Cybersecurity consulting

Count on Calian's cybersecurity experts to help you navigate uncertainty, mitigate risk and build digital resilience.

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Digital forensics and incident response solutions

Your partner in cyber resilience 

Calian specializes in developing comprehensive cyber DFIR playbooks designed to tackle a variety of threat scenarios—including ransomware, cyber extortion, phishing, data breaches and more. Calian adheres to current best practices while preparing for evolving threats, ensuring scalable and forward-thinking solutions. 

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The business challenges we’re solving for today

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Business disruption

Navigate the complexities of business disruption with a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy. Calian specializes in assessing your organization’s needs, designing tailored solutions and implementing effective strategies. Our support ensures your business is resilient, secure and prepared.  

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Cyber resilience

Empower your organization to withstand and thrive in the face of cyber disruptions. Our focused approach helps you prepare for, respond to, and recover from incidents with resilience. Calian protects your most critical assets, leaving your organization more robust and secure after a disruptive event.

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Cyber transformation

Transform your cybersecurity posture to enable a competitive advantage. Calian guides you in building future-ready cyber capabilities, instilling confidence in your security measures. Our strategic approach keeps your organizaton at the forefront of  a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

How Calian cybersecurity consulting services can help

Our team of cyber experts and strategic partners is dedicated to solving your cybersecurity challenges with intelligence-led, industry-focused solutions.

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Optimize your cyber resilience framework

Transform your cybersecurity, privacy and risk management approach with Calian. Our comprehensive assessments and risk quantification methods are designed to fortify your defences. 

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Stay ahead of cyber threats

Calian leverage a blend of human ingenuity and cutting-edge cyber threat intelligence. Stay informed about global cyber threats in real-time and prepare for a secure future.

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Transform your cybersecurity landscape

Trust in Calian for a seamless cybersecurity transformation. With our expertise in cloud security, Identity Access Management (IAM), Privileged Access Management (PAM) and zero trust models, we ensure robust and trustworthy security implementations. 

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Proactive cybersecurity management 

Explore the Calian cyber-as-a-service (CaaS) solution for proactive management of cybersecurity operations. Our industry insights help you prevent issues before they escalate, ensuring cost-effective security management.

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Secure your mergers and acquisitions ventures 

Gain crucial insights for each stage of your mergers and acquisitions process with Calian. Our expertise helps you mitigate risks effectively, ensuring maximum returns and value preservation.

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Develop robust policies and standards

Calian will assess your organization and build effective cybersecurity policies tailored for your needs. Alongside your stakeholders, we define a robust process based on the policies and standards to be developed.

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Get the cybersecurity expertise you need

Calian’s virtual CISO (vCISO) services provide access to highly experienced cybersecurity experts without the HR burden and high cost of in-house CISO. Our day-to-day high-level cybersecurity program and strategy management helps you meet your company’s cybersecurity goals and manage risk. 

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Build resilience with your incident response playbook

Calian will deliver a detailed cybersecurity playbook, encompassing a full suite of tools and guidelines to enhance your organization's security posture.

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Roles and responsibilities matrix

A detailed chart delineating your organization's specific roles, responsibilities, and hierarchies during a cyber incident.

Process flow diagrams

Visual representations of the workflow during various cybersecurity incidents.

Strategic communication and legal procedures

Guidelines for internal/external communications and procedures that comply with legal standards during cyber incidents.

Readiness checklists for executives

Pre-incident checklists tailored for executives to ensure preparedness and a swift, coordinated response when a cyber incident occurs.

Playbook steps from incident overview to recovery

Step-by-step procedures outlined in the playbook, guiding the organization from the initial response to an incident through to a full recovery.

Phases of playbook development

In the lifecycle of an incident, steps like detection, assessment, mitigation and recovery are crucial and often cyclical. The Calian Incident Response Playbook addresses each of these stages comprehensively.

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Scoping and planning

  • Project kickoff: key stakeholders are identified and brought together to agree on the project’s deliverables, timelines, and milestones.
  • Document review: existing cybersecurity materials are scrutinized, and insights from stakeholder interviews are gathered.
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Information gathering

  • Understanding the incident response stages and tools: A deep dive into the various stages of incident response, ensuring that each step – from initial identification to recovery – is thoroughly understood and effectively managed.
  • Gathering insights from key stakeholders: Engaging with key figures within the organization to gain a comprehensive view of the cybersecurity landscape and tailor the incident response plan accordingly.
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Review and analysis

  • Analyzing gathered information for playbook creation: This stage is crucial in synthesizing the insights and data collected in the initial phases.
  • Drafting a cybersecurity playbook considering standards and best practices: Calian’s playbook combines NIST and ISO standards, custom organization-specific tailoring, best practices, and iterative stakeholder feedback. 
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Documentation

  • Reviewing and revising the draft playbook: A rigorous review and revision of the draft cybersecurity playbook ensures it meets all stakeholders’ precise needs and feedback.
  • Finalizing the playbook for client presentation: Embodies a comprehensive strategy for incident response tailored to the client’s operational landscape.

Tabletop incident response simulation exercise

Calian offers realistic training simulations to prepare for and respond to security breaches. The benefits include gap identification, real-world scenario training, and security awareness enhancement.

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Hacked corporate websites 

Protect your online presence with the Calian strategic defense plans, ensuring your corporate website remains secure and resilient against unauthorized access. 

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Data disclosure from stolen devices 

Safeguard sensitive information with our comprehensive device management and rapid response solutions for incidents involving lost or stolen devices. 

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Ransomware and malware attacks  

Combat ransomware and malware with Calian robust detection systems and eradication protocols, minimizing downtime and securing your network’s integrity. 

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Insider threats/external data breaches 

Fortify your organization against internal and external security breaches with our thorough monitoring and incident response strategies. 

Mastering business continuity


A meticulous approach to business impact analysis (BIA) and criticality assessment (CA) is vital to maintaining business continuity and resilience. Calian’s services ensure your essential functions are identified, financial and operational impacts are fully understood, and recovery priorities and resources are effectively allocated. 

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Business impact analysis

Our BIA service meticulously identifies your vital business functions, assesses disruptions’ potential financial and operational impacts, and helps you establish a prioritized recovery plan. 
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Criticality assessment

Our CA process ranks your systems and assets to support comprehensive risk management and resource prioritization, providing you with the data-driven insights needed for informed decision-making during crises.

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Unlocking technology’s potential

Explore Calian’s revolutionary IT and cyber solutions on LinkedIn. Stay up to date on trends and connect with a community dedicated to enhancing digital security and innovation.

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Social responsibility at Calian

Committed to social responsibility.

ESG—more than a buzzword.

Our vision builds on our mission, values, historical commitment to social responsibility and key competencies. It provides a framework and focus for our activities and corporate communications related to ESG (Environmental Social Governance).

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Your service inspires us.

Proudly welcoming  100+ veterans to our team every year

Their expertise enriches our solutions, and hiring military spouses is our heartfelt way of giving back to the defence community. We’re committed to being there for you, in and out of uniform.

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Relocating? We’ve got you covered.

4,000+ family members connected with family doctors

Our partnership with the Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services ensures that military family members are connected with family doctors, hassle-free.

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Building a resilient community together.

$650,000+ in corporate giving

We are woven into our community’s fabric, our support extending to renowned organizations and causes. We’re not just about business; we are about building a supportive and resilient community together.

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Engaging in research that matters.

Our contributions to significant research projects and our focus on environmental safety are unwavering. We’re front-runners in compliance with environmental laws and continually innovate to lessen our ecological footprint.

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Committed to exceeding expectations.

30+ Indigenous community engagements

With a published Indigenous engagement policy, Calian sets out the framework and guidelines for all Calian business activities while being wholly committed to meeting—even exceeding—the five per cent Indigenous participation requirement on all Federal contracts.

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Calian's global operations

With global security operations centres, Calian provides support around the clock, from day to night, enhancing security capabilities worldwide.

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