Bell Cyber announced Wednesday the launch of CyberShield Connect, a fully managed cybersecurity solution for Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), powered by WatchGuard’s Unified Security Platform.
“As cyber threats targeting SMEs continue to increase in frequency and severity, CyberShield Connect gives Canadian small and medium-sized businesses a simplified, scalable way to protect their networks and operations — without the complexity of managing security in-house,” a Bell Cyber press release said.
Designed for resource-constrained SMEs, CyberShield Connect integrates cloud-managed security, automated deployment and Security Operation Centre (SOC)-driven monitoring into a single, fully managed service, delivering comprehensive end-to-end lifecycle management from initial configuration through ongoing updates and threat response, across single or multi-site business environments, according to Bell Cyber’s press release.
CyberShield Connect is operated and supported by Bell Cyber’s Canadian-based managed security services team, with monitoring and threat response delivered in Canada through Bell’s national network, thereby supporting Canadian data-residency, privacy and regulatory guidance, Bell Cyber said.
“Cyber resilience today is less about deploying more tools and more about having the team with the right expertise operating them continuously,” Bell Cyber President John Menezes said in the press release. “With CyberShield Connect, we’re applying Bell Cyber’s managed security experience and national infrastructure to help Canadian SMEs achieve enterprise-level protection in a way that’s practical, scalable, and aligned with how they actually operate.”
“WatchGuard is proud to support Bell Cyber in expanding access to highly advanced cybersecurity for Canadian small and medium-sized businesses,” said Joe Smolarski, CEO of WatchGuard, based in Seattle. “By combining Bell Cyber’s national reach and managed-services expertise with WatchGuard’s AI-powered Unified Security Platform, built on zero-trust principles, CyberShield Connect delivers proven, cloud-managed protection that simplifies security while defending against today’s most sophisticated threats.”
CyberShield Connect is available now through Bell Cyber’s managed services portfolio, with bilingual support for customers across Canada and full availability throughout North America.
