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Cybersecurity for Canadian small and midsize businesses
Get a clear, right-sized plan for cybersecurity, cloud, networks, and recovery based on how your Canadian business operates.
ServiceManaged IT services
Hands-on IT operations during Canadian business hours: patching, backup checks, account and device administration, and current documentation.
ServiceUnified communications
Plan and move business phones and meetings: Microsoft Teams Phone, SIP trunking, call routing and number porting, cut over in agreed windows.
ServiceCybersecurity assessments
Assess current security controls, evidence and ownership, then turn verified findings into a prioritized and operationally realistic improvement plan.
ServiceMicrosoft 365 security and administration
Microsoft 365 security and administration for Canadian organizations: Entra ID, conditional access, mail security, sharing, Intune and licensing.
Resource library
Patch 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.
ArticleBusiness email compromise: stopping payment fraud
Business email compromise turns a trusted email thread into a payment to the wrong account. The Microsoft 365 settings and payment checks that stop it.
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.
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.
ArticleMicrosoft 365 backup: what native recovery will and won't restore
Microsoft 365 recycle bins and retention are not a backup. What native recovery covers, where it stops, and how to plan restores you can rely on.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Knowledge topicSecurity Operations
Operate privileged access, third-party connections and security evidence as owned lifecycles with tested recovery and shutdown paths.
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.
About HAI
The 18-point security checklist for Toronto small businesses
A free one-page security checklist for small and mid-size businesses.
OverviewHAI Consulting
Toronto cybersecurity and IT consulting for organizations in Canada.
AboutClear 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.
ConsultingFree initial security assessment
A plain-English picture of your security risks and what to fix first, with no obligation.