Protecting Canadian Businesses, Sector by Sector
From ransomware recovery to compliance certification, these engagements reflect the real-world challenges our clients face — and the measurable outcomes Zero Day IT delivers. Client names are anonymized; sector and outcomes are accurate.
Vancouver Law Firm
A LockBit 3.0 ransomware payload deployed via a compromised paralegal workstation began encrypting network shares at 2:47 AM on a Friday.
Zero Day IT's MDR platform triggered automated isolation within 11 minutes of execution. Our IR team remotely contained the blast radius, performed forensic triage, restored from immutable backups, and hardened the environment — all before business hours.
“We didn't lose a single client file. The team had us back online before our partners even knew there was an incident.”
BC Healthcare Clinic
A multi-site primary care clinic needed to achieve HIPAA compliance ahead of a US partnership agreement. Previous audits had flagged 23 open findings.
We conducted a full HIPAA gap assessment, implemented technical safeguards (MFA, encryption, audit logging), revised BAAs, delivered staff training, and provided documentation packages audit-ready within six weeks.
“We had tried to get compliant for two years. Zero Day IT got us there in six weeks without disrupting patient care.”
Calgary Energy Company
Threat intelligence indicated a nation-state actor was targeting the company's OT/SCADA environment through a compromised software vendor in their supply chain.
Zero Day IT deployed network segmentation controls, performed binary integrity verification across OT endpoints, rotated vendor credentials, and worked with government cyber agencies to share threat indicators and harden the attack surface.
“Their team understood industrial control systems — not just IT. That distinction saved our operations.”
Toronto Fintech Startup
An early-stage payments company needed SOC 2 Type II certification to close an enterprise deal. They had no formal security program, no documented policies, and no dedicated security staff.
Zero Day IT served as a fractional CISO, built a complete security program from scratch — policies, controls, tooling, training, and evidence collection — and managed the relationship with the external audit firm throughout the 90-day observation period.
“We went from a spreadsheet to a SOC 2 report in three months. The enterprise deal closed two weeks later.”
Montreal Retail Chain
A national retailer with 12 locations and 47 point-of-sale terminals was failing PCI DSS v4.0 requirements. Card data exposure risk was assessed as critical ahead of their annual QSA audit.
We performed a cardholder data environment scoping exercise, deployed PCI-compliant network segmentation, replaced legacy POS terminals, implemented P2PE, and prepared the compensating controls documentation for the QSA review.
“The QSA said it was one of the cleanest CDE scoping documents they had seen from a retailer our size.”
Ottawa Government Contractor
A federal contractor faced non-renewal of a $3.2M contract unless they could demonstrate materially improved security posture within 60 days under the Government of Canada's cyber requirements.
Zero Day IT performed a full attack surface assessment, implemented privileged access management, remediated 214 vulnerabilities, deployed endpoint detection and response across all government-connected assets, and prepared documentation for the contracting authority.
“The contracting authority specifically mentioned our security improvements as a factor in the renewal decision.”
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