Security

What You Can Achieve with MERAK:

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Risk Defence

Your Challenge – Websites and online applications are the primary targets for attacks because they can provide access to valuable data or access to an audience. This can lead to financial damages, data breaches, and loss of trust with your clients.

Our Solution – We use encryption, firewalls, and regular audits to build protection into all aspects of your sites and apps.

Your Challenge – PIPEDA, Quebec’s Law 25, PCI DSS, and CASL are key security and privacy regulations that apply to Canadian businesses. Ensuring compliance requires a comprehensive approach to cover all requirements effectively.

Our Solution – We do the research so you don’t have to and ensure your websites and platforms comply with the latest cybersecurity and privacy regulations to protect you from penalties.

Your Challenge – A serious breach can lead to lasting consequences including lengthy downtime, damage to your site’s functions, and loss of critical data.

Our Solution – Our proactive monitoring, regular backups, and incident response plans ensure we act quickly to minimize the impact of a cybersecurity breach.

Your Challenge – Doing business online means customers put their trust in you to keep their information safe, particularly if payment details or private data are utilized in any way.

Our Solution – MERAK’s SSL/TLS encryption, multi-factor authentication, and thorough assessments ensure your customer’s data remains secure.

Your Challenge – As technology evolves, so do avenues for breaches. Failing to update your preventative measures leaves you vulnerable.

 

Our Solution – We stay ahead through continuous monitoring, threat detection, and dedicated attention to updates and patches.

Your Trusted Canadian Technology Solutions Partner

We believe technology should work for you. Since 1994, we’ve helped businesses use IT to overcome challenges and grow. From a Guelph basement to a remote team serving clients across the country, we deliver tailored solutions that fit your business.

From coast to coast to code — our 100% Canadian team creates and powers secure data-sovereign solutions you can trust. No offshoring, no shortcuts — just #CodedInCanada.

Team MERAK - Our Canadian team creates secure data-sovereign solutions you can trust.

Disaster Recovery

Solutions

AWS Disaster Recovery

Protect critical workloads with scalable, low-latency recovery options. AWS enables automated backups, cross-region replication, and fast failover to keep operations running with minimal disruption.

Azure Site Recovery

Ensure business continuity with Azure’s real-time replication and automated recovery orchestration. Reduce downtime and meet compliance needs with seamless backup and failover for your entire environment.

Google Cloud Backup

Safeguard data with Google Cloud’s secure, high-performance backup solutions. Benefit from rapid recovery, geo-redundancy, and easy integration with your existing infrastructure.

IBM Resiliency Services

Leverage IBM’s enterprise-grade disaster recovery planning and execution. Their hybrid cloud solutions offer proactive risk management, automated testing, and quick recovery from any disruption.

What You Can Achieve with MERAK:

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Data Protection

Your Challenge – An attack on your security or data corruption can result in critical losses and damage to your user’s trust.

Our Solution – Secure, scalable backups will ensure your data is recoverable regardless of what caused the disruption.

Your Challenge – Not being able to move quickly and get operations running again after a disaster can cost you heavily in lost revenue and opportunities.

Our Solution – We use cloud-based backups to restore your systems quickly and keep you operational after disasters.

Your Challenge – Without a plan, disruptions can drag out into lengthy outages and losses of critical data. Undue stress and confusion on how to recover can be difficult for your staff and your customers.

Our Solution – A Business Continuity Plan customized to your business ensures you know what to do and how to do it right away.

Your Challenge – Unaddressed risks leave your business vulnerable to data theft or reputation damage.

Our Solution – We put together a proactive risk assessment to gauge what you may want to prepare for before it escalates, helping you prevent disruptions before they occur.

Your Challenge – A failure in your tools, technologies, or applications can lead to unexpected outages and downtime for your business.

Our Solution – Automated failovers will ensure your data is preserved and your systems keep running when you need them.

Your Trusted Canadian Technology Solutions Partner

We believe technology should work for you. Since 1994, we’ve helped businesses use IT to overcome challenges and grow. From a Guelph basement to a remote team serving clients across the country, we deliver tailored solutions that fit your business.

From coast to coast to code — our 100% Canadian team creates and powers secure data-sovereign solutions you can trust. No offshoring, no shortcuts — just #CodedInCanada.

Team MERAK - Our Canadian team creates secure data-sovereign solutions you can trust.

Hosting

What You Can Achieve with MERAK:

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Canadian Expertise

Your Challenge – You want to keep your business local, avoid the complications of currency exchange rates, time zones, and adhering to Canadian privacy laws through a foreign service.

Our Solution – We’ll set you up with CanSpace to keep your data local and compliant. Any technical support needed will be easy to reach and without the headaches of currency and time zone troubles.

Your Challenge – Your hosting provider is responsible for keeping your website online, so that can sometimes be an avenue for security breaches. You want a solution guarantees uptime and gives you peace of mind that your website is safe to use and available to your customers.

Our Solution – Regardless of what provider you choose, we’ll ensure you’re protected through encryption and regular backups.

Your Challenge – As your website grows and attracts more traffic, the demands for performance will change. A scalable hosting solution will ensure your site continues to run smoothly despite a spike in visitors or heavy increase in website content.

Our Solution – Cloud hosting with Azure or AWS adjusts easily with your business , providing flexibility while maintaining performance.

Your Challenge – Relying on a lot of e-commerce features or detailed content can slow down your load times and effect your search engine rankings. Choosing the right hosting solution to accommodate your website needs can make a big difference for customers and help your search engine optimization.

Our Solution – WP Engine and Pantheon are optimized for WordPress Sites, granting fast load times and top notch performance to keep your users happy and aid your search engine rankings.

Your Challenge – It can be frustrating when your favorite tools or features for your site don’t mesh well with your hosting provider. It’s important to find something flexible to add new features to your business as you grow

Our Solution – Working with MERAK to select a hosting provider means we’ll account for your favorite tools and apps. We want to provide an easy digital experience for your users and give you room to grow.

Your Challenge – Technical trouble can come up any time, and you need support you can count on to get your website back up and running.

Our Solution – The level of support from your hosting platform scales with the needs of your website, ensuring your site runs smoothly and you have access to expert help when you need it.

Your Trusted Canadian Technology Solutions Partner

We believe technology should work for you. Since 1994, we’ve helped businesses use IT to overcome challenges and grow. From a Guelph basement to a remote team serving clients across the country, we deliver tailored solutions that fit your business.

From coast to coast to code — our 100% Canadian team creates and powers secure data-sovereign solutions you can trust. No offshoring, no shortcuts — just #CodedInCanada.

Team MERAK - Our Canadian team creates secure data-sovereign solutions you can trust.