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IT Professionals Step Up Security Protection
IT Professionals Step Up Security Protection IT Professionals Step Up Security Protection In a new survey, a little more than seven in 10 IT pros expect their firms to be more secure in 2016. Their biggest concerns are malware and ransomware. Biggest Security Concerns 54% are very or extremely concerned about malware in 2016, followed…
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AVG’s New Tech Leader Puts Faith in the Channel
Similar to many companies in the security space, AVG Technologies has two distinct routes to market. One is consumer-focused in the form of a business unit that primarily offers anti-virus software, while the Business Division of AVG Technologies focuses mainly on corporate customers via partnerships with the channel. As the new general manager of the…
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Wanted: Security Analytics Skills and Resources
Security and analytics Wanted: Security Analytics Skills and Resources A new study points to a lack of skills and dedicated resources as major obstacles to detecting and mitigating security breaches and other threats. Skills Gap 59% of respondents cite a lack of skills and dedicated resources as the main obstacles to detecting and acting on…
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ForeScout Brings Agentless Security to the Channel
Looking to make it simpler for partners to resell agentless security software and employ it to deliver managed services, network security specialist ForeScout Technologies forged distribution agreements with Arrow Electronics and Westcon. Previously, ForeScout sold its software via only direct relationships with a limited number of channel partners. With the increasing popularity of bring-your-own-device (BYOD)…
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Privileged Account Takeovers Pose Major Risks
Cyber security Privileged Account Takeovers Pose Major Risks Here’s a look at areas of high risk, such as privileged account takeovers, with which enterprises need help to improve their security. Account Takeovers 61% of respondents cited privileged account takeover as the most difficult stage of an attack to mitigate, up from 44% last year. Mitigation…
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Arbor Enlists Partners to Help Fight DDoS Attacks
Moving to provide channel partners with access to a portfolio of technologies and services for preventing distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, Arbor Networks, a unit of Netscout, revamped its product lineup. In addition, Arbor Networks is now working with Cisco to making it simpler to embed its DDoS protection software directly within a Cisco ASR 9000…
