Cybersecurity Defense Ecosystem Summit Toronto

We start at 9:00 AM, but you can arrive earlier by 8:00 AM to enjoy breakfast snacks and coffee while networking with your peers and other local professionals!

This event is about building lasting relationships that will help you collaborate, learn, and grow your business even after the event. The CDE resource is available 365 days a year to help you with what you need, when you need it.

Why the Cybersecurity Defense Ecosystem matters to you? MSPs, MSSPs, SOCs, CISOs and Cybersecurity Professionals!

1. Enhance the strength of your cybersecurity defense knowledge and posture
2. Optimize your cyber managed services and business operations with 365 access to the resources you need
3. Boost your cyber sales
4. Enhance your overall profitability
5. Elevate your business's value

We start by exploring some of the freemium benefits for CDE members and a comprehensive cybersecurity roadmap. For more information, visit https://cybersecuritydefenseecosystem.com/. Join for FREE for the first year, Then it's $595 per year there after if you wish to remain a member. Request the prospectus to kickstart your journey!

These regional summits are the meet-ups for the cybersecurity-first community to network, learn, and explore resources that help MSPs, MSSPs, and SOCs enhance their cyber posture and managed services year-round.
CISOs are also invited to learn and network with the channel community to help them reach their cybersecurity mandates.

Our mission is to offer our channel community everything needed to up their game as much as possible While 100% seems impossible, we are not going to stop until we get as close as humanly possible.

Out of the gate, you will be able to access a community, tools and services that will help you to best understand and fill your gaps, reduce risks, streamline operations and improve your cyber posture. There is even an option to outsource 100% if you wish.

We can help you do as much cybersecurity as possible in-house while outsourcing the rest until you can bring it back in-house.

Come explore how we can help get you and your clients get better secured with the right mix of technology, people and process to reduce risks and costs.

What are the current trends, data points and opportunities in the cybersecurity sector for the Channel?
You will get all the important facts so you can fine-tune your plans.

Meet Our A-Team of Cybersecurity Experts:

Right from the start, our A-Team of cybersecurity specialists will provide valuable insights, address your questions, and help you catch up with the latest developments in the field. They will uncover the essential truths and facts you need to know.

- Experts from various sectors of cybersecurity will share their unique perspectives.
- They will be available throughout the day to engage in discussions and respond to your questions.
- Most importantly, they can become a part of your network, ready to partner with you and support your future needs.

Cybersecurity risks are not the only concern—compliance, regulations, insurance and legal issues also play a critical role.

Some tasks, like compliance management, PEN testing, 24/7 monitoring, and insurance, may be better outsourced to reduce business risk.

Today, it's vital to keep ahead of the latest government and insurance regulations (both in-country and international) and how exactly do you and your clients get into compliance as well as stay compliant moving forward, and be able to prove it in case you have to!

Automating Cyber Security is the only way forward. With certain tools powered by AI and AI Agents, better integrations and consolidated platforms, this is turning into a reality.

In this session will we explore the latest advancements in automation AI-powered tools and platforms that help to streamline the entire process - Prevent burn out, increase accuracy and better outcomes, do more with less.

The CDE is a resource for about 250 solutions. At each event we will highlight 3 solutions that will each help you move the needle up on your cybersecurity posture and business. Want more? Check out the expo!

Catch 3-minute pitches on innovative solutions.
You'll get a high-level overview of various solutions and business tools, then vote for your favorite pitch.

Identify the vendors and tools that best fit your needs, and meet them later in the afternoon at their golf bay to dive deeper.

Vendors will be available all day, so you can connect with them to explore opportunities and potentially become a partner.

No pressure!

Lunch and networking in the Expo

At every event, we will introduce one surprise "wildcard" session that will hopefully shock and awe attendees. Something that you were not expecting and you can only get it if you come in-person!

More details to come...

Join MSSPs who have transitioned from MSP to MSSPs successfully by navigating all of the challenges. They will share their secrets to success. The session will feature an open mic discussion, where the entire audience can engage and ask questions about the business of cybersecurity.

Is it difficult to convince your customers to invest more into cybersecurity? Marketing is too complicated and expensive? Challenged in generating more net new and right-fit customers? Need some help to not just land, but expand and retain clients?

Explore how the most successful MSPs and MSSPs do it right. We will explore the tools of today, artificial intelligence and fractional outsourced services to build a marketing powerhouse.

Our panel will help you explore strategies to acquire and maximize Marketing Development Funds (MDF), and enhance collaboration between marketing and sales teams to improve outcomes and ROI. Attendees will learn how to strategically acquire and allocate MDF towards high-impact initiatives, foster collaborative planning to align objectives, and establish clear KPIs to measure success. Join us to uncover actionable insights that drive growth and strengthen the partnership between marketing and sales.

Get the Most out of Your MDF!

It may seem difficult to get MDF for MSPs/MSSPs these days. Prohibitive paperwork. Scrutinized reporting. ROI requirements you’re not sure you’ll hit. It’s overwhelming. So much so that only 14% of the market development funds earmarked for partners even get used. How can MSPs/MSSPs leverage marketing with limited resources, which can be essential for the growth and success?

It's truly a massive untapped resource that MSPs, MSSPs and SOCs are leaving on the table! It does not have to be that way!

For those who do NOT want to play Golf Games or want more, you have an option to participate in a Mastermind Peer-Group whereby you collaborate with your peers to solve your pain points. If you do not know what a Mastermind Peer-Group is about check out https://www.channelpartneralliance.com/#home

We officially end at 5PM but Usually, whoever is staying back will end up at the bar or for dinner to carry on the conversations... We will be there!