Optiv Canada Awarded First Enterprise Contract Under Federal Government’s Cybersecurity Procurement Vehicle

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Today’s workforces and their devices are more distributed than ever, leading to a rapidly expanding threat landscape. Enterprises and governments alike must be able to proactively and jointly respond to emerging cyber threats, while also providing timely and appropriate access to trusted devices.

The first of its kind, Optiv Canada’s NDA solution is delivered in partnership with Venafi, the leader in securing machine identities, and Crypto4A, a next generation hybrid security platform, which manages the lifecycle of device keys for zero trust-based architectures. The combined offering allows Canada to move away from manual device management by leveraging automation to address the proliferation of interconnected devices.

“It’s estimated there will be nearly 1.5 million devices connected to the Government of Canada’s infrastructure at any one time within the next four years. A manual approach to network access is unsustainable and opens everyone up to operational and security risks,” said Optiv’s Cheryl McGrath, area vice president and country general manager, Canada. “Our NDA project provides a new set of infrastructure-wide solutions for device authentication, allowing for…

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