CDW Canada's Cloud Security Posture Assessment

Request an assessment of your organization’s public cloud security posture to improve your visibility and identify critical security misconfigurations for your IaaS and PaaS resources.

Manage Your Cloud Security Posture Effectively

Adopting public cloud solutions demands a strategy that prioritizes security and compliance. Cloud Security Posture Management tools offer increased visibility into your public cloud security posture to ensure compliance and monitor real-time threats.

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THE CDW STRATEGY

Closing gaps and aligning new technologies with skills and talents.

Prepare for anything that may emerge

Defend against disruptions methodologically

Respond without panic

Our team believes that when it comes to building a strong cybersecurity strategy, one should leave no stone unturned. We have developed a full appreciation of how an organization can adequately prepare, defend and respond to today’s threat landscape.

The best approach is to follow the study guidelines that centre on the technologies and processes proven to get industry-best results for different situations, and have the right skills and talents in your corner to analyze, advise and deploy these technologies.

Clients who take the time to understand the magnitude of the threat to their business appreciate the challenges ahead. Tackling the forces aligned against organizations is a collaborative effort that should strengthen security posture significantly.

We Get Security Is Critical to Cloud Success

Security is the cornerstone of any cloud strategy. CDW has the tools to help you assess vulnerabilities and ensure the right protocols are in place across your cloud platform.

1

Visibility

Provide an inventory for all assets and instances in the cloud.

2

Compliance

Assess compliance risks compared to best practices and frameworks (NIST, PCI, GDPR, PIPEDA, etc.).

3

Network Security

Identify non-encrypted instances and evaluate network policies for traffic and configurations.

4

Identity Access Management

Manage identity access and privilege escalation by assessing the security of users and accounts.

How To Get The Most Out Of Your Assessment Results

Leverage assessment results to detect and address current and future cloud security threats.

Identify third-party compliance issues and develop a plan to address them.

Identify cloud security gaps and determine how they impact the rest of the organization’s ecosystem.

Determine if additional network, personnel, policy or framework testing is warranted based on assessment results.

Develop a plan for the cloud security gaps that must be addressed immediately vs. down the line.

Design a plan for future security posture improvements.

Identify third-party compliance issues and develop a plan to address them.

Identify cloud security gaps and determine how they impact the rest of the organization’s ecosystem.

Determine if additional network, personnel, policy or framework testing is warranted based on assessment results.

Develop a plan for the cloud security gaps that must be addressed immediately vs. down the line.

Design a plan for future security posture improvements.

We Get Cloud Security Posture Management

CDW is a trusted advisor that offers highly skilled security professionals to help guide you through CSPM solutions. We consult with you to create the appropriate strategy, toolset and coverage for your needs. We deliver proven cybersecurity solutions backed by our experience in thousands of engagements.

Explore all our cybersecurity solutions at CDW.ca/cybersecurity➞

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