Identity is part of the brief
Language, audience, representation, place and governance shape the strategy, design and technical approach.
About Asban
An Indigenous-owned digital agency rooted in Odanak
Founded in 2013, Asban brings strategy, creative, software, infrastructure and security together for organizations that need digital systems they can understand and sustain.
How we think about the work
Useful technology starts with identity, responsibility and ownership
Asban plans digital work around the people it serves, the organization that must operate it and the decisions that should remain under client control.
Control should survive launch
Administrative access, source files, documentation, hosting choices and training are treated as project decisions, not afterthoughts.
Systems have to keep working
Security, backups, maintainability, support and internal capacity are planned alongside the public-facing experience.
Digital sovereignty
Data residency is one decision; authority is the larger question
Asban helps organizations define where information is stored, who can administer it, how access is approved, what happens during an incident and how data and systems can be moved. For First Nations, the Nation's own governance and data principles lead those decisions.