You deserve a clear, unfiltered picture of where your business stands. We conduct objective cyber risk assessments for Edmonton businesses, identifying your exact vulnerabilities and weighing their real-world impact so you get a simple, prioritized plan to fix what actually needs to change.
You cannot fix what you cannot see. Most Edmonton businesses that have experienced a security incident had vulnerabilities they did not know about. A cyber risk assessment is how you find out where you stand before an attacker does.
Northern Computer conducts cyber risk assessments for Edmonton businesses that want an honest, structured evaluation of their current security posture. We identify your vulnerabilities, assess the likelihood and impact of the risks you are carrying, and give you a prioritized plan for addressing them. No jargon, no vendor agenda, just a clear picture of where you are and what needs to change.
Our assessments are structured to give Edmonton businesses a complete picture of their security exposure across people, processes, and technology.
We examine your network architecture, firewall configuration, remote access setup, and perimeter defences to identify gaps an attacker could exploit.
We catalogue what devices are in your environment, what protection is running on each, and which ones have fallen behind on patching or are running unsupported software.
User accounts, privilege levels, MFA adoption, shared credentials, and offboarding processes. Access management gaps are one of the most common vulnerabilities we find.
Where your sensitive data lives, who has access to it, how it’s backed up, and whether current practices align with your obligations under PIPA or sector-specific regulations.
Email security configuration, spam filtering, domain authentication records (SPF, DKIM, DMARC), and an assessment of how well your team is equipped to recognize phishing attempts.
The software and service providers your business depends on are part of your risk profile. We identify significant third-party exposures and whether vendors with access meet a reasonable security standard.
Whether documented security policies exist, whether they reflect current practice, and whether your team actually knows what they’re supposed to do in security-relevant situations.
Not just whether backups are configured, but whether they’re actually working, how recent the last successful backup is, and whether recovery has been tested.
A risk assessment is not just a box to tick. For Edmonton businesses, it changes how confidently you can make decisions about security, budget, and risk.
You see your actual exposure, not your assumptions. Most businesses operate on a vague sense of being “probably fine.” An assessment replaces that guesswork with a clear, evidence-based picture of where you really stand.
You spend your security budget where it actually matters. Instead of buying tools to solve problems you may not have, you get a prioritized roadmap that tells you what to fix first and what can wait, so every dollar goes toward real risk reduction.
You get an honest, outside perspective. An independent assessment carries no internal bias and no vendor agenda. You find out what your own team may be too close to see, and you get findings you can trust enough to act on.
You strengthen your position with insurers and regulators. A documented assessment gives you accurate answers for cyber insurance applications and demonstrates due diligence under PIPA, which can affect both your coverage and your credibility with clients.
You reduce the chance of a costly incident. Finding and closing gaps before an attacker finds them is far cheaper than recovering from a breach. An assessment moves you from reacting to problems to preventing them.
For most small to mid-sized Edmonton businesses, the active assessment phase takes one to two weeks. Report preparation and review typically adds another week. Total engagement from kickoff to final report is usually three to four weeks, depending on the complexity of your environment and the availability of your team for interviews and documentation reviews.
No. A cyber risk assessment is a broad evaluation of your security posture across people, process, and technology. A penetration test is a targeted technical exercise where testers actively attempt to exploit specific vulnerabilities. They answer different questions. A risk assessment tells you where your gaps are. A penetration test confirms whether specific gaps can actually be exploited. We can discuss whether a penetration test is appropriate for your Edmonton organization as part of the assessment engagement.
Minimally disruptive for most Edmonton businesses. The assessment involves interviews with key staff, documentation review, and technical scanning of your environment. We schedule activities to avoid your busiest periods and the technical components are designed to run without affecting system performance or availability.
Finding problems is the point. If the assessment uncovers significant vulnerabilities, we prioritize them clearly in the report and walk you through what each one means in practical terms, not security theory. If you want Northern Computer to help remediate what we find, we can do that. If you want to take the report to your existing IT provider or handle it internally, that is equally fine. The assessment is independent of any follow-on work.
Yes. The report is yours to use as you see fit. Many Edmonton businesses share the executive summary with their cyber insurer, their board, or clients who ask about their security practices. The report is written to be readable by non-technical audiences for exactly that reason.
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Address
9452 51 Avenue NW, Suite 301,
Edmonton, Alberta, T6E 5A6, Canada
Phone
1-877-257-2896
Hours
Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM to 4: 30 PM
Saturday & Sunday – Closed