For the second year in a row, Esentire has been recognized as one of Canada’s best employers for small and medium-sized businesses. The company is a leader in the cybersecurity industry and was honored for its support of workers’ health objectives and performance recognition. The 13th of April, 2018, in Cambridge, Ontario — esentire, inc., the world’s biggest pure-play managed detection and response (mdr) provider, has just announced that it has been included on the list of the top 100 small and medium employers in canada for the year 2018. Canada’s Top Small & Medium Employers is an editorial competition that is currently in its 5th year. It celebrates the small and medium companies (SME) in the country who have the greatest workplaces and the most forward-thinking human resources strategies. esentire’s chief executive officer, kerry bailey, was quoted as saying, “we are honored to be recognized as one of canada’s top small and medium employers for the second year in a row.” “The people that work at esentire are knowledgeable and enthusiastic. We provide round-the-clock protection for our clients from cyber-attacks, and the fact that hackers are always developing new methods keeps both our environment and its pace interesting. “We are always working toward making esentire a fantastic place to work by giving our workers with a job that is meaningful, in an environment that encourages collaboration.” The small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector in Canada plays a significant role in the economy of the country. It is responsible for more than half of the country’s gross domestic product, more than 90 percent of the private sector labor force, and more than 95 percent of the new jobs that have been created in the last ten years. According to anthony meehan, publisher at mediacorp, “this year, we’ve witnessed remarkable development at several of the sme winners.” “it is not unusual to witness year-over-year job growth of 50 percent at some of the winners, creating fantastic progression chances for their workforce.” It’s one of the reasons why small and medium-sized businesses have been responsible for creating more than 90 percent of the employment in the private sector over the course of the last ten years. The editors of Canada’s Top 100 Employers used the same standards for judging employers as those used for the national competition, which were as follows: (1) the actual working environment; (2) the work environment and social; (3) the health, financial, and family benefits; (4) vacation and time off; (5) employee communications; (6) performance management; (7) training and skills development; and (8) participation in the local community. Employers are evaluated in comparison to other companies operating in the same sector to establish which ones provide the most innovative and forward-thinking training programs. This year, esentire was honored for its commitment in encouraging employee attempts to develop healthy habits with a wellness spending account of up to $500 per year. The account may be used for everything from gym memberships to healthy groceries. eSentire is an employer that places a strong emphasis on performance recognition and rewards, including individual performance bonuses, on-the-spot rewards, and long-service awards, in addition to providing flexible working hours and the option to telecommute from home. The company also contributes up to 100 percent of the cost of health plan premiums. When an employee successfully helps recruit a friend for one of esentire’s open jobs, they are eligible for a general referral incentive of up to $5,000 (for certain roles). This encourages workers to become recruiters for the firm. To learn more about the reasons why esentire was chosen as one of the top small and medium employers in Canada for 2018, visit the following website: https://content.eluta.ca/top-employer-esentire. esentire eliminates the headaches associated with cybersecurity by offering enterprise-level protection through its managed detection and responseTM (mdr) service, which has won multiple awards. This service protects companies of all sizes from known and unknown threats before those threats become events that disrupt business operations. esentire, the biggest industry pure-play mdr supplier, had tremendous market expansion in 2017, with revenue increase of more than 60 percent year-over-year. The number of people it employs has increased steadily over the course of the last five years by an average of 25-50 percent. To get further details, please go to the following website: https://www.esentire.com/what-we-do/managed-detection-and-response/. about esentire: esentire® is the biggest pure-play managed detection and response (mdr) service provider in the world. The company protects businesses and organizations against continually developing cyberattacks, which technology alone is unable to stop. Its security operations center (soc), which is manned by top security analysts and operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, searches, investigates, and reacts in real time to known and undiscovered dangers before these threats become events that affect company operations. esentire absorbs the complexity of cybersecurity, giving enterprise-grade protection and the flexibility to comply with expanding regulatory requirements. esentire safeguards more than $5 trillion in business assets. The worldwide private equity firm Warburg Pincus, which focuses on growth investments, made a sizeable equity investment in the business in August of 2017. For further details, please go to www.esentire.com and follow @esentire on Twitter. about mediacorp canada Mediacorp Canada Inc. is the most successful publisher of employment publications in the country. The company was established in 1992. Since 1999, a publisher based in Toronto has been in charge of managing the Canada’s Top 100 Employers project. This project encompasses 18 other regional and special-interest editorial competitions, which together reach over 13 million Canadians on an annual basis through a variety of magazine and newspaper partners. In addition, MediaCorp controls eluta.ca, which is the most popular job search engine in Canada. The website has editorial evaluations from the Canada’s Top 100 Employers Project and is now used by 7 million people in Canada on an annual basis. In collaboration with willis towers watson, MediaCorp is the organizer of Canada’s biggest conference for senior-level human resource professionals, the Top Employer Summit. It’s possible that the names of goods and services, as well as the logos of companies, that are mentioned in this text are registered trademarks owned by their respective companies. We reserve all of our rights. angela tuzzo, of MRB Public Relations for esentire, may be reached at +1 732-758.1100, extension 105, or atuzzo@mrb-pr.com. Esentire Corporate Communications, Mandy Bachus +1 226.338.7135 mandy.bachus@esentire.com mandy.bachus@esentire.com ## ###