Lara Joh Inc. — IT redefined

Retailers

IT, payments security and grants for retailers

Keep card payments compliant, and use the retail grant for new systems.

Who we work with. Ontario storefront retailers and online stores.

Sound familiar?

When organizations like yours call us

  • Your payment processor asked for a PCI self-assessment.
  • Your online store's checkout page needs tamper detection.
  • Your point-of-sale or inventory system is ageing.

Rules that apply

What the rules ask of you

General information, not legal advice. Use the compliance guide's filter for your exact profile. Last verified: November 6, 2026.

PCI DSS v4.0.1

  • The newer requirements became mandatory March 31, 2025.
  • They include weekly tamper detection on online payment pages (requirements 6.4.3 and 11.6.1 for SAQ A, SAQ A-EP and SAQ D merchants).
  • SAQ A merchants now need vulnerability scans.

OCI Retail Modernization Project Grant

  • Up to $5,000 non-repayable for point-of-sale, RFID, inventory and CRM hardware and software.
  • For Ontario storefront retailers open to the public, with 1 to 50 full-time staff, incorporated and operating 1+ year, $100,000+ revenue, not home-based.
  • First come, first served; can't be combined with DMAP.

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Where to start

Bundles are quoted for your organization. Each one is built from services you can also buy on their own.

Small businesses

Insurance-Ready Basics

Managed IT + Managed Security + Backup & DR, plus a half-day security training session in year one.

Funding that may help

Ways to pay for it

You may qualify; we never promise funding. Last verified: November 6, 2026.

Use the eligibility checker

FAQ

Questions we hear

Our payment provider handles PCI.

They handle their part. Your checkout page, devices and network are still in scope, and v4.0.1 added checks on the page itself.

Start here

Find out where you stand, at a fixed price.

A short discovery call, then a fixed-price assessment with a ranked, costed roadmap: what to fix first, what it costs, and what funding may help.