A selection of anonymized engagements across Canadian industries. Details are intentionally limited to protect client confidentiality — we take that as seriously as we take security.
A regional health authority was struck by a Ryuk ransomware variant during overnight hours. Prairie Sentinel's on-call analyst detected lateral movement via SOC telemetry before encryption began on clinical systems, triggering immediate containment.
An energy company requested a full internal and external network penetration test ahead of an NERC-CIP audit. Prairie Sentinel uncovered a complete attack chain from internet-facing VPN to SCADA historian with full data access — without triggering any existing alerts.
A rapidly growing Calgary-based FinTech needed ISO 27001 certification to close an enterprise contract with a major Canadian bank. Prairie Sentinel built their ISMS from scratch and guided them through certification in 9 months.
Routine SOC anomaly analysis flagged unusual after-hours data access patterns on a finance team member's account. Behavioral baselining revealed systematic staging of client financial records consistent with exfiltration preparation.
A BC-based retailer expanding to Azure requested a cloud security posture review ahead of Black Friday. Prairie Sentinel discovered publicly accessible storage blobs containing 340,000 customer records and overprivileged service principals across 14 subscriptions.
An Alberta municipality engaged Prairie Sentinel to test their citizen services web portal and underlying REST API ahead of a new digital services rollout. Critical broken access control vulnerabilities allowed cross-account data access for all registered citizens.
Prairie Sentinel detected and contained a ransomware intrusion in under 20 minutes. Their team was calm, methodical, and kept us informed every step of the way. We avoided what could have been a catastrophic breach.
The penetration test uncovered 14 critical vulnerabilities our internal team had missed for years. The report was thorough, actionable, and presented in plain language for our board. Absolutely worth every dollar.
Prairie Sentinel guided us through our entire ISO 27001 certification process. Their compliance team knew exactly what auditors look for and helped us pass on the first attempt. Exceptional service.