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IT & cybersecurity news, in plain language.

The day's important IT and cybersecurity stories for Canadian small businesses, and, more usefully, what each one actually means for a team like yours.

Guide Cybersecurity Jun 5, 2026

How to build an AI governance program for your business

You have AI tools but no policy, no one approving use cases, and no view of the risk. The lightweight program that turns ad hoc AI use into a managed one.

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News Compliance Jun 5, 2026

What Canada's ChatGPT privacy ruling means for small business

Canada's privacy regulators found ChatGPT was trained on personal data without consent. What the OpenAI ruling changes for any business using AI tools.

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Guide Compliance Jun 5, 2026

PCI compliance for small merchants and service providers

If you take card payments, PCI applies to you. Where your business fits, the SAQ you file, and what changed in version 4.0.1, in plain language.

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Guide IT Operations Jun 4, 2026

Web design for small businesses: a practical guide

Why your small business needs a website, what to prepare before you build, how the process works, and how to get found with SEO and GEO.

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News Artificial Intelligence Jun 4, 2026

Canada joins Anthropic's Mythos AI: what it means for small business

Anthropic's Mythos AI can find and exploit software flaws at superhuman speed, and Canada now has access. What this shift means for a small business.

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News IT Operations Jun 4, 2026

What 50,000 IT support tickets reveal for small business

A 2026 benchmark of 50,000+ help desk tickets shows what really slows small teams down, and why fast, routine support beats headcount.

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News Artificial Intelligence Jun 4, 2026

AI-ready devices: what RTX Spark means for small business

NVIDIA's RTX Spark and the Surface Laptop Ultra run AI on the device. What AI-ready PCs do for a small business, and when one is worth it.

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Guide Artificial Intelligence Jun 3, 2026

The top AI risks for a small business, and how to manage them

Hallucination, bias, data leakage, privacy, and AI-enabled attacks, explained in plain language, with how to manage each one.

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News Artificial Intelligence Jun 3, 2026

Shadow AI: your team is probably leaking data into chatbots

Staff paste client data, financials, and code into public chatbots to save time. The 2026 numbers, why DLP misses it, and what to do.

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News Artificial Intelligence Jun 3, 2026

AI-powered cyberattacks by the numbers

New 2026 reports quantify AI-written phishing, deepfake fraud, and breaches that use attacker AI. What it means for a small business.

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News Cybersecurity Jun 3, 2026

Cyber insurance in 2026: what Canadian small businesses need to qualify

Insurers now want MFA, EDR, and tested backups before they will cover you, and mismatches get claims denied. What it takes to qualify.

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News Compliance Jun 3, 2026

What Canada's tightening privacy rules mean for your small business

A tougher federal law is coming, Quebec's Law 25 is already live, and breach reporting applies to every business now. What to do about it.

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Guide IT Operations Jun 3, 2026

Microsoft 365 vs Google Workspace for a Canadian small business

Where each platform is strong, why teams move to Microsoft 365 for security and compliance, and what a migration actually involves.

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Guide IT Operations Jun 3, 2026

UniFi networking and cameras for a small business

What UniFi and UniFi Protect are, why they are popular with SMBs, and how to set up the network and cameras securely.

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News Cybersecurity Jun 2, 2026

A new phishing kit is bypassing Microsoft 365 MFA

A rented "phishing-as-a-service" kit steals Microsoft 365 access tokens to walk past MFA. How it works, and the simple habit that stops it.

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News Cybersecurity Jun 2, 2026

What Canada's cyber threat assessment means for your small business

Canada's national assessment names ransomware the top threat and shows attacks rising. What it means for a small business, and what to do.

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Guide IT Operations Jun 2, 2026

Cloud adoption for Canadian small businesses

What "the cloud" actually means for a small business, what to move first, and how to migrate without disruption or surprise bills.

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Guide IT Operations Jun 2, 2026

Modernizing your small-business IT

The signs you have outgrown your IT setup, what to upgrade first, and how to cut waste without ripping everything out.

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Guide IT Operations Jun 2, 2026

IT infrastructure basics for a growing small business

The core infrastructure a growing team needs, and how to decide between building it yourself and having it managed.

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Guide IT Operations Jun 2, 2026

Physical security basics for small offices

Access control, cameras, and alarms for a small office, and why physical security is part of your cybersecurity.

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Guide Cybersecurity Jun 2, 2026

Backup and recovery: the 3-2-1 rule explained

The 3-2-1 rule, why an untested backup is just a hope, and how good backups turn a ransomware hit into an inconvenience.

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Guide IT Operations Jun 2, 2026

What a managed IT provider actually does for you

What "managed IT" actually includes, the signs you are ready for it, and how to tell a good provider from a bad one.

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Guide IT Operations Jun 2, 2026

IT for founders: what to set up first

A practical first-things-first IT checklist for founders, so your technology helps you build instead of holding you back.

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Guide Compliance Jun 1, 2026

Regulatory compliance for Canadian small businesses

Which rules actually apply to you, what they require, and a sensible order to tackle them without over-buying.

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Guide IT Operations Jun 1, 2026

Unified endpoint management for small businesses

What UEM is, what it does, and when your team actually needs it, plus why you may already own the tool to do it.

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News Cybersecurity Jun 1, 2026

Ransomware is now targeting small businesses. Here's what that means for you.

Attackers have shifted from big enterprises to local companies that are easier to breach and quicker to pay. Why it's happening, and what to actually do about it.

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Guide Cybersecurity Jun 1, 2026

Cybersecurity basics for Canadian small businesses

A plain-English guide to the handful of basics that actually protect a small business: MFA, backups, updates, passwords, and more.

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