Security

Mobility

BlackBerry simplifies and enhances UEM software suite portfolio

November 27, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on BlackBerry simplifies and enhances UEM software suite portfolio
The number of BlackBerry UEM suites is being reduced from five to three, with both security and productivity elements being enhanced, and partner services opportunities increased.

Channel Programs

IronNet building select channel for crowdsourced network traffic analysis solution

November 26, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on IronNet building select channel for crowdsourced network traffic analysis solution
Garrett Jones, most recently with ForcePoint, has joined IronNet as their global channel chief, and he is building a channel program to roll out early in 2020.

Channel Programs

Threat Stack launches partner program around full stack cloud security observability platform

November 26, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Threat Stack launches partner program around full stack cloud security observability platform
Threat Stack gets much more proactive in its partner strategy, with a channel program that incorporates partners ranging from cybersecurity giant Optiv to specialized regional consultancies.

Cloud

Trend Micro announces their first all-in-one cloud security offering

November 25, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Trend Micro announces their first all-in-one cloud security offering
The Trend Micro Cloud One platform will have six services, which will roll out during 2020, and while only one, from the recent acquisition of Cloud Conformity is brand new, the other services are all being redesigned to work together natively in a multi-cloud environment.

Security

Business email compromise attacks are tiny in volume, large in damage

November 21, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Business email compromise attacks are tiny in volume, large in damage
Business email compromise attacks are a tiny percentage of all spear-phishing attacks, and target a very small number of users, but are estimated to have causes $26 billion in losses over the last four years.

Artificial Intelligence

DataVisor launches channel program around unsupervised machine learning fraud detection solution

November 19, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on DataVisor launches channel program around unsupervised machine learning fraud detection solution
DataVisor has a differentiated unsupervised machine learning solution, with the initial Go-to-Market being focused on systems integrators and strategic vendor partners.

Channel Programs

Zero Trust security vendor Menlo Security features high margins in new BOOST! channel program

November 19, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Zero Trust security vendor Menlo Security features high margins in new BOOST! channel program
Menlo is building out a select channel of partners with a deep expertise in both security and the cloud.

Distribution

What exactly is a cyber range?

November 18, 2019 Robert Dutt Comments Off on What exactly is a cyber range?
Brett Scott and Sheri Piper of Tech Data’s new Cyber Range in Arizona discuss the facility’s mission statement and what it means for channel partners in this video interview.

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Security

ESET becomes founding member of Google’s App Defense Alliance

November 15, 2019 ESET Guest Blog Comments Off on ESET becomes founding member of Google’s App Defense Alliance
ESET to proactively protect mobile applications on the Google Play Store

Networking

Martello adds next-gen firewall bundle to their solution set with WatchGuard partnership

November 15, 2019 Mark Cox Comments Off on Martello adds next-gen firewall bundle to their solution set with WatchGuard partnership
Martello is looking to WatchGuard to add a one-stop shop security element to Martello’s service optimization story.