Free IT resources for BC and Alberta business owners. No email gate.
Compliance checklists, budgeting worksheets, cyber insurance prep guides, and frameworks we use internally. Take what you need.
Most IT resources are locked behind a form because the document is a pretext for a drip campaign. These are not. Everything in this library is free to read, download, and use, no form submission, no follow-up email, no obligation.
We publish these because a business owner who understands their IT environment makes better decisions. Whether they work with us is secondary.
BC SMB Compliance Guide 2026, PIPEDA, CASL, and BC PIPA boiled down to what a small business in British Columbia actually needs to do. Written for owners and operations managers, not lawyers. Covers data handling, consent, breach reporting, and marketing compliance.
Cyber Insurance Questionnaire Guide 2026, A walkthrough of every control insurers ask about on a standard cyber insurance application. Plain-English explanations of what each control means, how to implement it, and how to answer the questionnaire honestly. Useful before your renewal and as a security gap analysis.
SMB IT Budget Worksheet, Per-user annual IT budgeting for hardware, software licensing, security, managed services, and capital expenditure. Built for 5-to-50-user organisations in Western Canada. Includes line items for Microsoft 365, backup, endpoint security, and project reserves.
First 90 Days of Managed IT Playbook, What good MSP onboarding looks like. What milestones to expect, what documentation you should receive, and the warning signs that your new provider is disorganised or cutting corners. Useful whether you are onboarding with North Star or anyone else.
More from our library: read the Insights blog for deep dives, browse the IT Guides & Glossary for plain-English explainers, weigh options with our provider and tool comparisons, or see how North Star Email Protection stops phishing before it reaches your team.
Use the compliance guide to check your obligations before engaging a privacy lawyer. Use the cyber insurance guide before your renewal conversation with your broker. Use the budget worksheet when building your annual IT plan. Use the onboarding playbook to hold your MSP accountable.
If a resource raises questions you cannot answer, that is useful information. It means there is a gap in your current IT coverage worth looking at.
These resources are starting points. For a real read on your specific environment, what is in place, what is missing, and what it would cost to fix, a free IT assessment is the fastest path to a concrete answer.
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