Santa Clara, CA — July 7, 2025 — WhiteDog Cyber was recognized with the award for Best Strategic Takeaway for Day 1 at the 2025 ASCII Edge event in Chicago, held June 25–26. The ASCII Group is a membership-based community of independent North American MSPs, MSSPs, and solution providers, and winners at each event are selected based on votes from the MSPs and IT business owners in attendance. At the end of the year, the winner of the ASCII Cup is determined by tabulating the results of all nine events.
WhiteDog Cyber’s award-winning session, “The MSP’s Survival Guide to Modern Cybersecurity: Navigating AI Threats, Compliance, and Emerging Solutions in 2025,” delivered practical, actionable strategies to help MSPs strengthen their cybersecurity posture. The session emphasized how to build evergreen defenses that adapt over time, addressed the double-edged impact of AI in cybersecurity, and outlined how regulatory shifts are raising the bar for cyber resilience.
“We’re honored to receive this recognition from the ASCII community,” said Shahin Pirooz, Founder at WhiteDog Cyber. “Our mission is to help MSPs and service providers build real-world, adaptable defenses that keep pace with today’s fast-changing threat landscape. It was incredibly energizing to see such strong engagement and thoughtful questions from the MSP community in Chicago — all focused on protecting what matters most.”
The ASCII Edge events bring together nearly 1,500 IT solution providers, dozens of technology vendors, and key industry leaders in a two-day format that incorporates extensive peer networking, education, and collaboration. With events in nine markets across North America, the series focuses on areas that help MSPs advance and move their businesses forward, through the power of community and its offerings.
With an emphasis on peer-to-peer knowledge sharing, ASCII Edge events are designed for qualified IT professionals and MSPs.
For more information on ASCII Edge, please visit https://events.ascii.com/. Follow ASCII on Twitter @asciigroup and #ASCIIEDGE.
The ASCII Group is the premier community of North American MSPs, MSSPs, and Solution Providers. The Group has members located throughout the U.S. and Canada, and membership encompasses everyone from credentialed MSPs serving the SMB community to multi-location solution providers with a national and international reach. Founded in 1984, ASCII provides services to members including leveraged purchasing programs, education and training, marketing assistance, extensive peer interaction and more. ASCII works with a vibrant ecosystem of leading and major technology vendors that complement the ASCII community and support the mission of helping MSPs grow their businesses. For more information, please visit www.ascii.com.
WhiteDog is a cybersecurity innovator delivering evergreen protection through a fully managed, layered security platform. With a composable stack of best-in-class tools and a global 24x7 Security Operations team, WhiteDog helps service providers and enterprises detect, respond to, and recover from threats—faster and smarter.
WhiteDog empowers service providers and organizations of all sizes to deliver scalable, modern protection without compromise. With a relentless focus on innovation and customer success, WhiteDog helps its partners defend better—and grow faster. For more information, visit www.whitedogcyber.com.
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