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ForeScout Brings Agentless Security to the Channel
Looking to make it simpler for partners to resell agentless security software and employ it to deliver managed services, network security specialist ForeScout Technologies forged distribution agreements with Arrow Electronics and Westcon. Previously, ForeScout sold its software via only direct relationships with a limited number of channel partners. With the increasing popularity of bring-your-own-device (BYOD)…
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Kaseya Extends MSP Partners’ Reach
Kaseya has enhanced the reach and scope of its platform for managed service providers (MSPs) with the addition of support for both Windows 10 and tools that make it much easier to discover what is actually attached to a customer’s network. Kaseya’s introduction of version 9.2 of its VSA provides MSPs with more granular visibility…
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Putting Solution Providers, MSSPs on the Same Team
As the security landscape becomes increasingly complex, multiple players are needed to work in tandem to provide managed security services. For starters, the cost of delivering these services is becoming increasingly prohibitive. Not only is finding people with IT security expertise extremely difficult in a highly competitive market, the salaries those security professionals can command…
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Privileged Account Takeovers Pose Major Risks
Cyber security Privileged Account Takeovers Pose Major Risks Here’s a look at areas of high risk, such as privileged account takeovers, with which enterprises need help to improve their security. Account Takeovers 61% of respondents cited privileged account takeover as the most difficult stage of an attack to mitigate, up from 44% last year. Mitigation…
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Arbor Enlists Partners to Help Fight DDoS Attacks
Moving to provide channel partners with access to a portfolio of technologies and services for preventing distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, Arbor Networks, a unit of Netscout, revamped its product lineup. In addition, Arbor Networks is now working with Cisco to making it simpler to embed its DDoS protection software directly within a Cisco ASR 9000…
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Barracuda Expands Into MSP Space With Intronis Buy
Barracuda Networks, a $277-million cloud-connected security and storage company, is acquiring privately held Intronis, a provider of data-protection solutions to managed service providers (MSPs), for $65 million. The deal gives Barracuda access to nearly 2,000 MSPs to better serve its small and midsize customer base, as they move toward partnering with MSPs to provide their…
