Fractional CIO & IT Security Consulting
25 years in IT infrastructure and operations
Director level, teams up to 25 people
New startups through to 300 user organizations
Senior IT leadership and security work, without adding a full time hire
RKS Advisory Group works with construction, property management, real estate, and professional services firms across Western and Central Canada, internationally in the United States and the Caribbean. Engagements range from startups establishing their first systems to organizations supporting up to 300 users. Some need a technology foundation built from the start. Others have outgrown what a part time helpdesk can support.
One senior partner across the full technology picture.
Bring one priority or the whole stack. The work stays grounded in the systems your organization actually uses and the decisions your leaders need to make.
Assessment, hardening, and incident response.
Endpoint and server protection, patching and vulnerability review, firewall and perimeter rules, backup and ransomware recovery, phishing simulation and training, written security policy, incident response runbooks, and the security questionnaires your insurer and clients require.
Microsoft 365 and Entra ID hardening.
Conditional Access design, MFA rollout, Defender for Office 365, legacy authentication shutdown, privileged account cleanup, sign in log review, and phishing and account takeover investigation.
Email security, deliverability, and BEC response.
SPF, DKIM, DMARC, BIMI, MTA-STS, TLS-RPT, DNSSEC, and CAA. RKS Advisory Group runs a scored external assessment against your domain, then works through the remediation with you in stages so mail keeps flowing. For business email compromise (BEC) we handle containment, account recovery, mailbox rule and forwarding audits, and root cause closure.
Microsoft 365 migrations and licensing.
Tenant migrations and consolidations, Business Standard to Business Premium upgrades, Exchange Online, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, device policy, and a plain comparison of what each license actually gets you.
Network, server, and backup.
Cisco and FortiGate firewalls and switching, VPN and remote access, VMware and ESXi, file server and storage migrations, and backup and replication design on site and offsite.
Domain registration, email, and websites.
Domain registration and transfers, DNS hosting, business email setup on Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, website design and rebuilds, hosting, SSL, and ongoing updates and backups.
New business setup, start to finish.
Bootstrapping a new or small business from nothing. Domain, email, file storage, laptops, Wi-Fi, phones, website, and a security baseline you will not have to tear out in two years.
PowerShell, reporting, and internal tools.
Automation for onboarding, offboarding, and recurring audits. Custom dashboards and small internal apps, including job status boards for the field and client facing portals.
Fractional CIO and compliance.
IT budgets and multi year roadmaps, vendor and contract review, documentation and standards, PHIA and privacy work, and coaching for your internal IT staff.
A set number of hours each month for security oversight, planning, and escalation. Best if you have no senior IT person on staff.
A review of your network, Microsoft 365 tenant, and email security, delivered as a written report with ranked findings.
Fixed scope work such as a migration, a security hardening rollout, or a new office build out, quoted up front.
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