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Ransomware Is Rising In Canada: 5 Assumptions That Quietly Increase Your Exposure
Why Canadian SMBs are overestimating their ransomware readiness in 2026 The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security reports that ransomware incidents known to the Cyber Centre have increased by an average of 26% per year since 2021.¹ That’s not just a statistic. It’s a...
The Hidden Risk Of Relying On A Single Internal “Hero”
From Single Point of Failure to Seamless Resilience: Why Your Best Employee Might Be Your Biggest Risk. Every SMB has them. The person everyone calls when something goes wrong. Is the printer jammed again? Call Priya in accounting. Is the Wi-Fi down? Call Casey in...
Windows Server 2016 End of Life: Upgrade or Replace? How SMBs Should Decide
Windows Server 2016 is approaching end of support. When that happens, the risk and accountability around that server change. For many SMBs, the default reaction is understandable: “We need to upgrade.” “What’s the next version?” Reasonable. But this is where most IT...


