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Security

It’s imperative for partners to address the cybersecurity skills gap – here’s how

July 29, 2020 Sean Campbell, director, Canadian Channels, Fortinet Comments Off on It’s imperative for partners to address the cybersecurity skills gap – here’s how
Fortinet Canada channel chief Sean Campbell offers some thoughts on what solution providers can do to make sure their staff have the security skills needed to succeed in the market today and provide the digital defences of tomorrow.

Security

Okta strategic partner survey confirms massive COVID uptick around both collaboration and security

July 28, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Okta strategic partner survey confirms massive COVID uptick around both collaboration and security
Okta’s partner report is a follow-up to an earlier one done with Okta customers, and the trends are essentially the same.

Cloud

Sonrai Security extends enterprise identity platform with new Governance Automation Engine

July 28, 2020 Mark Cox 1
Sonrai uses workflow and role-based swimlanes to address identity and workload-related issues by automatically routing actions to cloud, security, audit or DevOps teams, or deploy remediation bots to address the issue, with the customer being able to determine how they want things handled.

Security

Forcepoint looks to change security game with new converged SASE solutions

July 27, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Forcepoint looks to change security game with new converged SASE solutions
The new Dynamic Edge Protection Suite consists of two solutions, which bundles long-standing offerings into converged ones which are delivered as a service that are easy to administer and easy for home users to set up securely.

Security

Cyberthreat landscape changes to meet new business normal of Work From Home: SonicWall

July 23, 2020 Mark Cox 1
Unsurprisingly, cybercriminals have evolved their tactics to better exploit the home-based work environments most organizations have moved to during the pandemic. The result has been changes like more (and more expensive) ransomware, increasing targeting of Microsoft Office files by cybercriminals, and increased use of non-standard ports for attacks.

Managed Services

LogMeIn opens up LastPass to MSPs, introduces new GoToRoom hardware bundles

July 22, 2020 Mark Cox 1
LogMeIn makes two unrelated announcements, expanding MSP opportunities in their Identity and Access Management business, and adding new hardware bundles for GoToRoom in their UCC business.

Cloud

StorMagic enters SaaS market with Key Management as-a-Service offering

July 22, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on StorMagic enters SaaS market with Key Management as-a-Service offering
StorMagic’s first SaaS offering turns the technology they recently acquired with KeyNexus into a cloud service, and the company says more SaaS offerings are on the way.

Artificial Intelligence

Ivanti unveils new Ivanti Neurons AI platform for remote workforce

July 21, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Ivanti unveils new Ivanti Neurons AI platform for remote workforce
Ivanti Neurons uses what the company terms hyper-automation using AI and  many types of bots to provide a secure, self-healing Autonomous Edge for remote workers.

Cloud

Barracuda becomes first to market with secure SD-WAN service built natively on Microsoft Azure

July 16, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Barracuda becomes first to market with secure SD-WAN service built natively on Microsoft Azure
Barracuda is touting the unique nature of its solution stemming from an exclusive partnership with Microsoft, which should last at least six months before Microsoft opens it up to other vendors.

Security

Canadian cybersecurity defenses stressed by COVID-19: VMware study

July 16, 2020 Mark Cox Comments Off on Canadian cybersecurity defenses stressed by COVID-19: VMware study
VMware Carbon Black has released their third annual cybersecurity threat report, a global report, which has a separate Canadian component, and the results are a decidedly mixed bag.