Shield53 Inc

About Shield53 Inc

Shield53 Inc is a cybersecurity defense company located in the Pottersburg neighborhood of London, Ontario. The business provides managed IT services and enterprise-grade security solutions to growing organizations across North America. The company describes itself as a provider of mature, simple, and effective solutions designed to protect corporate digital assets by focusing on clarity over complexity and automation over manual effort. The company offers a variety of services, including 24/7 managed security with a Security Operations Center (SOC) that combines AI-powered detection with human judgment. Their managed IT services encompass help desk support, patching, backup, cloud hosting, and Microsoft 365 management. Additionally, Shield53 provides offensive security services such as penetration testing, social engineering, and red team exercises. Their AttackShield platform includes specific products like Email Shield for AI-powered email security, Defence Shield for managed detection and response, and Risk Shield for continuous vulnerability scanning, dark web monitoring, and attack surface discovery. They also offer specialized IT and OT security to protect operational technology like factories, utilities, and medical devices. Founded in 2023 by Chris Stewart, a security leader with over 20 years of experience in infrastructure design and data center operations, the company was established to address the challenges of businesses overwhelmed by fragmented security tools. Shield53 holds a SOC 2 Type II certification, which independently verifies their commitment to security, availability, and confidentiality. The company emphasizes a strategy of understanding adversaries through advanced threat modeling and offensive security to expose vulnerabilities before they can be exploited.