Tag: MSSP

  • Managed Service Security Providers (MSSPs): Making the MSP Switch

    Managed Service Security Providers (MSSPs): Making the MSP Switch

    Howard M. Cohen

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    You hear it all the time. It’s no longer enough to be merely a managed service provider (MSP). It’s time to graduate to managed security service provider (MSSP). New publications have emerged to promote it. They make it all sound easy. After all, how hard is it to install a firewall, right? See Just How… Read more

  • Firms Struggle With Security, but MSSPs Can Help

    Firms Struggle With Security, but MSSPs Can Help

    Gina Roos

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    Cloud security Firms Struggle With Security, but MSSPs Can Help These takeaways highlight why companies need to be more proactive in their security plans and why they should get help from managed security service providers. Costly Mistakes The IT professionals surveyed reported that the average cost of cyber-attacks to their organization was between $50,000 and… Read more

  • Caveat Emptor: Security Issues Key in M&A Deals

    Caveat Emptor: Security Issues Key in M&A Deals

    Gina Roos

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    Security costs It’s no secret that safeguarding business and customer data is a big concern for companies. In mergers and acquisitions (M&As) world, cyber-security is a hot button. With nearly 800 data breaches in the United State last year, according to Identity Theft Resource Center, coupled with the hefty cost of these attacks, acquirers are… Read more

  • RSA Shows Partners the Security Ropes

    Michael Vizard

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    With the annual RSA security conference set to kick off next week, much of the attention in the channel community naturally turns to security. With demand for IT security expertise at an all-time high, more organizations than ever are looking for external services to help secure their IT environments. The challenge is that creating a… Read more

  • Avnet First Distributor to Offer HP ConvergedSystem 700

    Avnet First Distributor to Offer HP ConvergedSystem 700

    Gina Roos

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    Avnet to Offer HP ConvergedSystem 700 Avnet Technology Solutions has been selected as the first distributor in the United States to offer HP ConvergedSystem 700 to its solution provider partners. The product delivers a software-defined environment to help customers adopt an open hybrid model with converged infrastructure, better positioning customers to move to cloud-based models.… Read more

  • Verizon Business Remodels MSSP Platform

    Ericka Chickowski

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    Verizon Business announced Aug. 5 a relaunch of its managed security services platform, introducing a number of new features that it hopes will take it to the top of the managed security service provider (MSSP) heap in the coming year. Designed to go above and beyond the standard antivirus-firewall-IPS trio so common among many security… Read more