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RiskSense Helps MSSPs Deliver Security as a Service
RiskSense, a 2015 spinoff from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, launched the latest release of its cyber-risk management offering. RiskSense Platform 7.0 includes a Multi-Client Dashboard that enables managed security service providers (MSSPs) to deliver risk management offerings that align a customer’s vulnerability management priorities with the biggest threats so they can…
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Infoblox Aims to Create TAP Ecosystem Around DNS
When it comes to IT security, there’s strength in numbers. With that concept in mind, Infoblox launched a Technology Alliance Program (TAP), under which it is building connectors between its Domain Name System (DNS) appliances and complementary third-party networking and security products and cloud services. Infoblox plans to leverage application programming interfaces (APIs) to create…
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Companies Increase Their Reliance on MSSPs
Security response Companies Increase Their Reliance on MSSPs The highest spending priority on security should be on ways to improve the ability to respond to confirmed attacks. This opens big opportunities for MSSPs. Managed Security Services Nearly 9 out of 10 organizations surveyed have an internal or external SOC, and 64% of organizations receive some…
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Is Ransomware the Biggest Cyber-Security Threat?
Ransomware Is Ransomware the Biggest Cyber-Security Threat? Resellers believe ransomware will be their customers’ biggest concern this year, and a majority of them think that at least some customers will pay the ransom. Leveraging Channel Expertise The security survey reveals that many businesses rely on the expertise of their reseller and service provider partners to…
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Quest Looks to Tech Data to Ease Channel Transition
In the wake of being spun out of Dell prior to the merger between Dell and EMC, Quest Software is now in the process of trying to reconnect with the channel. With that goal in mind, Quest Software has aligned itself with Tech Data to make a broad range of IT management, data protection and…
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Avnet Enters Managed Security Service Business
Technology distributor Avnet unveiled its managed security service program, Recon, for its partners in the United States and Canada. As part of Avnet’s security specialist business unit, the service enables partners to offer customers 24x7x365 security monitoring and management, while improving their own security practice and margins. Recon gives partners access to continuous threat detection…
