SonicWall also highlighted the most pernicious threats of 2018, as well as another they expect to cause problems going forward.
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SonicWall 2019 Cyber Threat Report says Canadian malware up more than 100 per cent
by Mark Cox •
Tag Archive for Ransomware
Backup, Managed Services
Datto Channel Ransomware Report for Canada has some warning signs for MSPs
by Mark Cox •
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.
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Security
Threat environment changes significantly – but one constant is SMBs still at high risk
by Mark Cox •
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.
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Backup, Cloud
Druva targets VMware customers moving to AWS cloud with DRaaS update
by Mark Cox •
Enhancements include new failback recovery capabilities, and recovery for cloud workloads with cross-region/account support.
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Channel Programs, Security
Malwarebytes introduces first partner program for MSPs
by Mark Cox •
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.
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Podcasts, Security, Sponsored Content
New Year’s Podcast Series: James Chalmers of ESET Canada
by Robert Dutt •
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.
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Backup, Security
Cohesity announces multi-stage anti-ransomware capability
by Mark Cox •
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.
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Backup, Cloud, Virtualization
Veeam adds new Cloud Tier, enhances Cloud Mobility and DataLabs in new Availability Suite release
by Mark Cox •
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.
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Partnerships, Security, Small Business
Untangle strengthens security suite with Malwarebytes partnership, looking to drive channel growth in 2019
by Mark Cox •
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.
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Proofpoint adds new index identifying specific persons at most risk of attack to their Targeted Attack Protection solution
by Mark Cox •
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.
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Managed Services, Security
Cylance looks to further boost rapidly growing MSP business with ConnectWise integration
by Mark Cox •
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.
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Backup, Cloud
Office 365 protection enhancements, new blockchain-based service highlight Acronis Data Cloud 7.8 update
by Mark Cox •
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.
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Backup
Dell EMC adds Cyber Recovery software and services to data protection portfolio
by Mark Cox •
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.
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Security, Small Business
Kaspersky Small Office Security beefs up protection for Very Small Businesses
by Mark Cox •
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.
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Backup, Cloud, Managed Services
BackupAssist looking to disrupt backup market with cloud-to-local BackupAssist 365
by Mark Cox •
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.
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Backup, Virtualization
Quantum sees breakthrough product in first converged tape appliance for Veeam
by Mark Cox •
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.
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Cloud, Security
German cloud security firm Hornetsecurity looks to expand North American operations with ChannelCon presence
by Mark Cox •
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.
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Backup, Security
Rubrik deploys Radar SaaS service on Polaris platform for easy recovery from ransomware
by Mark Cox •
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.
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Security
Sophos brings its deep learning technology to servers with Sophos Intercept X for Server
by Mark Cox •
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.
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Managed Services, Training
SolarWinds MSP introduces new enablement and training tool for partners with MSP Institute
by Mark Cox •
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.
