A plain-English cybersecurity checklist for Canadian small businesses: MFA, backups, phishing training, ransomware defence and incident response.
Turn on multi-factor authentication (MFA) everywhere and keep tested offline backups. Together they stop the two most common ways small businesses get breached: stolen passwords and ransomware.
Most Canadian small businesses can cover the essentials — MFA, managed endpoint protection, backups and basic staff training — for roughly $15–$50 per user per month. The biggest gains come from configuration, not expensive tools.
These guides are free. If you’re in Quebec and want it set up properly, IT Cares does it on-site.
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