Tag Archive for Ransomware

Datto Channel Ransomware Report for Canada has some warning signs for MSPs

Canada leads the countries surveyed in both the average ransom paid to ransomware creators and the amount of money lost to downtime from ransomware, which is hardly ideal, and something that Canadian MSPs need to work smarter to prevent.

Threat environment changes significantly – but one constant is SMBs still at high risk

Formjacking passed cryptojacking and ransomware to become the top threat highlighted by Symantec in 2018, although both of these other types of attacks continue to be problematic for the commercial market in particular.

Malwarebytes introduces first partner program for MSPs

Malwarebytes has managed its MSP partners as resellers until now, but as that segment of the market grows, the company will be rolling out a program specifically designed for MSPs following a successful pilot in Australia.

New Year’s Podcast Series: James Chalmers of ESET Canada

James Chalmers of ESET Canada discusses the company’s growth in 2018, the security threatscape, and its plans for 2019, in this edition of the ChannelBuzz.ca Podcast Series.

Cohesity announces multi-stage anti-ransomware capability

The anti-ransomware components, which are built into the core Cohesity backup platform and not a separate line item, gives their partners the ability to come to customers’ rescue and provide peace of mind against a well-publicized problem.

Veeam adds new Cloud Tier, enhances Cloud Mobility and DataLabs in new Availability Suite release

In addition to the flood of news around Availability Suite 9.5 Update 4, Veeam also announced Veeam Availability for AWS, Veeam Availability Console V3, and a new licensing option with one license for any workload.

Untangle strengthens security suite with Malwarebytes partnership, looking to drive channel growth in 2019

Untangle recently announced their inaugural “Voice of the Channel” survey to determine the state and desires of their small business customers, as well as the priorities of their partners.

Proofpoint adds new index identifying specific persons at most risk of attack to their Targeted Attack Protection solution

Being able to identify the people in an organization most likely to be attacked – who are often not the obvious C level execs – provides a compelling new value proposition that Proofpoint is highlighting as an industry-first.

Cylance looks to further boost rapidly growing MSP business with ConnectWise integration

Cylance has made their first partnership with an RMM vendor, integrating their two flagship products into ConnectWise Automate. They have plans to expand this ecosystem further.

Office 365 protection enhancements, new blockchain-based service highlight Acronis Data Cloud 7.8 update

Acronis has also added improved their ransomware protection and added runbooks to their disaster recovery orchestration, democratizing the process so it can be done without professional services. Previously announced Azure and Google Cloud integrations are also part of this release.

Dell EMC adds Cyber Recovery software and services to data protection portfolio

The new Cyber Recovery software is an orchestration add-on to Data Domain software, and is offered at no cost with it. While the main interest is from the high end of the customer pyramid, Dell EMC expects there will be a significant channel play.

Kaspersky Small Office Security beefs up protection for Very Small Businesses

This is Version 6 of the low end of the Kaspersky business portfolio, which extends the use of functionality like System Watcher, makes improvements to the management console and the alerting system, and adds a search capability to find third party software that is in need of updates.

BackupAssist looking to disrupt backup market with cloud-to-local BackupAssist 365

BackupAssist thinks that being able to back up cloud data locally, with minimal storage requirements, will appeal to MSPs and lead to a surge of new MSP partners.

Quantum sees breakthrough product in first converged tape appliance for Veeam

The rise of ransomware has made tape, which is offline and can’t be directly hit by ransomware, more attractive. The new Quantum converged tape appliance, a first of the kind in the industry, helps make Veeam more friendly to tape environments.

German cloud security firm Hornetsecurity looks to expand North American operations with ChannelCon presence

Hornetsecurity is targeting the SMB space in North America, emphasizing their ability to build and maintain strong relationships with these smaller customers. They have signed Contronex to handle their distribution in both the U.S. and Canada.

Rubrik deploys Radar SaaS service on Polaris platform for easy recovery from ransomware

While anti-ransomware measures to date have largely focused on trying to keep it out, Radar focuses on quickly assessing the damage and then recovering from it as quickly as possible.

Sophos brings its deep learning technology to servers with Sophos Intercept X for Server

Last year, Sophos brought its anti-ransomware CryptoGuard technology from their Intercept X endpoint solution onto their server product, but now the server solution has been rebranded and fully infused with the full capabilities of Intercept X.

SolarWinds MSP introduces new enablement and training tool for partners with MSP Institute

The 2018 version of the Institute, which should be all online by the September-October timeframe, has five series – three persona-oriented ones for manager/owners, salespeople and marketing, and two topic-focused on security and backup.