Cybersecurity · 24/7 MDR With a Security Operations Centre
Enterprise-Grade Security, Sized for Your Business.
Layered cybersecurity protection designed for Ontario small and medium businesses. We go beyond basic antivirus with 24/7 monitoring, threat detection and rapid response, at a price point that works for growing companies.
- 24/7 MDR backed by a Security Operations Centre
- DNS filtering, MFA and password management
- Phishing simulations and security awareness training
Serving Ontario businesses since 1983|Microsoft Partner|N-able Elite Partner|Millenium Micro Group Member
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Why It Matters
Small Businesses Are Targets, Too
Attackers target small businesses precisely because they typically have weaker defences. If you store any client data, process payments, or use email, you are a target.
Antivirus detects known malware on individual devices. Managed Detection and Response (MDR) monitors your entire environment for suspicious behaviour, including threats antivirus misses, with human analysts in a Security Operations Centre investigating and responding to alerts around the clock.
AI is changing both sides of security. Attackers use it to write more convincing phishing emails, while employees adopt AI tools at work, often without IT oversight. Our AI Detection and Response (AIDR) service gives you visibility and control over how AI is used inside your business.
Helps Meet Cyber Insurance Requirements
Most cyber insurance policies now require these controls. Our services directly address them:
- Multi-factor authentication across email, VPN and cloud apps
- Endpoint protection with 24/7 managed detection and response
- Backup verification
- Security awareness training and phishing simulations
- Documentation we can provide for your insurer
Layered Protection
Our Cybersecurity Services
Managed Detection & Response (MDR SOC)
24/7 surveillance of your endpoints and network. A dedicated Security Operations Centre monitors for suspicious activity, investigates alerts, and responds to real threats in real time, with human analysts behind it.
DNS Filtering
Blocks malicious websites, phishing domains, and harmful content at the network level before anyone on your team can click a dangerous link. It runs silently in the background.
Incident Response
Our analysts help you identify, contain, investigate, eradicate, and recover from a cyber security event. Each Incident Response plan includes three months of ongoing monitoring and protection to prevent repeat attacks.
AI Detection & Response (AIDR)
Identifies the AI tools in use across your browsers and endpoints and who is using them, shows what data those tools can reach, surfaces anomalous behaviour, and lets you block unapproved tools and enforce policies.
Password & Credential Management
Our credential platform generates, stores, and rotates strong unique passwords for every account, with easy access for your team through a secure vault.
Security Awareness Training
Ongoing training that teaches your team to recognize phishing emails, social engineering attempts, and suspicious links, paired with phishing simulations to measure readiness.
Phishing Simulations
Realistic but harmless phishing campaigns show who clicked, who reported the message, and who needs coaching. Over time, simulations help lower your click rate.
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
We implement MFA across email, VPN, cloud applications, and remote access, so a stolen password alone is not enough to compromise your business.
Vulnerability Assessments
We scan your network and systems for known vulnerabilities, outdated software, and configuration weaknesses, then deliver a prioritized report with clear remediation steps. We can handle the fixes for you.
Protection That Pays Off
Why Cybersecurity Matters for Your Business
- Cyber insurance providers increasingly require MFA, endpoint protection, and employee training as prerequisites for coverage
- Compliance regulations like PHIPA (healthcare) and PIPEDA require businesses to protect personal data
- For MDR clients, initial containment of a threat happens automatically within minutes
- Your clients and partners expect you to take security seriously
How It Works
Getting Started Is As Easy As 1, 2, 3
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Tell us about your business, your current setup and what is slowing you down. You will speak with a real person on our local team.
Get a clear plan
We review your current setup, identify gaps, and recommend the plan and services that fit your needs and your budget.
We take it from there
Our team deploys monitoring, configures security tools and documents your environment. From day one, your systems are monitored 24/7.
The shawcsIT Difference
Your Local IT Partner, Not a Faceless Call Centre
Shaw Computer Systems Inc. (shawcsIT) is a locally owned managed IT services provider based in Peterborough, Ontario. For over four decades, we have helped small and medium businesses across Peterborough, the Kawarthas, Durham Region and Northumberland keep their organizations running securely and efficiently.
When you call our office, you reach a real person who knows your business by name. As a member of the Millenium Micro Group, a Canadian network of independent IT providers, we combine the personal attention of a local company with the purchasing power and technical resources of a national organization.
- A trusted IT leader since 1983
- Offices in Peterborough and Whitby, with on-site visits across the region
- Backup data stored in Canada, under Canadian privacy law
- Microsoft Partner and N-able Elite Partner
- Scalable plans with no long-term lock-in
Testimonials
What Our Clients Say
Fairhaven would like to extend our gratitude to Martin, Carlye and their team at Shaw Computer Systems for the continued delivery of outstanding services. The team at Shaw Computer have understood our needs and produced technology solutions for over 25 years. As a business partner, we are very pleased and would highly recommend shawcsIT.
Thanks, Shaw Computer Systems, for the advice and support that you and your excellent staff have given to Brant Office Supply over the past years. It is comforting to know that GREAT help is so close at hand. We look forward to many more years of working together.
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Got Questions? We Have Answers
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I really need cybersecurity for a small business?
Yes. Small businesses are targeted precisely because attackers know they typically have weaker defences. If you store any client data, process payments, or use email, you are a target.
What is Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and how is it different from antivirus?
Antivirus detects known malware on individual devices. MDR with a Security Operations Centre (SOC) monitors your entire environment for suspicious behaviour, including threats that antivirus misses, and has human analysts who investigate and respond to alerts around the clock.
What is AIDR and do we need it?
AIDR stands for AI Detection and Response. It extends managed detection and response to the AI tools your team uses. If your staff use AI assistants or chatbots at work, AIDR shows you which tools are in use, what data they can access, and lets you set and enforce rules for safe use.
Will cybersecurity services help with my cyber insurance requirements?
Yes. Most cyber insurance policies now require MFA, endpoint protection, backup verification, and security training. Our services directly address these requirements, and we can provide documentation for your insurer.
How do you handle a security incident?
We follow a documented incident response process: contain the threat, assess the damage, remediate the vulnerability, recover affected systems, and provide a full report. For MDR clients, initial containment happens automatically within minutes.
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