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MSP 501 Profile: Ubisec Systems Focuses on Company Culture, Remote Security

  • Written by Allison Francis
  • December 17, 2020
President and CTO Edward Sohn breaks down the challenges and new opportunities the provider has seen in 2020.

Company Name: Ubisec Systems
Company MSP 501 Rank: 122
President/CTO: Edward Sohn
Headquartered: Brea, California

Primary Services:

  • Managed IT services
  • IT support
  • IT consulting
  • Cloud services
  • Cybersecurity
  • Business phone systems
  • Data recovery services
  • SD-WAN as a service

Twitter: @ubisec01

MSP 501 winner Ubisec Systems Inc. is one of Southern California’s fastest growing technology services companies. The IT cloud and managed services provider attributes some of that to being well-positioned to pivot customers to a remote workforce when COVID-19 hit.

Ubisec Systems' Edward Sohn

Ubisec Systems’ Edward Sohn

We sat down with Ubisec Systems president and CTO Edward Sohn to dig deeper into the company’s pandemic pivots; plus, its challenges and triumphs.

Channel Futures: What new opportunities and challenges came with the COVID-19 pandemic?

Edward Sohn: Working in the “new normal” of the COVID-19 pandemic has been interesting, to say the least. That said, we are ecstatic that our customers did not miss a beat when transitioning to a work-from-home (WFH) environment. The reason? Ubisec specializes in WFH solutions and has enabled the distributed enterprise using cutting-edge network technologies such as SD-WAN, SSL VPN, multifactor authentication, cloud phones/collaboration, virtual desktop infrastructure, O365, etc.  

While other IT companies were struggling, Ubisec was well-positioned to help customers while they pivoted to a remote workforce. In fact, it is our uncanny ability to peer around corners and uncover/capitalize on early technology trends that allows us to help our customers digitally transform their enterprise in preparation of situations like we have today. As such, we continue to uncover new opportunities to ensure our customers’ remote staff enjoys the same quality IT experience they enjoyed while in the office.

Since we are a cybersecurity company at our core, maintaining enterprise security for our customers during the pandemic is paramount. We take it very seriously, and as such, we have seen an increasing need to secure the remote workforce. In addition, we have uncovered additional opportunities, primarily around endpoint protection, multifactor authentication and remote connectivity. Cloud security solutions are ideal here and fit our customers’ needs quite well.

The 2020 MSP 501 recognizes the top managed service providers in the world. See the full list. Then check out our brand-new Hot 101 and NextGen 101.

Everything is centrally managed and visible from the cloud. Our customers have peace of mind knowing they are as secure – even more so – than they were when everyone was working onsite. SD-WAN has been a natural fit for remote workers, as it enables seamless connectivity to enterprise resources, just as if that person was in the office. With redundant internet connections in place, SD-WAN performance and availability offer a LAN-like experience.

Since we’re all stuck at home now, one thing that has been a challenge is how to ensure quality face time with customers. It used to be that we would meet in-person, making it much easier to communicate ideas, initiatives and close new business. Now, even though the calendar appointment is the same, meetings are virtual, perpetuating the mentality that one can miss/push the meeting. After a few reschedules, it does become more challenging to get the same quality time.  

Webex has been a godsend in that we can still see and hear each other (and even effectively draw ideas on a whiteboard). Even still, there is definitely something missing that you don’t get in person. It’s really just a new challenge in this different business climate, but it does take some getting used to. Sales cycles are definitely affected as a result. Not just because of the lack of customer interaction, but also because the uncertain economic state has slowed spending in general. We will continue to pivot and adjust as necessary to keep leading new and prospective customers through these uncertain times.

Ubisec has always been a remote NOC/SOC service to our customers since our inception over 15 years ago. That said, we have not internally adopted a full work-from-home model on a permanent basis until now. Although we have remote workers, we have also always relied on in-person teams to maintain camaraderie, personability and social interaction. Now that this is gone, we have had to figure out ways to maintain this culture while working remotely.  

We’ve accomplished emulating these benefits through collaboration technologies, such as workstream collaboration and of course via voice/video communications. These technologies, along with processes that encourage regular interaction (e.g. daily web meetings, constant/consistent team messaging, etc.) have created as close to an in-person team experience possible.  

That said, we still face …

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