Professional-services firms, financial-services businesses and suppliers to banks, insurers and government face the same questions as large enterprises, from regulators, clients and insurers, with a fraction of the people. ABISOL provides senior technology, cybersecurity and transformation leadership so you can answer those questions with confidence and keep growing, without a full-time CIO or CISO.
Enterprise-grade expectations, small-business resources.
of Coalition's 2024 cyber-insurance claims started with business email compromise or funds-transfer fraud.
Source: Coalition 2025 Cyber Claims Report (2024 claims)average cost of a data breach for Canadian organizations in 2026, up from CA$6.98M in 2025.
Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2026, as reported by BNN BloombergRegulatory context: under PIPEDA, businesses must report breaches of security safeguards that pose a real risk of significant harm to the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, notify affected individuals, and keep records of all breaches for two years (see the OPC's guidance). Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia have their own private-sector privacy laws. If you serve federally regulated banks or insurers, OSFI's Guideline B-10 (in effect since May 2024) shapes how they assess you as a supplier. For a recognized baseline, CyberSecure Canada offers voluntary certification for small and medium organizations against the CAN/CIOSC 104 baseline cyber security controls.
Support works, but nobody owns cyber risk, privacy or the technology plan.
Each client request becomes a scramble, with answers that may not match reality.
Hard to show a client, insurer or regulator what you actually do.
Owners and partners hear about technology risk only when something goes wrong.
Instead of a risk to clients, revenue, contracts and reputation.
ABISOL works alongside your people, MSP and vendors. We provide executive direction, governance and advocacy, and we don't replace anyone. Lead the IT team? See how we work with you.
Cyber posture against recognized baseline controls, plus a review of your privacy obligations, systems and vendors.
A Fractional CIO and CISO for owners and leadership, with a roadmap tied to your growth plans.
Cloud and Microsoft 365 modernization, automation of repetitive work, and AI adopted with guardrails.
System selection and migration, acquisition integration and certification-readiness projects.
Policies, incident and breach procedures (including OPC reporting and breach records), vendor oversight and leadership reporting.
Technology strategy, budget, vendors and reporting, led by an experienced executive.
Learn moreA security program, risk register and leadership reporting sized to your business.
Learn moreAccurate, consistent answers and the evidence to back them up, ready when clients ask.
Learn moreA gap assessment and plan for CyberSecure Canada, SOC 2 or ISO 27001, when it's worth it.
Learn morePractical privacy practices, plus breach procedures that meet your reporting and record-keeping duties.
Learn moreThe controls insurers commonly ask about, put in place and documented.
Learn moreGet more from the platforms you already pay for, securely.
Learn moreDefensible platform decisions, and planned integration when you grow by acquisition.
Learn moreYours to keep, whether or not you continue.
Fractional CIO, CTO & CISO · CISSP · CISM · PMP · MBA
Mohammad has led technology and security in regulated environments, including insurance, financial services, healthcare and the public sector. He has built programs aligned with ISO 27001, NIST CSF 2.0 and SOC 2, from policy through to Board reporting.
More about MohammadA focused conversation with your owner or CEO and your operations lead, so you can decide based on facts.
No. They do different jobs. Keep a good MSP for day-to-day support. ABISOL governs above it, sets the strategy and holds the provider to clear service levels.
Yes. We help you answer accurately, fix the gaps that matter most, and build a reusable answer library and short trust overview, so the next questionnaire takes hours instead of weeks.
Only if your clients, contracts or market require it. We'll tell you honestly which, if any, is worth it now, and help you get ready efficiently when it is.
Attacks are largely automated, and email and payment fraud in particular target businesses of every size.
That's the gap fractional leadership is designed for: senior judgment for an agreed amount of time each month, sized to your business.
That's fine. We start with fundamentals. When you're ready, we help you adopt AI where it creates measurable value, with clear rules on what client information may and may not be used.
We work with least-privilege access, avoid holding your sensitive data wherever possible, and sign an NDA. You keep ownership and control throughout.
A no-obligation conversation about where you stand and what to do first.
