Managed Cybersecurity Services for Canadian Businesses
Canadian SMBs get 24/7 SOC monitoring, CISSP-led defence, and a complete MSSP security stack. One partner. All tools included.
security leadership
SOC monitoring
framework aligned
critical response
businesses protected
What managed cybersecurity looks like in practice
Managed cybersecurity services for Canadian SMBs should deliver 24/7 managed detection and response, CIS Controls v8.1 alignment, PIPEDA-compliant incident reporting, and documentation that holds up to insurance audits. Fusion Computing provides CISSP-led cybersecurity for 10-to-150-user Canadian businesses from $130/user/month co-managed or $180 fully managed.
The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security’s 2025-2027 Ransomware Threat Outlook, ransomware is the top cybercrime threat to Canadian critical infrastructure – with AI-assisted attacks becoming cheaper, faster, and harder to detect.
IBM’s 2024 Cost of a Data Breach report found, Canadian organizations that use managed detection and response services shorten breach lifecycles by 108 days on average – the single largest variable in total breach cost.
The City of Hamilton’s February 2024 ransomware attack cost the municipality over $18.3 million in recovery costs, with $5 million denied by cyber insurance because multi-factor authentication had not been fully implemented (see our cyber insurance checklist) – a benchmark incident for every Canadian SMB.
According to Canada’s National Cyber Threat Assessment 2025-2026, the combination of Chinese, Russian, and Iranian nation-state actors alongside financially-motivated ransomware groups puts Canadian organizations under sustained, multi-vector pressure.
“Most Canadian SMBs don’t fail at cybersecurity because they bought the wrong tool. They fail because MFA wasn’t fully rolled out, patch cadence had drifted, and no one had rehearsed the incident response plan. We engineer those three fundamentals first – before anyone pays us for threat detection.” – Mike Pearlstein, CISSP, CEO, Fusion Computing
Canadian Ownership and Security Operations
Canadian-owned since 2012
CISSP-certified security leadership
Canadian SOC operations
CIS Controls v8.1-aligned
Canadian data residency
PIPEDA-aligned privacy practices
Security stack: Huntress · SentinelOne · Fortinet · KeeperSec · NinjaOne. All tools included
Managed cybersecurity services across Canada
Fusion Computing delivers managed cybersecurity to Canadian SMBs from three regional offices in Toronto, Hamilton, and Metro Vancouver, with remote coverage for clients across Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, and the rest of Canada.
Regional offices
Toronto · Hamilton · Vancouver
Canadian-owned since 2012. Canadian SOC operations. On-site capability across the GTA, Golden Horseshoe, and Metro Vancouver.
Canadian compliance covered
PIPEDA · PHIPA · Bill C-26 · OSFI · FINTRAC
CIS Controls v8.1 and NIST CSF alignment mapped to Canadian privacy, health, critical infrastructure, and financial sector requirements.
SMB niche focus
10–150 users · CISSP-led MSSP
Enterprise-grade stack (Huntress, SentinelOne, Fortinet) delivered at SMB scale. From $130/user/month co-managed to $180 fully managed.
The stakes in 2025
A Canadian data breach now averages CA$6.98 million.
Up from CA$6.32M in 2024. Financial services, industrial, and pharmaceutical breaches run higher. Most Canadian SMBs don’t recover from a seven-figure incident, which is why 24/7 monitoring and fast containment matter more than any single product.
Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025.
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Top cybersecurity threats facing Canadian businesses
Why a single national cybersecurity program beats per-city engagements
Most Canadian SMBs end up buying cybersecurity in pieces — an MSSP for the SOC, a vCISO consultancy for the policy work, a separate firm for the awareness training, an audit-prep partner for the SOC 2 or ISO/IEC 27001 work. The economics break down at scale. A single national program collapses six contracts into one and unlocks structural advantages that no per-city engagement can reproduce.
1. Multi-tenant SOC, not per-client SIEM rebuilds.
Fusion runs a single multi-tenant Huntress + SentinelOne + Fortinet + Keeper stack across the client base. Detection rules, IOC feeds, and threat-hunting queries built for one client pay back across every other client on the same stack. A standalone per-city MSSP rebuilds that detection content client by client and bills it as new work each time. The hub-level pricing reflects the multi-tenant unit economics; standalone city-only quotes do not.
2. Cross-client threat-intelligence and TTP sharing.
When one client in the GTA gets hit with a credential-phishing campaign targeting Magna or Toyota Cambridge supplier-portal sessions, every other supplier-tier client gets the IOCs, the email-header signatures, and the lateral-movement playbook within hours. The Cyber Centre’s 2025-2026 National Cyber Threat Assessment names this kind of cross-victim TTP correlation as the single most-effective defensive measure for SMB-tier targets. A per-city engagement does not generate the population needed for the correlation to be useful.
3. Single CISSP signature on framework attestations.
Mike Pearlstein, CISSP, signs the security policy, the framework attestation, the SOC 2 Type I / II readiness package, the ISO/IEC 27001 vendor-evidence pack, the IATF 16949 information-security clause-set evidence, and the OSFI E-21 operational-resilience documentation across the entire client base. One name, one license, one set of conflicts to track in audits. A multi-vendor stack splits the signature across multiple firms with multiple licenses and creates audit-trail seams that auditors find quickly.
4. AIRT prompt-tracking visibility built into the program.
Fusion runs an AI Result Tracker measuring how the client base is cited and mentioned across ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Perplexity, and Gemini for security-buyer queries. Citation rates inform the client-facing security-awareness program: where AI engines incorrectly cite competitors, the awareness program teaches the client’s buyer team to push back; where AI engines surface real Fusion content, the program teaches the buyer team to use it. This visibility comes from the program scale, not from any individual city engagement.
5. Sitewide blue-team and tabletop training cadence.
Tabletop exercises that play out a ransomware-recovery, a credential-phishing-cascade, an OSFI E-21 operational-resilience scenario, or a Bill C-26 critical-infrastructure-incident response are written once and run across every client. The exercise content stays current with the Cyber Centre’s annual threat assessment update, the IPC’s PHIPA enforcement decisions, the AGCO’s gaming-vendor advisories, and the OSFI’s carrier-vendor releases. A per-city engagement either skips the tabletop work entirely or runs a generic vendor-purchased exercise that doesn’t match the client’s sector.
6. Vendor-stack standardization economics.
Huntress MDR, SentinelOne EDR, Fortinet firewall management, Keeper password vaulting, NinjaOne RMM, ConnectWise PSA. The license stack is the same across the client base. License negotiations, vendor-onboarding contracts, and integration engineering costs are amortized across all clients. A per-city engagement either pays full standalone vendor pricing or stitches together a smaller-vendor stack that breaks integration. Hub-level pricing reflects the standardization; per-city quotes typically do not.
The right framing for cybersecurity buying decisions is not “which city have I bought from before.” It is “am I joining a program that gives me cross-client threat intelligence, a single CISSP signature, multi-tenant tooling, sitewide tabletops, and AIRT visibility into how my buyers are talking to AI engines about my sector.” A national program delivers all six. A per-city engagement delivers none.
What managed cybersecurity services include
24/7 MDR and EDR Monitoring
Huntress and SentinelOne XDR run on every endpoint. A real analyst reviews each alert before it reaches you. No noise to sort through. Odd behaviour gets caught and stopped fast.
Email Security and Phishing Protection
Most breaches start with an email. We block phishing, spoofing, and fake links with DMARC, DKIM, and SPF plus real-time scanning. Email security is part of every engagement.
Identity and Access Management
Multi-factor authentication on every account. Conditional Access for Microsoft 365. KeeperSec for password and secrets management. When someone leaves, their access dies that day. No orphaned accounts sitting open.
Network Security
Fortinet firewalls, network monitoring, and DNS filtering that blocks bad domains before they reach your team. VPN, remote access, and cloud security for Azure and M365. Reviewed at onboarding and again each quarter.
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Vulnerability Management and Pen Testing
Regular scanning inside and out. Findings ranked by what an attacker could actually use, then fixed and verified. Maps to CIS Controls v8.1, NIST CSF, and CyberSecure Canada. Standalone or as step one of a managed programme.
Incident Response
When something goes wrong, you need a plan that already exists. Our incident response services spell out who does what, how fast, and what gets escalated. After an incident, we run forensics, find the root cause, and close the gap. See it in action: ransomware recovery case study.
Compliance and Reporting
We map your controls to CIS Controls v8.1, NIST CSF, CyberSecure Canada, SOC 2, PIPEDA, and PHIPA. Monthly security reporting covers what changed, what we fixed, and what’s next. With Bill C-26 adding new rules, being ready now saves you later.
Backup and Disaster Recovery
Immutable and air-gapped backup infrastructure with documented recovery procedures and periodic restore testing. When ransomware hits, the question isn’t if you have backups. It’s how fast they restore and whether the attacker can reach them.
How managed cybersecurity works
According to IBM’s 2025 Cost of a Data Breach Report, the average cost of a data breach in Canada reached CA$6.98 million. For businesses under 500 employees, a single incident can threaten survival. According to CIRA’s 2025 Canadian Cybersecurity Survey, 24% of Canadian organisations were ransomware victims in the past 12 months.
We don’t sell prevention. We run detection and response. Tools catch patterns. People make the call.
30-Minute CISSP Consultation
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Security Assessment
We map your environment against CIS Controls v8.1 and identify gaps in endpoint, identity, network, and compliance coverage.
Ongoing Protection
Tools deployed, monitoring activated, and your team onboarded. Full 24/7 coverage within two weeks. Quarterly reviews to track results.
Who leads the programme
Mike Pearlstein, CISSP
CEO and CISO at Fusion Computing. CISSP (ISC2) with an MSc in Computer Science focused on AI. Mike runs client security reviews personally, sets the CIS Controls v8.1 baseline every Fusion client inherits, and signs off on every incident response plan.
Why Canadian businesses choose Fusion for cybersecurity
According to CIRA’s 2025 survey, 56% of Canadian organisations reconsidered U.S.-based providers, and 69% named data sovereignty as a top consideration when selecting cybersecurity partners.
CISSP Leadership
Your programme is led by a CISSP who knows what auditors, insurers, and regulators expect.
Canadian Data Sovereignty
All operations stay in Canada. Canadian-owned since 2012, PIPEDA-aligned, built for firms that won’t send data south of the border.
500+ Canadian Businesses Protected
Fusion has supported 500+ Canadian businesses since 2012 with managed cybersecurity. 4.9 stars on Google. 93% first-contact resolution on security issues.
Detection Over Prevention
We don’t promise prevention. We run 24/7 detection and response, pairing AI-driven alerts with human analysts who make the call.
“The assessment found an admin account with domain-level rights that hadn’t been used in four years but was still active. One phishing email away from a full breach. We never would have caught that on our own.”
Mark S., CFO, Professional Services Firm
Compliance frameworks we support
We map your controls to each framework and close gaps with documented policies, technical controls, and audit-ready evidence.
Primary framework
Private-sector privacy
Risk management
Federal certification
Service org controls
Ontario healthcare
What managed cybersecurity costs
For a typical Canadian business with 25 to 100 users, managed cybersecurity services from Fusion are $180-$250 per user per month all-in. Total per-user costs are $180/user/month for fully managed IT plus cybersecurity. The $180 to $200+ range. What you pay depends on team size, setup complexity, and compliance needs.
“I’ve done post-incident reviews for six companies this year alone where the breach started with a compromised vendor credential. Not a zero-day, not a sophisticated attack. A vendor whose password hadn’t been rotated in three years. That’s what we fix first.”
Mike Pearlstein, CISSP, CEO of Fusion Computing
| Capability | Cyber Standard | Cyber Advanced |
|---|---|---|
| 24/7 MDR with human-reviewed alerts | ✓ | ✓ |
| EDR / XDR across all endpoints | ✓ | ✓ |
| Email security + phishing protection | ✓ | ✓ |
| MFA enforcement + Conditional Access | ✓ | ✓ |
| Security awareness training | ✓ | ✓ |
| Immutable + air-gapped backups | ✓ | ✓ |
| Incident response planning | ✓ | ✓ |
| 24/7 SIEM monitoring | . | ✓ |
| Threat hunting | . | ✓ |
| Vulnerability scanning + pen testing | . | ✓ |
| Written security policies | . | ✓ |
| CIS benchmark hardening | . | ✓ |
Both tiers align to CIS Controls v8.1. 90-day exit clause. All tools included.
Who managed cybersecurity services are for
According to CIRA’s 2025 survey, 43% of Canadian organisations were targeted by a cyberattack in the past year. For businesses under 250 employees, the average ransomware recovery time exceeds three weeks.
Built for Canadian businesses with 10 to 150 employees that handle sensitive data, face compliance requirements, or can’t afford to find out what a breach costs firsthand.
Strong fit when you need
- Documented security controls, not just tools
- Cyber insurance compliance evidence
- PIPEDA, PHIPA, or SOC 2 readiness
- A real incident response plan
- Post-incident programme rebuild
Industries we serve
- Finance and accounting
- Law firms and legal practices
- Healthcare (PHIPA-regulated)
- Construction and general contracting
- Non-profit and professional services
For the full national overview, see our cybersecurity services hub.
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Common questions about managed cybersecurity
Why this matters for Canadian businesses: The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security National Cyber Threat Assessment names ransomware against small and medium organizations as the most disruptive ongoing cyber threat to Canada, and explicitly notes that Canadian SMBs are the least resourced to defend against it. Statistics Canada’s Canadian Survey of Cyber Security and Cybercrime confirms that small and medium employers, the majority of Fusion Computing’s client base across Ontario and British Columbia, are the least likely cohort to maintain a documented incident response plan or run regular tabletop exercises. The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre reports business email compromise and investment fraud as the two highest-loss categories nationally, with the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia continuing to flag healthcare, legal, and professional services firms as breach-disclosure hotspots under PHIPA, PIPEDA, and BC PIPA. Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s CyberSecure Canada program reinforces the same baseline controls that cyber insurers like Beazley, Chubb, and Intact now require at renewal. That alignment, NIST CSF 2.0 mapped to PIPEDA, PHIPA, BC PIPA, and CCCS Baseline Controls, is exactly what a CISSP-led managed program delivers from Toronto, Hamilton, and Vancouver. Sources: cyber.gc.ca, statcan.gc.ca, antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca, ipc.on.ca, oipc.bc.ca, ised-isde.canada.ca.
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Hundreds of Canadian businesses. CISSP-led assessments, 24/7 monitoring, and incident response. 4.9 stars on Google.
Their staff is very professional, reliable and trustworthy, able to handle absolutely all your IT needs and keeping all your data safe and secure. A must have for any business looking for IT solutions.
Truly a blessing to have them by your side and watching your back while you take care of day to day tasks.
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Cybersecurity Services Across Canada
Fusion provides managed cybersecurity with local presence across Canadian markets. CISSP-led oversight, same-day on-site response, and a team that understands regional regulatory environments.
Financial District HQ. Security operations, pen testing, and compliance across the GTA.
Local presence in Dundas. Cybersecurity across Hamilton, Burlington, Ancaster, and Stoney Creek.
Downtown Vancouver office. Security operations and compliance across Metro Vancouver.
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