Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity Companies in Ottawa
Examples of Ottawa's cybersecurity brilliance
These companies are contributing to our thriving cybersecurity cluster.
Field Effect
Founded five years ago, Ottawa cybersecurity company Field Effect has ambitious plans to triple its revenues over the next 12 months while boosting its staff to 200. Field Effect’s main product, Covalence, is a sophisticated holistic cybersecurity solution priced for SMEs and powerful enough to protect the most complex networks. While Field Effect has a growing global presence in countries like the UK and Australia, the company maintains its HQ in Ottawa’s Glebe neighbourhood and even opened a second Ottawa office in early 2020 . Invest Ottawa has worked closely with the company’s leadership over the past few years to help support their growth both locally and overseas. The company is also a member of our Cybersecurity Founders Peer Group.
SonicWall
Headquartered in California, SonicWall launched its Ottawa operation in 2016. Today, it has 100 employees in Ottawa, working in three divisions: sales, service and engineering. The company has been in the cybersecurity business for 29 years and has evolved to identify and stop the world’s increasing cyber threats. Today, it boasts more than 500,000 customers — from SMBs to enterprise companies in everything from banking to education. Customers span six continents, it has offices in 10 countries and 1,700 employees around the world.
Fortinet
Fortinet is widely recognized as a global leader in high performance cybersecurity solutions and is one of the four key international players in the firewall market. Canada’s federal government recently contracted Fortinet’s Ottawa subsidiary to upgrade its information technology infrastructure. Fortinet plans to deploy high-performance, scalable network security solutions across more than 100 government departments and agencies in order to secure them against cyberattacks.
