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CDW Executive SummIT: Key Strategies To Strengthen Your IT Environment

As organizations generate and leverage more data, the need for a holistic security strategy has never been greater.

As artificial intelligence and automation help bad actors launch effective cyberattacks faster than ever, even large corporations are struggling to hire skilled security staff. That’s why it’s no surprise that small businesses, which face many of the same security challenges with fewer resources and security staffers, are often at greater risk.

Managed security services can help small business augment their security teams’ capabilities to better protect companies, their assets and their customer data. But before getting started with a managed services provider, small-business leaders must understand how they operate and how to find the right fit.

Participants:

Eric Van Woerden, Senior Manager, Network Security, Palo Alto Networks

Jakob Grimm, Director of Solution Engineering, Alliances, Okta

Andy Szanger, Director of Strategic Industries, CDW

Paul Zajdel, Vice President and General Manager, Data and Analytics, CDW

Harsha Kotikela, Senior Director, Product and Solutions Marketing, Nutanix

Ben Weiss, Vice President, Digital Product, CDW

Video Highlights:

  • Tool sprawl can severely complicate an organization’s security strategy.
  • Many organizations still struggle to unify data from multiple sources.
  • A good security platform must secure infrastructure, data, applications and the security platform itself.

Discover the value of partnering with a cybersecurity expert.

Lily Lopate

Senior Editor

Lily Lopate is a Senior Editor at BizTech magazine. She follows tech trends and the IT leaders who shape them, reporting on enterprise-level business, security and thought leadership. She frequently interviews CDW experts, partners and customers about the evolving threat landscape and brings their insights, stories and IT solutions to the page to share with readers.