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Iristel now offers cybersecurity to small businesses

TORONTO — Iristel is getting into the cybersecurity business with the announcement Tuesday it is now offering custom-built digital protection solutions for small and medium-sized businesses. With data breaches a growing concern for SMBs, the frequency and sophistication of modern advanced cyber attacks leave traditional anti-virus and anti-spam programs defenseless and most SMBs extremely vulnerable, Iristel says in its news release. “For small business owners, it’s not a matter of wondering if security threats will arise, but rather thinking in terms of when they’ll get hit,” says Iristel president and CEO Samer Bishay, in the release. “For less than a...