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New Security Intelligence Group Aims to Share Info
In a move that bodes well for solution providers that provide IT security services, Fortinet and Palo Alto Networks have announced the formation of a consortium aimed at helping vendors, solution providers and end customers share security intelligence. CyberConsortium.Org aims to close a security intelligence gap that often winds up driving up the cost of…
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Tackling BYOD Security Can Be ‘Full-Time Task’ for Firms
BYOD policy Security Issues Often Kept Secret Businesses are leaving themselves open to security breaches due to improper employee security training. A quarter of business users admitted to having had a security issue with their personal device in 2013, but just 27 percent of those respondents said they felt obligated to report this to their…
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Providing IT Security Services Not for Faint of Heart
IT Security A Host of IT Security Challenges Every minute a host accesses a malicious Website, and every 24 hours a host is infected by a bot. What’s more, 33% of hosts are not running the latest software versions. Battling the Bots 73% of organizations are infected by at least one bot; 49% have seven…
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CommVault Beefs Up Its Channel Program
Looking to bolster its appeal among channel partners, CommVault, a provider of data protection and management software and systems, has broadened its PartnerAdvantage channel program to include greater rewards for the company’s most loyal partners and a new channel program for service providers. The new MarketBuilder program is designed provide additional rebates and margins to…
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Paragon Aims to Rewrite the Rules of Partner Programs
Paragon Software Group, a provider of data protection, backup and disaster recovery (BDR), recently announced a new partner program that is designed to change the way the company, and potentially the industry, looks at partner programs. Paragon’s Pure Channel Program is similar to other partner programs in that it’s designed to drive revenues for partners by…
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Why Firms’ Network Security Plans Need Re-evaluation
Why Firms’ Network Security Plans Need Re-evaluation Blinded by Limited Visibility 64% of respondents report that manual processes, lack of visibility into security policies and poor management practices are the biggest challenges to network security. Communications Roadblock 18% of respondents said aligning plans for development, security and operations is their biggest obstacle. That’s up from…
