EzSec

ezSec Inc is a cyber security products and services company with a Canadian headquarters in Kitchener, Ontario and a US headquarters in Dover, Delaware. Its stated mission is to deliver advanced cyber security solutions and services that are easy to use, implement and integrate, based on the premise that overly complicated security tooling is not used properly in practice and that security products should be made more usable as well as more intelligent. The company lists excellence, ease-of-use, innovation and commitment as its values.

The service portfolio covers penetration testing, compliance, a remote security operations center (SOC), CISO as a Service and security architecture. The managed SOC offering includes managed IPS/IDS, firewall management, managed web application firewall, log monitoring and log retention with 24x7 real-time analysis, threat intelligence from a Counter Threat Unit research team, vulnerability management, web application scanning, web security services such as URL and content filtering and policy enforcement, and security and risk consulting. These services are positioned as supporting key controls for regulatory frameworks including PCI, ISO 27001/27002, SOX, HIPAA, FISMA and GLBA, and as helping organizations prevent, detect, respond to and predict cyber attacks across network, endpoint and cloud environments.

In an incubator directory listing, ezSec is described as offering high-end security with an ease-of-use VPN aimed at travelling professionals who have access to sensitive data.

Founding story

ezSec's founders are listed as Ezzeldin Tahoun and Lynn Hamida.

Business model

ezSec sells cyber security consulting and managed services, including project-based engagements such as penetration testing and compliance work, ongoing subscription-style managed security operations (24x7 monitoring of IPS/IDS, firewalls and web application firewalls, log monitoring and retention), and fractional executive services delivered as CISO as a Service. Prospective customers are directed to request quotes by email or web form.

Traction

The company reports more than 200 services accomplished and is listed as an active company in the Velocity incubator directory, which it joined in 2019.