Cybersecurity for Small Businesses and Enterprises in Quebec

Cyberattacks do not only target large organizations. Small and mid-sized businesses, often less equipped, are favourite targets for ransomware, phishing and data theft.

PWM assesses your real risks, puts proportionate protections in place and prepares you to respond if an incident occurs.

Security is not something you buy once: it is a practice you prepare, check and maintain.

Our cybersecurity services

Security audit and vulnerability testing

A review of your sites, applications and access rights to find known weaknesses before someone exploits them, with a prioritized report.

Website and online store protection

Web application firewall, hardening of Magento and WordPress, security patching and monitoring of intrusion attempts.

Access management

Multi-factor authentication, strong passwords and permissions limited to what each person actually needs.

Backups and disaster recovery

Isolated, verified copies and a clear procedure to restore your systems after an outage or an attack.

Employee awareness

Human error remains the most common way in: we train your teams to recognize phishing and suspicious requests.

Incident response plan

Who does what, who to notify and in what order: a written plan limits damage and mistakes made under pressure.

Protect your business and meet Law 25 requirements

Quebec’s Law 25 requires businesses to protect the personal information they hold. When an incident presents a risk of serious injury, the Commission d’accès à l’information and the people affected must be notified, and the incident must be recorded in a register.

Well-documented security helps you show your efforts and react quickly.

Inventory of the personal information you hold
Safeguards proportionate to data sensitivity
Register and procedure for confidentiality incidents
Oversight of suppliers who access your data
Evidence and documentation for internal reviews

A three-part approach

Assess

An inventory of your systems, data and access rights, then a risk assessment by likelihood and impact.

Fix

The most urgent patches first, then deeper improvements, in an order that respects your budget.

Maintain

Updates, monitoring, periodic testing and an annual review so protection keeps pace with your systems.

Frequently asked questions about cybersecurity

Is my small business really a target?

Yes. Attacks are mostly automated and go after poorly protected systems, whatever the size of the company. A business that depends on its website or its data can lose weeks of activity.

What should we do after a security incident?

Isolate the affected systems, preserve evidence, follow your response plan and reach your technical team. When personal information is involved, Law 25 requires notices in certain cases.

What does a security audit include?

A review of your infrastructure, sites and access rights, targeted vulnerability tests and a report that ranks problems by priority, with realistic recommendations.

Do you also protect Magento and WordPress sites?

Yes, it is a major part of our work: security updates, configuration hardening, a web application firewall and monitoring. It complements our third-party application support service.