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October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month
by ESET Guest Blog •
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Channel Programs, Security
Okta adds two new partner services delivery specializations around customer identity and hybrid IT
by Mark Cox •
Today, at their virtual Okta Showcase event, identity vendor Okta is announcing two new Okta Partner Connect specializations. Both are Services Delivery specializations. The Customer Identity specialization is an explicitly services-focused one around Okta’s core capabilities. The Okta Access Gateway one is for partners helping customers with broad digital transformation projects as they move to…
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Going beyond VPN to secure modern borderless enterprises
by Infoblox Guest Blog •
Krupa Srivatsan of Infoblox offers some thoughts on how securing a remote-working workforce has expanded to be so much more than just VPN.
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Cloud, Security
Ping Identity unveils first two cloud services in ‘land and expand’ customer acquisition strategy
by Mark Cox •
PingOne MFA and PingOne Risk Management are the first two services in an inventory of cloud services that Ping expects to hit double digits.
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Channel Programs, Mobility, Security
Unified BlackBerry partner program brings new reseller focus from Cylance
by Mark Cox •
BlackBerry introduced its new partner program at its BlackBerry Security Summit, while emphasizing the importance of partners to the Go-to-Market strategy going forward.
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Mobility, Security
BlackBerry looks to displace signature-based solutions with new Cyber Suite
by Mark Cox •
The BlackBerry Cyber Suite includes two brand new offerings, BlackBerry Protect Mobile and BlackBerry Persona Desktop, a UEBA solution. It also includes the existing BlackBerry Protect Desktop and BlackBerry Optics EDR.
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Ping Identity lays out personal identity management vision with ShoCard acquisition
by Mark Cox •
ShoCard’s blockchain-based technology, which will be integrated into the Ping Intelligent Identity Platform, creates an identity wallet which gives the user more granular control over the identity information they surrender in digital transactions.
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Help your customers do their part to #BeCyberSmart
by Barracuda MSP Guest Blog •
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is the perfect time to educate clients about domain and brand impersonation scams, which are on the rise.
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Internet of Things, Networking, Security
DH2i moves into IoT market with DxOdyssey for IoT
by Mark Cox •
DH2i’s new initiative involves an expanded relationship with Microsoft around its new Azure SQL Edge data engine, and their offering will be available in the Azure marketplace.
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WatchGuard further drives Panda integration with full cross-sell capability, new endpoint security specialization
by Mark Cox •
WatchGuard is also announcing that Panda resellers can now join the WatchGuardONE program, with their status in the WatchGuard program grandfathered for six months.
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Small and medium‑sized businesses: Big targets for ransomware attacks
by ESET Guest Blog •
Why are SMBs a target for ransomware-wielding gangs and what can they do to protect themselves against cyber-extortion? ESET offers some thoughts.
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Cloud, Security
FireMon extends full platform functionality into the cloud in new platform release
by Mark Cox •
FireMon says that their increased cloud capabilities differentiate them enough in the NSPM market to justify them calling their platform the first agile one in the industry.
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Cloud, Security
Barracuda upgrades CloudGen WAN with personal remote access, IoT capability
by Mark Cox •
Barracuda just rolled out its SD-WAN service built natively on Azure in July, and now has rolled out new enhancements to build on momentum they are seeing in the market.
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Networking, Security
Palo Alto Networks expands SD-WAN capabilities with Layer 7, Prisma security integration and new appliances
by Mark Cox •
The company is asserting that these new enhancements to the CloudGenix SD-WAN solution they acquired earlier this year make it the first true next-generation SD-WAN offering in the industry.
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Managed Services, Security
SMBs prioritize cybersecurity but many MSPs still can’t deliver
by Mark Cox •
While a new ConnectWise survey shows most SMBs now consider it so important that more than 9 in 10 would change their MSP for the right cybersecurity solution, most still don’t really understand what the right solution for them is, and MSPs aren’t doing enough to help them learn.
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Getting to know Infoblox
by Robert Dutt •
Infoblox channel chief Lori Cornmesser takes us through the networking vendor’s go-to-market, channel strategy, and top opportunities in this edition of the ChannelBuzz.ca Podcast.
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Managed Services, Security
Cynet adds Incident Engine automated response capability in Cynet 360 V4.0.
by Mark Cox •
Cynet, which offers a breach detection service with a wide range of capabilities, is also branding itself as an XDR vendor with this release, reflecting the fact that the XDR term has come into wide use in the market since they began offering their services.
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Employee training: Preventing sensitive information from leaving the network
by Barracuda MSP Guest Blog •
Your security offering is only as effective as its weakest link, and often that link is your customer’s employees, says Barracuda MSP’s Nathan Bradbury.
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Cloud detection and response vendor Obsidian launches first channel program to support 100% channel commitment
by Mark Cox •
Claudia Slane joins Obsidian as Director of Global Channel and Alliances, and has designed a program to support a select channel with high margins and enablement benefits.
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Volterra adds new capabilities to VoltMesh
by Mark Cox •
Volterra has beefed up their VoltMesh service by adding load balancer, API gateway and web application firewall capabilities that will serve every cluster with centralized management and with end-to-end policy control and visibility.
