Canadian research report
The cost of cybercrime to Canadian businesses
Canadian cybercrime costs, recovery spending, prevention budgets, breach trends, and practical benchmarks for business planning, using official sources.
Evidence before opinion
Canadian technology research and decision guides
Source-backed reports, buying guides, operating checklists, and implementation frameworks for Canadian business technology decisions.
Fleet compliance guide
Canada ELD Standard version 1.3
Understand Canada ELD Technical Standard version 1.3, certification, transition planning, procurement checks, installation, testing, and fleet records.
Fleet buying guide
How to choose a certified ELD system in Canada
Evaluate certified ELD systems in Canada by certification, inspection transfer, coverage, installation, data ownership, integrations, support, and total cost.
Lifecycle decision guide
Windows 10 ESU versus Windows 11 for business
Compare Windows 10 Extended Security Updates with Windows 11 migration or PC replacement using compatibility, risk, cost, timing, and support criteria.
Payment-page security
PCI DSS 4.0.1 checklist for e-commerce websites
A practical PCI DSS 4.0.1 checklist for Shopify, WooCommerce, payment pages, scripts, tamper detection, vendors, evidence, and responsibility mapping.
E-commerce cost guide
The total cost of Shopify in Canada
Calculate Shopify cost in Canada across plans, payment processing, transaction fees, apps, themes, development, POS, maintenance, and operational support.
Managed IT procurement
Build the MSP exit plan before signing the contract
Plan a safe MSP transition with account ownership, privileged access, documentation, backups, licences, data export, notice periods, cooperation, and verification.
Vendor security guide
A practical cyber supply-chain risk assessment
Assess software and service-provider risk using a vendor inventory, criticality tiers, data access, security questions, contract clauses, evidence, and review dates.
Responsible AI guide
Assessing generative AI privacy risk in Canada
Assess generative AI privacy risk in Canada across personal information, confidential data, retention, training, access, logging, vendors, and human review.
AI operating controls
A security checklist for employee AI tools
Control employee use of ChatGPT, Copilot and other AI tools with approved accounts, data rules, connectors, retention, verification, training, and monitoring.
Research methodology
A website performance benchmark for Canadian SMBs
A reproducible Canadian SMB website benchmark framework covering Core Web Vitals, mobile testing, accessibility, forms, security, ownership, and evidence.
Website performance planning
What Core Web Vitals remediation should cost
Estimate Core Web Vitals remediation by diagnosing LCP, INP and CLS across templates, third-party scripts, images, fonts, JavaScript, hosting, and CMS constraints.
Local visibility guide
Google Business Profile rules for service-area businesses
Understand Google Business Profile service-area rules for hidden addresses, staffed locations, virtual offices, multiple profiles, service areas, and evidence.
Rural connectivity guide
Designing Starlink internet failover in Canada
Design Starlink internet failover with dual WAN, routing, public IP needs, VPN, voice, monitoring, power, testing, data use, and documented recovery.
MSP contract guide
Managed IT SLA red flags to catch before signing
Review managed IT SLAs for response versus resolution, coverage hours, severity, exclusions, escalation, measurement, reporting, remedies, and dependencies.
Recovery assurance guide
How to test whether business backups can recover
Test business backups with restore objectives, isolated recovery, identity, applications, evidence, ransomware scenarios, owners, findings, and retesting.
Digital asset control
The website ownership checklist every business needs
Protect website ownership across domains, DNS, hosting, code, CMS, analytics, email, payments, content, licences, backups, vendors, and recovery access.