• Maggie MacAlpine
• February 10, 2025
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Our team at Seceon is deeply aware that MSPs and MSSPs need solutions that not only enhance security but also simplify operations. At Seceon’s 2025 Q1 Innovation and Certification Days, our VP George Fisher sat down with our partner Dan Driezen of ESW IT to discuss how his organization has leveraged Seceon’s platform to provide unparalleled protection and drive business success.

The Challenge: Gaining Full-Spectrum Visibility

• Cybersecurity complexity is increasing – With multiple technologies and security tools available, ESW IT needed a solution that could consolidate and simplify security management.
• Gaps in security posture – Traditional endpoint protection tools like EDR provided some visibility, but they lacked insight into broader network and cloud activity.
• Client communication hurdles – Clients struggled to understand the necessity of layered cybersecurity protections beyond endpoint security.

Before adopting Seceon, ESW IT relied primarily on EDR solutions, which left significant blind spots across network activity, cloud services, and user behaviors. The challenge was to create a comprehensive security approach that was both effective and easy to communicate to clients.

The Solution: Implementing Seceon’s aiXDR

• Comprehensive visibility – Seceon’s aiXDR extended ESW IT’s security reach beyond just endpoint protection to include network flows, cloud environments, and user behaviors.
• Risk-based approach – By leveraging Seceon’s AI-driven insights, ESW IT mapped security risks across five asset classes: devices, applications, networks, data, and users.
• Seamless integration – The platform ingested data from various security tools, including existing EDR platforms, to create a unified security posture.

Driezan highlighted that Seceon’s aiXDR solution provided the broad-spectrum visibility necessary to detect threats before they escalated. Unlike traditional EDR, which often focuses on endpoint threats, aiXDR enabled ESW IT to see across multiple security layers.

Real-World Impact: Stopping a Ransomware Attack in Progress

• Advanced threat detection – An alert flagged by ESW IT’s SOC identified an attack in progress, with a threat actor attempting to compromise backup systems.
• Immediate response – Seceon’s aiXDR platform quickly provided insights that EDR alone could not, allowing ESW IT to accelerate deployment and investigation.
• Preventing data loss – The threat actor had already established persistence, but with Seceon’s platform, ESW IT identified the attack’s full scope and prevented ransomware execution.

Driezan described this incident as a turning point for ESW IT, showcasing how Seceon’s aiXDR went beyond traditional endpoint security to provide full visibility into attacker movements, lateral spread, and potential data exfiltration.

The Business Value: From Security to Sales Enablement

• Simplified client conversations – Using Seceon’s risk-based security matrix, ESW IT demonstrated clear cybersecurity value to clients.
• Enhanced service offering – aiXDR allowed ESW IT to provide a more comprehensive security package, moving beyond piecemeal solutions.
• Internal team buy-in – Executives, sales teams, and technical staff all rallied around Seceon’s platform, making it easier to scale cybersecurity services.

Driezan noted that before Seceon, sales conversations around cybersecurity felt fragmented, focusing on individual security features. With aiXDR, ESW IT shifted to a holistic approach, providing a clear picture of client security posture and necessary protections.

Why Seceon? A True Partnership

• Non-pushy approach – Unlike other cybersecurity vendors, Seceon prioritized a true partnership over aggressive sales tactics.
• Flexible trials – ESW IT was able to test the platform extensively in real-world client scenarios, ensuring its effectiveness before full deployment.
• Support for MSSP growth – Seceon’s platform played a key role in ESW IT’s successful transition to an MSSP model.

“We’re a small business, about 100 people in Western Canada,” Driezan shared. “Seceon treated us as a true partner, allowing us to trial the platform for several weeks with real clients. That made a huge difference.”

Final Thoughts: The Future of Cybersecurity with Seceon

For ESW IT, Seceon’s aiXDR is more than just a cybersecurity tool—it’s a business enabler. The platform’s ability to integrate with existing security infrastructure while providing full-spectrum visibility has allowed ESW IT to strengthen client relationships, prevent cyber threats, and grow as an MSSP.

As cybersecurity threats continue to evolve, Seceon remains a trusted partner, helping MSPs and MSSPs future-proof their security strategies while delivering measurable business value.