CipherGRC gives growing Canadian businesses access to 18+ years of senior IT leadership — cloud, infrastructure, vendor management, and GRC — without the full-time hire.
No bloated MSP contracts. No junior consultants. Direct access to a senior IT leader who has done it at enterprise scale.
Your part-time Head of IT. IT roadmaps, team oversight, board-level reporting, vendor governance, and strategic technology decisions — without the $200K salary.
AWS, Azure, VMware, hybrid environments. Cloud readiness assessments, migration planning, cost optimization, and disaster recovery design.
Runbooks, infrastructure documentation, ITIL process design, and knowledge bases. We build the operational foundation your IT team needs to scale reliably.
Microsoft, VMware, Dell, AWS — we audit your current contracts, identify waste, and negotiate on your behalf. Most clients recover the advisory fee within 60 days.
Governance, Risk & Compliance frameworks tailored for SMBs. Security policy development, risk assessments, and compliance gap analysis.
Prepare your organization for ISO 27001 certification. Gap assessments, documentation, and implementation support — from an ISMS-aligned advisor.
CipherGRC is led by Imran Shaikh — an IT infrastructure leader with 18+ years of experience spanning banking, oil & gas, government, and enterprise technology operations across Canada and the Middle East.
Currently managing a 40+ person engineering team at Accenture, Imran brings enterprise-grade thinking to businesses that need it most — growing companies navigating cloud migrations, vendor complexity, and IT governance challenges.
Not a junior consultant. Someone who has managed 40+ engineers, P1 incidents, and multi-million dollar vendor contracts.
Monthly retainer or project-based. Scale up or down as your business needs change — no long-term lock-in.
Oil & gas, banking, government, and professional services. We speak your industry's language and understand your compliance requirements.
Headquartered in Calgary. Serving clients across Canada with international experience in the Middle East.
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