For the past year, articles on this blog have focused on what Canadian small businesses — particularly those in rural and northern Alberta — need to know about cybersecurity in 2026. Cyber-insurance readiness. Ransomware. Microsoft 365 hardening. Backup architectures that survive bandwidth constraints. The structural reasons accounting firms are being targeted. The questions carriers are asking that most owners cannot honestly answer.
The articles have been popular. The follow-up conversations have been more so. The pattern that keeps emerging is the same: business owners in the Peace Country region know they have cybersecurity gaps, they want to fix them, and the local options for doing so are sparse. Edmonton MSPs treat northern Alberta as a second-tier market with second-tier service. Local IT shops are mostly oriented around break/fix, not the proactive security posture that modern threats and modern insurance carriers require. The gap is real, and it is not getting smaller.
So we're building the firm we wished existed.
What we're building
Peace Country Cyber Inc. is a managed cybersecurity and IT services provider serving Mackenzie County and the broader Peace River region of northern Alberta — La Crete, Fort Vermilion, High Level, Rainbow Lake, Peace River, Manning, Grimshaw, and the surrounding hamlets, colonies, and farms.
We focus on cybersecurity-led managed services. Our anchor offering is the Cyber Insurance Readiness Assessment ($2,500 fixed-fee, two-week turnaround) which gives business owners a written gap analysis mapped to the actual questions their carrier is asking, with a prioritized remediation roadmap. From there, our managed tiers — Cyber Essentials (security-first, $95/seat/mo), Cyber Essentials + Managed IT ($175/seat/mo), Cyber Premium ($275/seat/mo) — close those gaps and keep them closed over time.
We're local. The founder lives in La Crete. Kids go to the same school as yours. Onsite Saturdays. Plain English on the phone.
We're transparent. Published rate card. No mystery fees. Net 15 invoicing. Quarterly business reviews where we share the numbers, not just the wins.
We're honest. If we can't help, we'll tell you who can. If our recommendation costs more than it's worth for your business, we'll say so.
We're boring, deliberately. Cybersecurity isn't exciting — it's a steady professional practice. We're uninterested in the latest AI-buzzword-of-the-week. We're interested in whether your MFA is actually enforced, whether your backups actually restore, whether your team would actually catch a phishing email.
Where we are right now
This is a soft launch. The full launch happens in December 2026. Between now and then:
- The website at peacecountrycyber.ca is live, including the free 5-minute Security Risk Report and the Cyber-Insurance Compliance Checklist
- We're taking early-list signups from businesses interested in being among our first clients
- We're scheduling free 30-minute discovery calls with anyone curious about the model
If you're a business owner in the Peace Country region — or if you know one — and you'd like to talk about whether we're a fit, please get in touch.
Why this announcement is here, on this blog
Peace Country Cyber is not the same brand as CosmicBytez Labs. They're both my work, but they serve different purposes. Labs is the long-running cybersecurity content engine — what we'll be reading at 11 PM when something at work breaks. Peace Country Cyber is the practice that puts those ideas to work for businesses in our region.
Going forward, you'll see Labs posts continue to cover the full range of cybersecurity topics, and you'll see periodic links to Peace Country Cyber where the practical application is local. That's the bridge between the two brands.
If you're a CosmicBytez Labs subscriber and you're in northern Alberta, thank you for being part of the conversation that made this possible. If you're reading this because you searched for cyber-insurance advice and landed here — welcome. The content on this blog is the same as it's always been, and most of it is now reflected in Peace Country Cyber's service catalog as well.
The full launch announcement comes in December. Between now and then, you can take the Risk Report, download the Compliance Checklist, or just email us to start a conversation.
Welcome to Peace Country Cyber.
— Dylan
Peace Country Cyber Inc. — northern Alberta's local cybersecurity partner. peacecountrycyber.ca