Practical IT guides for Canadian small businesses
Written by the managed IT team at CtrlShift IT Services. Start with security — the rest are in progress and will land here as each guide reaches the depth we want to publish under our name.
Security
The full security library — small business cybersecurity checklist, tenant hardening, phishing, MFA, ransomware, endpoints, backup, and cyber insurance readiness.
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Microsoft 365 Security
Five guides on hardening a Microsoft 365 tenant: the 19-control checklist, phishing protection, Conditional Access, MFA rollout, and backup planning.
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Endpoint Security
Five guides on laptops, desktops and servers — EDR versus antivirus, MDR, device isolation, patch management, and how ransomware behaves on an endpoint.
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Identity Attacks
Four guides on the attacks that start with an account rather than a device: password spray, token theft, legacy authentication, and business email compromise.
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Network Attacks
Ten guides on the network edge — exposed RDP, firewall misconfiguration, rogue Wi-Fi, DNS risk, VPN attack surface, lateral movement, and more.
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