About us
The Cybersecurity Defense Ecosystem is a community of Cybersecurity-First MSPs, MSSPs, SOCs and CISOs working together to improve cyber defense.
We meet in large groups at conferences. We meet in smaller peer-groups. CISOs, CIOs and other cybersecurity professionals are welcome to be honorary CDE members for FREE as they leverage the community of MSPs, MSSPs and SOCs to support their cybersecurity needs.
Cybersecurity is complex, fragmented, and constantly changing. The CDE brings together the people, tools, and knowledge needed to simplify how organizations build effective security programs. It helps cut through the noise with vetted vendor selection, frameworks, and implementation.
Members get access to:
• A community of cybersecurity-focused MSPs, MSSPs, SOCs, CISOs and experts
• Vetted security vendors and solutions
• Practical frameworks for building security services
• Events, training, and peer collaboration
Trusted by over 7,000 members as of January, 2026. See Advisors as of August 2025. Check news about our most recent event. Experience the community for yourself at one of our events. Explore videos testimonials and podcasts. Explore the monthly newsletters for FREE. There is zero risk nor cost to see if the CDE is a fit for you.
The community has access to a valuable resource including a curated list of CISO-Approved cybersecurity solutions. These solutions are thoroughly evaluated and recommended by CISOs and other top cybersecurity professionals. Out of over 6,000 available cyber vendors, approximately 240 on our short-list to be approved and about 80 are currently recommended solutions. You can browse a sample list of these vendors on this website: Our community members are continuously evaluating new solutions before they are added to the CDE directory. A prerequisite for all listed vendors is that they must be channel-centric, as the channel is responsible for promoting, selling, deploying, and managing their solutions.
Significant membership benefits are offered free of charge, including access to the full list of recommended cybersecurity vendors and solutions. Finding a vendor on the CDE means you can be confident that their offering has been endorsed by cybersecurity professionals.
For those seeking even greater value, paid membership provides incremental savings and benefits. We actively negotiate with partners and suppliers to secure deeper discounts and added perks for our paid members, with the goal of eventually offering everything at little or no cost through the support of these partners.
Simply by attending just two events as a paid member, you will have recovered the cost of your membership fee, in addition to all the other benefits you receive. Paid members have VIP access and special perks at our events.
Join us today!
- Outsource cybersecurity services to partner-friendly MSSPs and SOCs.
- Mastermind Cyber-Centric Peer-groups to collaborate on improving business.
- AI Powered Marketing and Sales to grow sales.
- Cybersecurity Insurance with Incident Response.
- Assessment and Building Compliance-as-a-Service.
- SOC2 Certification.
- Events where members can meet, learn, and exchange ideas.
- Building your Digital Twin to increase your productivity and free-up your time.
- Increasing business valuation and/or exiting your MSP for top dollar.
- Automating Managed Cybersecurity Services.
- vCISO Fractional Services.
- Much more to come…
None of these services are pushed to you! You an get some insights from the stories we publish in the monthly CDE newsletter or you can inquire for more info.