• information resilience.

Schedule your Security Risk Assessment

> HOW MUCH WOULD YOUR BUSINESS LOSE IF ALL YOUR INFORMATION WAS INSTANTLY LOCKED AND COPIED?

Ransomware freezing all your systems until you pay up. 

Malware monitoring all your confidential information and sending it off-site every night to the highest bidder.

Email spoofing and elaborate phishing scams convincing your staff to hand over banking information.

Webcam and microphone hacks following you into your private sessions.

Flood or fire overnight destroying your critical data.

WiFi and network hijacked, exposing your logins, emails, and interactions exposed.

Staff inadvertently left the door unlocked on their way out.



...ARE YOU PREPARED?     

> HOW ARE YOU CURRENTLY PREVENTING THAT FROM HAPPENING?

A simple anti-virus and a firewall, the same passwords and sets of keys from last year, and a filing cabinet that that doesn't quite close right. Perhaps you also have a managed service provider, with a routine backup plan. 



...IS THAT ENOUGH?   

     

DETAILED 112-POINT

ON-SITE SECURITY

RISK ASSESSMENT

PENETRATION TESTING & VULNERABILITY THREAT REVIEW


MULTI-LAYERED DIGITAL TARGET ANALYSIS & HARDENING 



PHYSICAL TARGET ANALYSIS & HARDENING



SOCIAL ENGINEERING ANALYSIS & TRAINING



INCIDENT RESPONSE & REMEDIATION SERVICES


OUR APPROACH: WATERBEAR SYSTEMS

Water bears, or tardigrades, are the most indescructible animals on earth. The near invisible microscopic organisms can survive up to 30 years without food, the cold of absolute zero (-272 C), and the intense heat inside volcanoes. They can survive the crushing pressure of our deepest ocean trenches, radiation hundreds of times what any human can endure, and even the vacuum of outer space.


Like the water bear, your information should be resilient to any environment, any attack. Our cyber-security systems are based on an integrative multidisciplinary approach to do just that. 


Most cyber security firms look exclusively at your business' digital realm, ignoring fundamentals of physical and social dynamics. Often doing their analysis remotely without ever setting foot on site for small businesses to witness potentially damaging risks that can be easily remedied.


At Waterbear Systems, we always perform our Security Risk Assessments on-site, and focus on the 3 pivotal areas:   Physical, Digital, and Social.



The system encompasses:



  • SECURITY ASSESSMENT: A comprehensive and actionable risk assessment based on industry recognized SANS/CIS Critical Security Controls, with a multitude of additional physical and social engineering controls. Understanding where your information security currently stands: the good, the bad, and the ugly. 
  • DIGITAL DEFENSES: plugging the leaks and building up your virtual walls in the digital realm, based on the assessment and your business needs. Protecting against the uncovered potential exploits that are truly critical to your business.



  • NON-DIGITAL DEFENSES: addressing vulnerabilities in the physical space such as locks, layout, and privacy screens or inexperienced staff member, with on-site recommendations, procedural best practice and regular efficient and engaging employee education. Post-assessment, we provide training to staff and with random real-world testing over the coming months.



  • POST-EVENT RESPONSE: In the event of a breach or compromising event, being able to isolate and mitigate any impact to you or your client/patient's information, ensuring the least amount of impact to your business. The better prepared, the quicker the turn-around time is and the lower the potential impact on your business.  



THE SKILL SET: OUR TEAM

The integrative multidisciplinary approach stems from a multidisciplinary team.


Designed and managed by our technocrats with not only a deep understanding of information systems security, but detailed industry and academic experience in complimentary fields:


ASSET SECURITY

HEALTHCARE IT

CORPORATE STRATEGY

MANAGED IT SERVICES

CODING


NETWORK SECURITY

CRIMINOLOGY

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PROGRAMMING

CRYPTOGRAPHY

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RISK MANAGEMENT


ENGINEERING

WHITE HAT HACKING

THE SOLUTION: YOUR SYSTEM

Whether you are a small startup or an established enterprise, we customize a solution to your needs, your threat level. Defenses are assessed and built up in sequence:

  • Comprehend the environment and the flow of information to better predict attacker's expected security vulnerability gateways
  • Detailed Security Risk Assessment (SRA) performed on-site evaluates your current standing, with often simple remedies.
  • Design customized plan as per your business priorities, either through our tailored Waterbear Systems offering --or help guide you through the process with 3rd party vendors, if you prefer.


  • Plug holes in critical leaks, and build up defenses in areas marked the high priority from your SRA.

  • Set up failsafes, from attacks to fire, theft, and flood so the business can continue to run under more prevelant forms of attack.

  • Begin staff training and best practices implementation, to limit social engineering threats.


  • Design longer term sustainable path to maintaining increased security, addressing the medium priority items from your SRA.

  • Additional security measures for specific needs based on the field: medical, legal, accounting, engineering.

  • Augmented remediation and recovery planning for shorter turn-around times, or additional monitoring services (24x7x365) if your business needs require it.


Your detailed, straightforward individual Security Risk Assessment (SRA) is the first critical step in determining the baseline, and immediate threats and vulnerabilities.


This is always done on-site, both for technical reasons and to observe habits, run scenarios, and interview staff --all to truly get a more complete picture of physical, digital, and social components to any information security system.


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> WHAT IF WE ALREADY HAVE A MANAGED SERVICES PROVIDER (MSP), AN 'IT DEPARTMENT', OR NEITHER?

Waterbear Systems is a compliment to your existing service provider or IT department, whether it's a team or 1 individual on-call. We are also a standalone service if you currently have no IT personnel.



MSP or IT Department

Information security should be paramount, over and above your current setup, and ingrained in your staff with physical target hardening. Most MSPs and in-house IT teams vary in their level of diligence, but their focus is on operations and uptimes: security is a by-product of their role rather than a priority.


Ex.: An MSP may have your patching, routine backups, anti-virus, and email protections up to date, but a staff member's routine practice is such that they are circumventing them, your private client backup data is stored outside of the country and losing the federal protections normally afforded to them, your nightly cleaning crew has easily opened your filing cabinet last night, and all the while the friendly email your administrator received about depositing a cheque to the offshore account didn't actually come from you --and inadvertently clicked on link in a website they likely shouldn't have been on during business hours to begin with. 


No Formal IT Personnel

If your business is still in the growing stages and you currently have no formal IT personnel, we'll customize the security foundation you need to limit your exposure and be fully prepared in the unfortunate event of an attack. 



Our initial on-site assessment will outline your current setup and set a baseline, guided by industry established critical security controls in addition to more in-depth physical and social engineering vulnerabilities checklist. We'll provide 'Critical', 'Important' and 'Recommended' vulnerabilities to be addressed and propose often simple remedies.


End result: We work with your Managed Service Provider, IT department, or you directly should your business not have any, to support and equally minimize your risk and maximize your business efficiency.

> YOUR BUSINESS IS YOUR INFORMATION. PROTECT IT 


Connect with us now via Live Chat, Phone, or the Contact Form below to immediately connect with an expert.


Alternatively, you can also schedule your on-site Security Risk Assesment (SRA) directly via this link:

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Schedule your Security Risk Assessment



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Head Office

800-120 Eglinton Ave East

Toronto, ON

Canada


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