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Achieving your business goals—that’s what we believe in. Difenda’s value-driven approach to cybersecurity puts your success first, without compromise.

Partners

Our partners benefit from the ability to provide their customers with a complete end-to-end services. Partners have 24×7 access to sales tools, marketing resources, training programs, and certifications through our partner portal.

Careers

Learn about our #peoplefirst culture and what it means to be a Difender. Join our mission to relentlessly ‘DIFEND’ our customers and deliver measurable cyber security outcomes.

Leadership

Our leadership team is comprised of savvy business leaders and security industry experts, bringing years of experience together to create security solutions that just work.

Resource Center

View our cybersecurity resource center to learn about protecting your organization.

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We’re here to help and answer any questions you might have. We look forward to hearing from you!

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Difenda Shield

Difenda Shield is an integrated cybersecurity suite of modules that gives companies the tools they need to stay vigilant, agile, and collaborative.

Managed SIEM

Extend, simplify, and centralize your security visibility while automating advanced threat detection using the managed SIEM solutions.

MXDR for IT

Break through visibility barriers for improved security resiliency. Difenda MXDR closely integrates Microsoft 365 Defender, Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Microsoft Sentinel with 24/7/365 advanced threat hunting and detection for a unified SecOps environment.

Managed Endpoint Detection and Response

Difenda Managed EDR minimizes the gap between speed of compromise and speed of detection with proactive threat hunting and incident response services, reducing attacker dwell time and mitigating the potential impact of a breach.

MXDR for OT

MXDR for OT offers a turn-key agentless extended detection and response (XDR) that is rapidly deployed, works with diverse endpoints, IoT, OT, and industrial control system (ICS) devices.

Managed Cloud TDR

Defend cloud applications and database infrastructure from account compromise, insider threats, and access misuse. Keep your cloud environment safe and secure with built-in defense from your business environment to the Azure Cloud Platform.

AVM

Difenda AVM continuously monitors, detects and helps provide guidance on remediation items and configuration issues, minimizing the window of opportunity for attackers.

Managed Email TDR

Get peace of mind when it comes to data protection. Keep business communications safe and secure by automatically filtering your entire email network from phishing emails and online threats in minutes.

Incident Response

With proactive ransomware mitigation support, ransomware attack response services and digital forensics services, you will be back to business as fast as possible.

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Professional Services

Advisory Services

Discover actionable steps to improve your cybersecurity posture. Gain efficiency in the short-term and build towards a long-term security infrastructure that can scale.

Offensive Security

We combine human expertise with sophisticated tools, proven methodologies and threat intelligence to ensure a thorough, in-depth approach to security testing and assessments.

Professional Services

We help you in designing and deploying Microsoft security technologies for your unique needs.

Workshops

Assess your security posture and create a personalized timeline for mitigation of potential threats.

Managed Services

Extend your ability to defend and manage with our extensive portfolio of managed services.

Difenda Works

Machine Identity Management integration with Venafi and ServiceNow.

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Industries

Education

Graduate to a modern security program.

Manufacturing

Protect operational continuity to deliver your product or service.

Finance

Coming soon.

Healthcare

Coming soon.

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Born from two award-winning cybersecurity firms in 2023, both with over two decades of experience defending customers. We stand together united as Difenda.

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TOGETHER

OUR FUTURE IS BRIGHT

Devices Managed

Certifications

Industries Served

Active Customers

One United Mission

Our mission is to relentlessly “Difend our customers against cyber risk and deliver outcomes through innovative security services.

We assess, design, and protect.

MORE SECURE. MORE COMPLIANT. MORE AFFORDABLE
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT

Leadership Continuity

Avertium's Chief Executive Officer, Bill Carroll, will continue to lead the way, supported by a powerful executive team that includes Manoj Arora, the CEO of Difenda, who takes on the role of President. This dynamic leadership ensures a seamless transition and a bright future for all our stakeholders.

The Power of Two

Avertium and Difenda both hold distinguished Microsoft Security Partner designations and advanced specializations in Threat Protection and Cloud Security. This merger offers an extraordinary advantage to our North American customers, equipping them with Difenda's unmatched expertise in Microsoft Security.

Security as-a-Service

Our mission remains unchanged: to make organizations more secure and more compliant, all while keeping security affordable. By bringing together our threat response capabilities, continuous threat exposure management, and innovative approach to Microsoft products, we're making programmatic, measurable security outcomes a reality.

A Shared Vision

"We are thrilled about the combined power of our two companies," said Manoj Arora. This union is a significant addition and a deeper commitment to our customers and Microsoft partners.

Microsoft's Vote of Confidence

Microsoft's Corporate Vice President, Kelly Bissell, shares our enthusiasm, believing that Avertium and Difenda will accelerate their capabilities to protect even more customers across North America.

Seamless Integration

The integration process is already underway, and we are dedicated to ensuring a seamless transition for our valued customers and employees.

This merger is not just a joining of forces; it’s a leap forward in the world of cybersecurity. We’re excited to embark on this journey with you, and together, we’ll redefine what it means to be secure in today’s ever-evolving digital landscape.

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Team of Experts

Meet the Leadership Team

Avertium’s Chief Executive Officer, Bill Carroll, will continue to lead the way, supported by a powerful executive team that includes Manoj Arora, the CEO of Difenda, who takes on the role of President. This dynamic leadership ensures a seamless transition and a bright future for all our stakeholders.

Bill Carroll

Chief Executive Officer

Manoj Arora

President

Ben Masino

Chief Revenue Officer

Derek Nugent

VP, Revenue

Jamie Fiedrich


SVP & GM of Managed Services

Andrew Hodges

VP, Service Delivery & Development

Vicente Velez

Chief Financial Officer

Ian Miersch

VP, Business Development and Operations

Angela Bachor

Transition Executive