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Canadian SMBs: You’re Flying Blind Without 24/7 Cyber Monitoring (And Hackers Know It)

Here’s a hard truth: Most small and medium-sized Canadian businesses don’t know they’ve been breached until it’s already done massive damage. Cybercriminals love complacency, and the lack of 24/7 monitoring makes Canadian SMBs the perfect target.

At 010grp, we’ve seen it firsthand: ransomware attacks that start at midnight, malicious insiders slipping through logs, and sophisticated phishing campaigns timed to hit while IT sleeps. If your cybersecurity stops at 5pm, your business might as well be leaving the backdoor wide open.

The Problem: Cybercrime Doesn’t Sleep, So Why Should Your Defences?

Hackers don’t operate on a 9–5 schedule. In fact, they intentionally strike when you’re offline.

  • 41% of breaches targeting small businesses happen outside working hours.

  • Average dwell time (how long attackers remain undetected): 204 days.

  • Canadian SMBs are 3x more likely to experience a successful attack compared to enterprises, but far less likely to have round-the-clock security teams.

Most Canadian SMBs only discover breaches when their data’s on the dark web, not when the actual intrusion occurs.

The Cost of Ignorance is Brutal

You may think you’re too small to be a target,  you’re not.

When threat actors get in unnoticed, they do more than steal data. They:

  • Deploy ransomware and encrypt your backups.

  • Use your email domain to phish your clients.

  • Exfiltrate sensitive client or financial data, violating PIPEDA regulations.

  • Demand 6-figure ransoms or leak your data publicly.

And it all happens while your endpoint antivirus is showing a green checkmark.

The financial hit? An average of $136,000 per SMB breach in Canada. That’s not counting lost trust, downtime, or regulatory fines.

Antivirus and Firewalls Are Not Enough Anymore

If you think you’re safe with a firewall and antivirus, you’re running security like it’s still 2012. Attackers today bypass these tools using:

  • Fileless malware

  • Insider manipulation

  • Supply chain exploits

  • Social engineering

Only live behavioural monitoring with expert human review gives you a fighting chance.

What to Do Right Now

  1. Audit your after-hours visibility: Who’s watching your systems at 2am? If the answer is “no one,” you’re exposed.

  2. Review your incident response plan: Do you even have one? We’ll help build one that fits your size and risk profile.

  3. Schedule a discovery call with 010grp: We’ll evaluate your current threat posture and show you what true peace of mind looks like.

The Solution: Managed 24/7 Threat Monitoring (SOC-as-a-Service)

We offer fully managed 24/7 monitoring, detection, and response, with our Canadian-based SOC team watching your environment every single second.

Our approach includes:

  • Real-time detection powered by advanced EDR/XDR platforms

  • Canadian threat intelligence feeds for localized insights

  • Live human analysts validating and escalating real threats

  • Automated containment & response actions to stop attacks mid-stream

This isn’t another dashboard that lights up red — it’s real action, in real time, by real humans.

BONUS: We’re compliant with Canadian data residency laws, your logs and data never leave the country.

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