Phishing

Partnerships

Avaya adds Identity-as-a-Service capability through partnership with Post Quantum

March 14, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Avaya adds Identity-as-a-Service capability through partnership with Post Quantum
The new technology will roll out later this year in a new service, Avaya Mobile Experience, although Canadians will have to wait a little longer, since it will initially be limited to the U.S.

Channel Programs

Enhanced partner managed services capability key to Fortinet strategy

March 5, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Enhanced partner managed services capability key to Fortinet strategy
Fortinet drives innovation theme to partners at their Accelerate event, and indicates some potential new opportunities looking ahead.

Jason Stein, vice president of channels for Kaspersky North America
Security

Kaspersky Lab targets SMBs with Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365

February 1, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kaspersky Lab targets SMBs with Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365
Kaspersky Lab is highlighting the next-gen capabilities in this offering, such as machine learning, a neural network-based anti-phishing engine, and sandboxing.

Managed Services

Barracuda adds social engineering training capability with PhishLine acquisition

January 3, 2018 Mark Cox Comments Off on Barracuda adds social engineering training capability with PhishLine acquisition
Barracuda said this new capability is something that their partners have been asking for, and will allow them to take a more full-featured offering to their customers – which will be an additional revenue generator as well.

Managed Services

Safetica looks to turn MSPs to MSSPs with new North American partner program

November 20, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Safetica looks to turn MSPs to MSSPs with new North American partner program
Safetica introduced a branded DLP offering to the North American market last year, an enterprise solution simplified for SMBs. Now with a new partner program focused on training MSPs how to offer a proof-of-concept to customers, they are looking to grow the partner base from dozens to thousands.

Security

People remain the weakest link in IT security: BlackBerry

November 15, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on People remain the weakest link in IT security: BlackBerry
A new survey from BlackBerry finds that internal breaches far outnumber external ones, notwithstanding the fact that most organizations focus their spend on external threats.

Security

ESET cybersecurity website launch in French likely to increase strong Québec presence

November 1, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on ESET cybersecurity website launch in French likely to increase strong Québec presence
The availability in French of ESET’s cybersecurity information site is likely to boost their already significant presence in Québec,

Managed Services

Intermedia bolsters Email Protection solution with six new anti-phishing features

August 17, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Intermedia bolsters Email Protection solution with six new anti-phishing features
This significantly upgrades the anti-phishing protection available for users of the Intermedia solution for Exchange, and while the features themselves are free, they give partners an opportunity to have a phishing discussion with customers.

Managed Services

Kaspersky adds Mac support to its SaaS endpoint SMB solution

July 19, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Kaspersky adds Mac support to its SaaS endpoint SMB solution
Adding Mac support to Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud should open markets for which Kaspersky Enterprise Support for Business was not a good fit.

Channel Programs

Sales Samurai program highlights new announcements at Sophos partner event

May 1, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sales Samurai program highlights new announcements at Sophos partner event
Sophos also launched a new Hot Line to provide competitive intelligence, made changes to their post-sales technical skills certification and should have a new Cloud Security Provider program by the fall.