Image by Turk Stock Photographer via GettyImages.ca Privacy Security Iristel now offers ‘cybersecurity as a service’ Howard Solomon @HowardITWC Published: January 18th, 2019With organizations increasingly worried about the costs of protecting the enterprise from cyber attacks another Canadian company has jumped into the managed security service provider arena.Iristel Inc., a communications provider which also owns Ice Wireless, said Thursday it is now offering what it calls cybersecurity as a service across the country.“We want to make sure we’re market leaders, just like we were in the telecom industry,” CEO Samer Bashay said in an interview. “Cybersecurity fits perfectly into our portfolio of products and services.”Although mainly aimed at small and medium-sized organizations, Bashay said the monthly service can also scale up to handle large firms. Related Articles Bell launches managed IoT security serviceBell Canada launched a managed IoT security service today, aimed at businesses who use Internet-connected sensors, video cameras and switches, as... November 8th, 2018 Howard Solomon @HowardITWC Canadian managed detection services firm goes south for new CEOLast year Kerry Bailey was part of a U.S. private equity firm considering taking a big ownership in one of... February 14th, 2018 Howard Solomon @HowardITWC Behind the rise in Canada of managed security providersIt's taken a while but Canadian CISOs are increasingly outsourcing elements of IT protection to managed security service providers (MSSPs).... August 24th, 2015 Howard Solomon @HowardITWC Pricing starts at $99 a month for monitoring one server and two endpoints. Services such as email, firewall and database monitoring can be bought individually or as an entire package. Services include round the clock monitoring, incident response, vulnerability assessments, penetration testing and consulting, and advisory.There’s no shortage of competitors in this space, including eSentire, Herjavec Group, Scalar Decisions (in the process of being bought by CDW Canada) and many more.Bashay says his service’s differentiator is an artificial intelligence (AI) layer to the monitoring that’s part of Iristel’s security operation centre that includes predictive analytics. The AI layer is part of the network, not an add-on component to existing legacy systems, he said.It’s been built from a combination of tools from vendors with a customized Iristel layer, he said. “As for performance, because it’s real-time analytics with predictive analysis it will thwart any existing known and any unknown within milliseconds.”The cybersecurity service is being sold from Iristel as well as partners, who can label it with their own brand.Iristel also offers a wide range of unified communications, hosted PBX, collaboration and Internet services for organizations. Related Download Sponsor: Micro Focus How GDPR can be a strategic driver for your business Register Now Privacy, Security managed security services, security strategies
