Cybersecurity
Prepare, Defend, Respond
Do you need assistance building your organization’s security program?Speak with one of our CDW consultants to discuss how our customized solutions can best align strategies to business risk.
How Secure is Your Organization?
How secure is your organization? At CDW, we focus on reducing your security risk by helping clients prepare for security threats, defend critical business assets and respond rapidly to security incidents.
With decades of experience, CDW provides comprehensive strategic security services for a range of organizations across the commercial, government, healthcare and education sectors. Our experts will objectively assess your cybersecurity practices and create a strategy that protects your organization against today’s fast-moving threat landscape. Our risk-based approach to security is based on the NIST Cybersecurity Framework which allows organizations to achieve their ideal security posture. We work with you to:
PREPARE
We help our clients create and align strategies and programs to address ever-evolving business risks. This includes creating a relevant and achievable security roadmap.
DEFEND
Based on insights gained during the prepare phase, we work collaboratively with clients to decide which technologies to implement to protect against cyberthreats.
RESPOND
We ensure organizations are set up to leverage their program and technologies to effectively respond to threats and incidents..
Cyber Resilience: An Evolving Perspective
CDW Canada’s 2020 study, Cyber Resilience: An Evolving Perspective, reveals the evolving nature of cybersecurity threats, businesses that are most at risk and why.
Cybersecurity Offerings
At CDW, we offer solutions and services to secure your organization. Our specialized teams of multi-functional consultants and security professionals work with you to identify and prioritize risks, deploy the most effective technologies to protect your critical assets and effectively respond to threats.
We support you at every stage of your security journey. Every organization is at a different stage of technology adoption or maturity. Explore the services that fit your organization now and in the future.
Understanding Cyber Risk
Protecting information assets adequately cannot be achieved solely through technology. Here at CDW, we assess cybersecurity risk posture not only by reviewing technology, but also people and business processes; what you do, how you do it and who does it.
- Cybersecurity Maturity Assessments Risk Assessments
- Privacy Impact Assessments
- Cyber Risk Consulting Services
- Virtual Chief Information Officer (vCISO)
Security Incident and Event Management
Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM) provides organizations with a comprehensive view of security across the entire environment. A SIEM correlates security log data from all your devices within your organization, providing a single pane of glass view into your security ecosystem.
Next-Generation Firewall
CDW’s team of experts is here to help your organization get the most out of your NGFW investments. Our certified experts have the training and experience to deploy and integrate NGFW solutions from leading IT vendors such as Palo Alto Networks, Cisco and Fortinet.
- Quick-Start Implementation Services
- Custom Design & Integration Services
- Greenfield Installation
- Vendor Migration
- Health Checks
- Remediation Services
Vulnerability Management
With thousands of vulnerability assessments under our belt, we have the experience to thoroughly assess whether your defences can withstand an attack like those your organization would face from a real-world threat actor. We identify security vulnerabilities in your environment to give you a comprehensive understanding of your security posture.
- Vulnerability Assessments
- Penetration Testing
- Advanced Services
Industry Highlights
FinTech
The banking industry has an unrivalled amount of customer data. IT is constantly challenged to overcome barriers across the organization in order to store structured and unstructured data, overcome current IT legacy infrastructure and often switch from a siloed infrastructure to cloud systems.
Financial services organizations spent an average of $2,448,000 addressing cyberattacks. Curious about our findings on the Canadian Financial Services Cybersecurity Landscape?
Unlock the CDW 2020 Security Study Results
Public Sector
While many industries face significant obstacles to overcome, working within the IT Public Sector requires specialized knowledge of nuanced requirements. With extensive experience in the Public Sector, our consultants deploy high-performance services and solutions to maximize quality of service delivery while offering considerable value against savings targets.
Government agencies are attacked 1.25 times per day. Want to learn more about our findings on the Canadian Government cybersecurity landscape?
Expertise
CDW IT consultants offer your organization a sound piece of mind from experts that meet rigorous certification requirements from leading institutions. Our team of consultants are extremely adept at designing flexible solutions that leverage the benefits that come with the cloud. We ensure that our clients spend their budgets on actionable solutions that return maximum results by employing our prepare, defend and respond model.
What our clients are saying...
High Profile Canadian Pension Fund Implements Cohesive Approach to IT Security Operations
Our objective was to implement a security strategy that provides our client with access to experienced security consultants and 24x7x365 event monitoring. Read More.
Cybersecurity Certifications
We are SOC 1, SOC 2, Protected B and PCI certified in our data centre controls and hold strategic partnerships with:
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The Role of AI and Machine Learning in Cybersecurity
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Why CDW
Effectively integrate business
and technology
We believe processes, functions and corporate culture are key to delivering customized IT solutions that will meet business needs and deliver results. Our in-depth domain knowledge and industry-leading methodologies are centred around process and technology integration.
Drive a digital-first ecosystem
We add strategic value to your business by simplifying and streamlining your IT operations to create efficiencies. Our seasoned and certified consultants leverage years of successful experience across hundreds of industries to optimize your internal and external ecosystems.
Minimize risk and maximize insights
We provide a wide range of services spanning business architecture, risk assessment planning, business analysis and process improvement to service growing organizations. Our in-depth processes create actionable insights that deliver the right data to the right person at the right time on the right interface.
