Security

Why it’s Not Easy to Become an MSSP Many pundits are recommending that MSPs become MSSPs and "simply add security" to their offerings. It's not that simple.
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MSPs Face Big Cybersecurity Talent Gap Cybersecurity services are no longer an option for managed service providers (MSPs) if they want to attract new customers and maintain their existing ones, according to a report from Kaspersky Lab and Business Advantage. The survey of 569 MSPs and...
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Strongarm Debuts Partner Program for MSPs and VARs Strongarm's partner program offers MSPs and VARs a solution to protect SMB customers from phishing, ransomware and zero-day attacks.
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Kaseya Security Solution Protects MSPs Kaseya's AuthAnvil MSP Protect safeguards MSPs from security breaches and provides a security-as-a-service offering to help them expand their business.
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Tech Data Adds Cisco Security Managed Service The addition of Cisco's Security Incident Response Service to the Tech Data portfolio helps its channel partners prepare for and mitigate security risks.
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Security Pain Points Open Up Channel Opportunities More than one-third of organizations that experienced a breach in 2016 reported substantial losses in customer retention, opportunity and revenue, according to Cisco's 2017 Annual Cybersecurity Report. The survey of nearly 3,000 security...
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Kaspersky Lab Enhances Its Partner Program Kaspersky Lab's 2017 channel partner program adds new regional support, training and rewards, along with new MSP and technology specializations.
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RiskSense Helps MSSPs Deliver Security as a Service The latest platform release from RiskSense delivers security as a service that aligns a customer's vulnerability management priorities with the biggest threats.
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Infoblox Aims to Create TAP Ecosystem Around DNS The company is building connectors between its Domain Name System appliances and complementary third-party networking and security products and cloud services.
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Companies Increase Their Reliance on MSSPs A majority of organizations are engaging with managed security service providers (MSSPs) to augment their internal cyber-security capabilities, according to a recent Intel Security survey. The report also found organizations that use MSSPs expect to...
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Is Ransomware the Biggest Cyber-Security Threat? A survey of WatchGuard Technologies' global channel partners gives a look inside the minds of resellers. The survey of more than 1,400 partners, conducted by Vanson Bourne, reveals what resellers think about their customers' biggest threat concerns,...
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Quest Looks to Tech Data to Ease Channel Transition Quest Software has aligned itself with Tech Data to make a broad range of IT management, data protection and security software available to channel partners.
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Cloud Security Creates Channel Opportunities An analysis of cloud usage data from more than 30 million global users across major industries reveals that companies use an average of 1,427 cloud services. Yet, less than 9 percent of cloud providers implement the strict data security and privacy...
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Interest in Network and Security Services Grows As both networking and security become more complex and difficult to manage, there will be a much greater tendency to rely on managed services, according to a survey of 700 IT professionals conducted by Cato Networks, a provider of software-defined...
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Avnet Enters Managed Security Service Business Avnet launched a managed security service program for channel partners in North America that helps them grow their security practices without a huge investment.
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Firms Struggle With Security, but MSSPs Can Help Most people would agree that no company is immune from cyber-attacks, but the good news is that most organizations have some kind of plan in place to deal with them. However, nearly one-third of their IT teams believe key hardware and software...
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Every Day Is Now Halloween for IT Industry COMMENTARY: While companies are allocating more of their IT budgets to security, the amount of time and energy spent on these issues is rising, as well.
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Addressing IT Security: Automated Tools Needed New research indicates a direct correlation between the use of automated tools to find and fix vulnerabilities and misconfigurations in security and network devices and satisfaction levels to complete those tasks. A majority of organizations that...
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Retailers Need Better Security, Privacy Protection A new survey shows that a majority of U.S. consumers will think twice about shopping at a retail store that was a victim of a cyber-attack. Two of their biggest worries when online are security and downloading malware. The study, commissioned by...
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Millennials Show New Interest in Security Careers If there is one bright spot in the run-up to the U.S. presidential election, it's the increased interest in cyber-security careers among millennials. This is thanks partly to nearly daily news reports over the past few months about Russian...
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Reliance on IT Security Services on the Rise A marked increase in the volume and complexity of IT security attacks appears finally to be pushing more organizations to rely on external IT security expertise. In a global survey of 200 IT professionals with responsibility for security, more than...
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