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.
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What are managed cybersecurity services?
According to the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (2025), ransomware remains the top cybercrime threat to Canadian critical infrastructure and SMBs through 2026, with state-sponsored actors and AI-assisted attacks increasing both pace and sophistication. For a 10-to-150-user Canadian business, a managed cybersecurity service replaces the in-house SOC, vCISO, and compliance analyst roles most SMBs cannot staff individually.
For an in-depth explanation of how the 24/7 monitoring layer works on top of EDR and SIEM, see our 2026 guide to managed detection and response (MDR) for Canadian SMBs: what’s included in scope, response-time SLAs to expect, and how to evaluate a provider against an 8-point checklist.
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Managed cybersecurity services are an outsourced security program where a Canadian MSSP runs your detection, response, and compliance work as a continuous subscription, instead of you hiring an in-house team or paying a Big-4 advisory by the engagement.
For a 10-to-150-user Canadian business, a complete managed cybersecurity program covers six functions:
- 24/7 SOC monitoring: alert triage, threat hunting, and incident escalation across endpoints, identity, and cloud.
- Managed detection and response (MDR): investigate, contain, and remediate active threats in minutes, not days.
- Identity and access security: MFA enforcement, conditional access, privileged-account hardening, and joiner/mover/leaver workflow.
- Endpoint and patch management: CIS Controls v8.1 baselines applied and reported monthly across every device.
- Compliance and reporting: PIPEDA, PHIPA, Bill C-8, OSFI E-21 evidence packs that hold up to cyber-insurance audits.
- Incident response and tabletop exercises: a written, tested playbook for the day something gets through.
Most Canadian MSSPs price managed cybersecurity at $130 to $250 per user per month depending on co-managed vs fully managed, the regulatory framework you operate under, and the depth of incident-response retainer included.
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-8 · 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 to 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 2026
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.
Watch: 3-minute threat briefing
Top cybersecurity threats facing Canadian businesses
Why a single national cybersecurity program beats per-city engagements
According to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (2026), PIPEDA breach-of-security-safeguards reporting is mandatory whenever a real risk of significant harm exists, with no per-province carve-out. A national managed cybersecurity program lets one CISSP-led team handle PIPEDA, PHIPA, BC PIPA, OSFI E-21, and FINTRAC obligations under a single control catalogue.
Most Canadian SMBs end up buying cybersecurity in pieces. They use an MSSP for the SOC, a vCISO consultancy for the policy work, a separate firm for the awareness training, and 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.
Operational economics of the multi-tenant program
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.
Program-scale advantages no city engagement can match
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 cite competitors, the program teaches the client’s buyer team to push back. Where AI engines surface real Fusion content, the program teaches buyers to use it. This visibility comes from 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-8 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 or runs a generic vendor-purchased exercise that does not 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-8 adding new rules, being ready now saves you later. For Canadian defence suppliers, see our breakdown of CPCSC Level 1 requirements, the 13-control self-assessment that becomes a contract-award gate this summer.
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
We review your security posture and compliance needs. Book yours here.
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.
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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.
“We had two MSPs before Fusion and neither one would actually own a security finding end to end. Fusion ran the MDR, mapped our controls to PHIPA and CCCS Baseline Controls, and showed up to the cyber insurance renewal call with the answers our underwriter wanted. That is what CISSP-led looks like on a regulated SMB.”
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
“We picked Fusion because they were the only Canadian provider who walked in talking about CIS Controls and PIPEDA breach reporting on day one. Six months in, we have an evidence pack our cyber insurer actually reads, MFA enforced on every account, and a tabletop exercise behind us. The board stopped asking whether we’re covered.”
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
How managed cybersecurity stacks up against your alternatives
Most Canadian SMBs choose between four delivery models. Each is real. Each costs something different. Here is the honest version.
| In-house security team | Big-4 advisory engagement | Per-city local MSP | Fusion managed cybersecurity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual cost (50 users) | $220K to $340K (1 senior + tools) | $80K to $200K project, then expires | $60K to $110K + tool licenses extra | $108K to $150K all-in, predictable |
| 24/7 SOC coverage | Only with 4+ FTEs | No, advisory only | Often business-hours only | Yes, included |
| CISSP-led decisions | Depends on hire | Yes (partner level) | Rare at SMB tier | Yes, CEO is CISSP |
| PIPEDA / PHIPA / Bill C-8 evidence packs | You build them | Custom, expires | Not included | Monthly, audit-ready |
| Cyber insurance audit support | DIY | Extra fee | Sometimes | Included |
| Time to incident response | Limited by team size | Retainer-dependent | Hours to days | 1-hour critical SLA |
| Best for | Enterprise (500+ users) | One-off audits, M&A | Single-city office | 10 to 150-user Canadian SMBs needing continuous coverage |
Cost ranges based on Fusion engagement data, public Big-4 advisory rate cards, and Information & Communications Technology Council 2025 Canadian salary surveys for security analysts and architects.
What managed cybersecurity costs
According to IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report (2025), the average Canadian breach reached CA$6.98 million, with organizations using extensive AI and automation in security operations saving an average of CA$2.22 million per breach versus those without. A managed cybersecurity subscription at $130 to $250 per user per month is roughly two to three orders of magnitude cheaper than the median Canadian SMB breach recovery.
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
Three ways Canadian SMBs engage Fusion’s cybersecurity team
Some clients want a complete outsourced security team. Some want a fractional CISO who works alongside their existing IT lead. Some want help responding to a single incident. Pick the entry point that fits where you are.
Model 1
Outsourced security team
For Canadian SMBs that need a complete managed cybersecurity program without hiring in-house. Fusion runs the SOC, the MDR queue, the patch cadence, the identity hardening, and the compliance evidence packs as a continuous subscription.
Best for: 10 to 150-user teams with no dedicated security staff.
From: $180/user/month fully managed.
Model 2
Fractional CISO & co-managed program
For organisations with an internal IT lead who needs a CISSP partner for strategy, board reporting, framework alignment, and audit prep. Fusion’s vCISO and fractional CISO service works alongside your team a few days a month.
Best for: Organisations with an existing IT manager preparing for SOC 2, PHIPA, OSFI E-21, or cyber-insurance renewal.
From: $130/user/month co-managed.
Model 3
Incident response & assessment
For a one-off engagement: a CIS-aligned cybersecurity risk assessment, a tabletop exercise after a near-miss, or active incident-response support if something has already gone wrong.
Best for: Post-incident programs, M&A diligence, cyber-insurance underwriting, board mandate.
Scope-based pricing.
REGULATED CANADIAN SMB PEERS (2026 PORTFOLIO)
Other Canadian regulated-SMB verticals where Fusion runs the same regulator and scope playbook described above. Cross-link reading for sector-specific buyers.
- AI for Canadian law firms: PIPEDA and Law Society of Ontario rules for AI-assisted practice, audit-ready documentation, and confidentiality controls.
- AI for Canadian healthcare clinics: PHIPA s. 12 and s. 13 obligations, IPC of Ontario reporting thresholds, and clinic-deployment controls for AI tools.
- Cybersecurity for Ontario financial brokerages: FSRA, MBRCC, and RIBO supervisory rules with operational controls for mortgage and insurance brokerages.
- AI for Canadian accounting firms: CPA Code of Professional Conduct, CRA EFILE security, and audit-ready documentation for accounting firms.
Cross-Cluster Industry Handoff
Managed cybersecurity by regulated industry
Each regulated vertical inherits the same CISSP-led control catalogue described on this page, with industry-specific regulator mapping. Pick the industry that matches your firm to see the deeper deployment guide and the regulator-anchored cluster reading.
Law firms
PIPEDA confidentiality, LSO Technology Practice Management Guideline 4, and audit-ready documentation for Ontario law firms.
Healthcare clinics
PHIPA s. 12(1) and s. 13 custodian obligations, IPC of Ontario reporting thresholds, and clinic deployment controls.
Financial brokerages
FSRA, MBRCC, and RIBO supervisory rules for mortgage and insurance brokerages, plus OSFI E-21 third-party risk.
Financial services IT hub · Cybersecurity for Ontario financial brokerages
Accounting firms
CPA Code of Professional Conduct confidentiality, CRA EFILE security, and PIPEDA-aligned client data handling.
Cybersecurity standards, regulators, and tooling Fusion engagements reference
Cybersecurity engagements only carry weight if the firm can name what they cover. The Fusion cybersecurity baseline is mapped explicitly to international standards, Canadian federal and provincial regulators, threat-intelligence references, and named vendor partners. The list below is the operational vocabulary of every Fusion cybersecurity engagement.
Citations are canonical. The Fusion engagement maps each named standard, regulator, and tool to operational evidence in the firm’s quarterly evidence packet.
Where Fusion runs cybersecurity across Canada
Fusion runs CISSP-led cybersecurity for Canadian SMBs in seven regulated verticals — legal, healthcare, accounting, financial services, wealth management, manufacturing, and professional services — aligned to the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS) baseline controls and dispatched from regional anchors in Toronto, Hamilton, and Vancouver. One SOC, one MDR pane of glass, and an audit-evidence cadence built to satisfy OSC, CIRO, BCSC, OSFI E-21, PHIPA, and PIPEDA examiners across the country.
Canadian verticals and regulatory scope
- Legal: LSO, LawPRO insurer, PIPEDA breach reporting, client-data trust accounts
- Healthcare: PHIPA, OMA practice standards, hospital-supplier procurement
- Accounting and tax: CPA Ontario, CRA EFILE, SOC 2 client demands, CCCS baseline
- Financial services: OSC, CIRO, OSFI E-21 operational-resilience, FINTRAC AML
- Wealth management: IIROC, OSC, BCSC, FINTRAC KYC, OSFI third-party guidance
- Manufacturing and industrial: IATF 16949, APMA, CME, CTPAT and PIP cargo
- Professional services: SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, US-parent breach attestation
- Crown contractors: ITSG-33, CCCS Cyber Centre baseline, GC procurement
Regional SOC and MDR anchors
- Toronto: Bay Street financial SOC scope, MaRS health-tech, Pearson cargo
- Hamilton: McMaster research, HHS hospital supplier, harbourfront industrial
- Vancouver: Yaletown professional, Mount Pleasant tech, port and logistics
- National SOC: 24/7 monitoring, one CISSP-led runbook, one evidence chain
- MDR coverage: Microsoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne, Sophos MDR Canadian SKUs
- Aligned to CCCS Cyber Centre baseline controls and National Cyber Threat Assessment
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Fusion managed cybersec vs the alternatives
| Fusion managed cybersec | Reactive cyber provider | In-house security person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOC monitoring | ✓ 24/7 SOC + Huntress MDR | × Alerts you after-the-fact | × Can’t watch all night |
| Containment SLA | ✓ <15 min isolation | × Hours to days | — If they’re awake |
| Pricing model | ✓ Fixed monthly per user | × IR retainer + breach hourly | — Salary |
| Annual cost (25-user SMB) | ~$39K–$54K all-in | $10K retainer + IR spikes | $120K–$160K loaded |
| EDR + MDR stack | ✓ Huntress + SentinelOne | × Legacy AV only | — Whatever they pick |
| CISSP-led program | ✓ Yes, in-house | × Rare | — If you pay $140K+ |
| Compliance evidence | ✓ SOC 2 / PIPEDA / CIS exports | × Self-collect during audit | — Spreadsheet evidence |
| Phishing simulations | ✓ Quarterly, tracked | × Annual at best | — If on their list |
| Vulnerability management | ✓ Continuous scanning + patch | × Once a year scan | — Backlog grows |
| Incident response playbook | ✓ Documented + tabletop tested | × Sold as add-on | — Lives in one head |
| Backup + DR validation | ✓ Tested quarterly | × Configured, untested | — Hope it works |
| Replace someone | ✓ Team continuity | × Switch providers | × 6-month rehire risk |
Fusion MSSP vs building your own SOC
| Fusion MSSP | Hire 1 security analyst | Build 3-person SOC | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direct annual cost (25 users) | ~$39K–$54K | $110K–$140K loaded | $340K–$420K + tooling |
| 24/7 SOC coverage | ✓ Built in | × One person, 40 hours | — 3 people can’t cover 24/7 alone |
| SIEM + EDR tooling cost | ✓ Included in MRR | × +$30K–$60K/yr | × +$60K–$120K/yr |
| Threat intel access | ✓ Multi-tenant signal | × Public feeds only | — Paid feeds at scale |
| CISSP coverage | ✓ In-house | × Rare at this salary | — If you hire a senior |
| Time-to-detect new threat | ✓ Minutes via MDR | × Hours–days | — Hours if alerted |
| Compliance evidence | ✓ Continuous export | × Last priority | — Quarterly if staffed |
| Replacement risk if quits | ✓ Zero | × 4–9 months to refill | — Painful, survivable |
| Recruiting cost (cyber talent) | ✓ $0 | $15K–$30K per hire | $50K–$90K total |
| Knows your business intimately | — QBR-based | ✓ Yes — legitimate edge | ✓ Yes |
| Audit-ready posture | ✓ Continuous | × Annual scramble | — If GRC role hired |
Recent engagements
Real Fusion cybersecurity engagements with measured outcomes.
- Marketing Agency Cyber Recovery
Stabilized in 72 hours after a ransomware breach; gap closed in week one. - Ransomware Recovery: Back Online by Monday
100% data recovery and operations restored within 48 hours. - Co-Managed IT for a GTA Construction Firm
60% ticket-backlog cut and 97% patch compliance in 90 days.
Looking for a city-specific cybersecurity engagement? Fusion Computing operates dedicated regional programs out of each office, including cybersecurity services in Toronto for Greater Toronto Area employers, cybersecurity services in Hamilton covering the Hamilton-Wentworth and Niagara corridors, and cybersecurity services in Vancouver for Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley businesses. Each regional program inherits the same CISSP-led control catalogue described on this page, with on-site dispatch tuned to local geography and provincial regulators.
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. The same assessment notes that Canadian SMBs are the least resourced cohort to defend against it.
Statistics Canada’s Canadian Survey of Cyber Security and Cybercrime confirms that small and medium employers 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. The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia continue 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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Guides and Resources
Free IT security guides, checklists, and templates for Canadian businesses.
Operational Guides
→ What Is an MSSP?
→ Common mistakes that lead to breaches
→ Bill C-8 and Canadian cyber legislation
→ Tax-Season Ransomware Defense for CPAs
→ FIPPA + MFIPPA IT Controls (Bill 97 2026)
→ Solicitor-Client Privilege in Microsoft 365
→ How to conduct a risk assessment
→ PIPEDA compliance for Canadian SMBs
→ Cybersecurity awareness training
→ Why MFA is now mandatory
→ Are your passwords secure?
→ FIDO2 keys vs passkeys
→ Zero trust for Canadian SMBs
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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