicResilience
Plan recovery around services, identities, clean administration, dependencies and evidence—not backup-job status alone.
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.
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.
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.
ArticleThird-party remote access: control the whole connection lifecycle
Turn vendor and support access into an owned lifecycle with named identities, narrow paths, visible sessions, expiry and a tested shutdown method.
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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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OverviewHAI Consulting
Toronto cybersecurity and IT consulting for organizations in Canada.
ApproachHow HAI Consulting works
A bounded consulting approach with evidence, decisions, validation and ownership.
Trust centreTrust and engagement safeguards
Information handling, administrative access, change safeguards, website privacy, accessibility and responsible disclosure.