Palissade

Sheet A · Overview

Know where you stand. Prove it, plans in hand.

Palissade assesses, monitors, hardens, manages and documents your company's IT, then turns it all into a clear report: what is in order, what still needs fixing, and what you can show your leadership, a client or your insurer.

Posture report · Survey

Example Inc.

Fictitious example
Period
October 2026
Recipient
Executive management
Framework
CIS Controls v8, group IG1
  • C-01Workstations and patchesThis month's patches appliedIn order
  • C-04EmailNo DMARC policyTo fix
  • C-06IdentitiesAccounts without two-factor authenticationTo fix
  • C-05Remote accessFormer employee's access to confirmTo check
  • C-02Mobile devicesScreen lock required on every deviceIn order
Illustration · made-up findingsFig. 0
BMethod

Each stake stands for one responsibility. The report follows this cycle, from finding to proof.

What Palissade does

Plan view of the Palissade logo: a hexagon holding five stakes, each tied to a verb: assess, monitor, harden, manage, document. ONE CONSOLE ASSESS MONITOR HARDEN MANAGE DOCUMENT
Fig. 1 · Palissade, plan viewScale 1:1
  1. Stake 1

    Assess

    Take stock of workstations, accounts, email and access, and rank the gaps by priority.

  2. Stake 2

    Monitor

    Bring logs and alerts together, and sort them by severity.

  3. Stake 3

    Harden

    Apply patches, baseline configurations and two-factor authentication.

  4. Stake 4

    Manage

    Run workstations, mobile devices, identities and VPN from one console.

  5. Stake 5

    Document

    Produce inventories, policies and reports from real data.

CParts list

Each component feeds a section of the report. Codes C-01 to C-07 are the ones used in the survey.

Feature families

C-01

Workstations and servers

Remote management, hardware and software inventory, patching.

Report: patch status
C-02

Mobile devices

Enrolment, security rules, remote wipe if a device is lost.

Report: compliant devices
C-03

Logging and alerts

Central collection, detection rules, notifications.

Report: alerts and follow-up
C-04

Email gateway

Phishing, spam and dangerous attachments filtered out.

Report: blocked messages
C-05

Remote access

VPN for remote work and branch offices, based on role.

Report: active access
C-06

Identities

Accounts, groups, two-factor authentication, arrivals and departures.

Report: MFA coverage
C-07

Compliance and reporting

Mapping to frameworks, evidence, periodic reports.

Report: controls covered
DFoundations

What applies to the platform itself.

Security and hosting in Canada

Your logs, inventories and reports are sensitive information. They are handled that way.

D-01 · Location

Data hosted in Canada

Stored in data centres located in Canada.

D-02 · Access

Multi-factor authentication

Required for every console account.

D-03 · Traceability

Actions logged

Administrator actions are recorded.

EStandards

Palissade helps you get ready. It does not replace an independent audit and does not issue any certification.

Compliance targets

StandardScopeWhat the report covers
Quebec Law 25Personal information, private sector, QuebecSystem inventory, incident register, documented measures
CIS Controls v8Prioritized safeguards, groups IG1 to IG3Assets, patches, accounts, logging
NIST CSF 2.0Govern, identify, protect, detect, respond, recoverControl mapping, maturity tracking
CyberSecure CanadaFederal certification for SMBsEvidence gathered for the assessment
Cyber insuranceInsurer questionnairesAnswers backed by current data
FAppendix

Service in preparation.

Free external scan

A first survey, with nothing to install: what anyone can see of your business from the Internet.

  • Domains and certificates
  • Email: SPF, DKIM, DMARC
  • Exposed services
GBuilder

About

Palissade is designed and operated in Montreal by Groupe Solutions TI inc., an IT services company. It is built for SMBs that have to account for their security without a dedicated team.

Breaking ground

Your first survey starts in the console.