SIP trunks are part of your attack surface, not just a cost line 🛡️ Before choosing a provider on price or uptime claims, ask about their encryption, access controls and incident response. Vendor comparison posts tend to rank their own product first. @startuppile Link below.
A project going live is not the same as value landing in the business. Before we approve any security spend, we ask one question: what changes for the business once this is done? If nobody can answer it, the budget is just a cost. 🛡️
CPCSC Level 1 opened to suppliers on April 1, 2026, and select DND contracts will require it starting this summer. In our client work, the Level 1 checklist is the quick part. Mapping where controlled data lives takes longer. 🛡️ Link in reply.
Only about 1 in 5 Canadian SMBs carries cyber insurance, according to the IBC 2025 SMB survey. A renewal questionnaire is a fast way to find out which controls exist only in someone's head. Write them down before the broker asks. 🛡️ Link below.
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Plenty of SME leadership teams can name their bank's fraud contact but not who makes the call if ransomware hits on a Friday afternoon. 🛡️ We run tabletop exercises for this reason. The gaps almost always show up in the room, not in the policy binder.
Monthly OS patching at Canadian small businesses fell from 25.0% to 17.8% between 2021 and 2023. Exploiting vulnerabilities is now the top entry point for organizations under 1, 000 staff, at 26%. For boards, that's a patch cadence question, not an IT detail. 🛡️ Link below.
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Convenience stores run on speed, but the POS, inventory system and lottery terminal often share the same network without anyone checking who has access. We see this regularly with SME clients. Fast checkout matters. Unmanaged access to payment systems matters more. 🛡️