Security

Security

Kaspersky ramping up Canadian crew amid growth

May 11, 2018 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Kaspersky ramping up Canadian crew amid growth
Kaspersky Lab pledges more resources for Canadian partners as its business continues to grow in this country.

Cloud

Bitdefender launches first cloud workload security platform integration with Nutanix Prism

May 11, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Bitdefender launches first cloud workload security platform integration with Nutanix Prism
Bitdefender and Nutanix expand their earlier integration with one at an API level which deepens Bitdefender’s capabilities in the Nutanix cloud.

Cloud

Nutanix introduces native networking capability to Acropolis with Nutanix Flow

May 9, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nutanix introduces native networking capability to Acropolis with Nutanix Flow
The plan is to enhance the organically-developed Nutanix Flow later this year by integrating technology from the Netsil acquisition, which will add a critical cloud element by facilitating application visibility across multiple clouds.

Security

RSA 2018: Behind the lines

May 1, 2018 Guest Poster Comments Off on RSA 2018: Behind the lines
ESET’s Senior Security Researcher Stephen Cobb reflects on RSA 2018 and the state of the cybersecurity industry.

Marketing

ESET steps up partner marketing capabilities with new automated marketing centre

April 30, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on ESET steps up partner marketing capabilities with new automated marketing centre
While past ESET marketing materials have been static downloadable assets, this tool, designed by marketing automation company MindMatrix, fully automates campaigns, to make them easy to design, use and track.

Security

Nyotron building out channel for OS-Centric Positive Security solution that plays nice with other products

April 27, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Nyotron building out channel for OS-Centric Positive Security solution that plays nice with other products
It’s early days for Nyotron’s channel in North America, with only a tiny number of partners, and none in Canada, but the company is looking to change that.

Security

Cofense – formerly PhishMe – moves to 100 per cent channel model

April 26, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cofense – formerly PhishMe – moves to 100 per cent channel model
Cofense offers a full suite of phishing products to address the phishing threat within a collective defense model, with a focus on the enterprise.

Security

Lastline Malscape Monitor report says most threat intelligence information is nearly useless

April 25, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Lastline Malscape Monitor report says most threat intelligence information is nearly useless
In addition to the report, Lastline also announced a new Lastline Behavioral Intelligence Program, which provides actionable information about cybersecurity that any security teams can use, to benchmark their own capabilities.

Networking

Illumio adds Qualys vulnerability data into their platform’s map of application communications

April 23, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Illumio adds Qualys vulnerability data into their platform’s map of application communications
The Qualys data will strengthen the microsegmentation capabilities of the Illumio platform, which maps out the relationships between applications, and programs security enforcement to defend against threats which breach the perimeter.

Security

Trend Micro email writing analysis technology highlights their RSA phishing announcements

April 23, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Trend Micro email writing analysis technology highlights their RSA phishing announcements
Trend Micro also announced a free phishing simulator for business, as well as their participation in a new vendor alliance that pledges to customers it will not assist any government in offensive cyber-operations.