Cybersecurity Roundup: GDPR Fines, Infocyte, Barracuda and Critical Start
… security scores and alerts to identify and prevent security policy violations that can often turn into threats. Cloud Security Guardian also integrates with Microsoft’s Azure Firewall.
Vainyak Shastri, Barracuda’s senior product manager of advanced technology, tells us Cloud Security Guardian can help partners provide an assessment of their customers’ security in the cloud.
“For partners migrating customers’ infrastructure to cloud, they can build and migrate with security in mind as it provides the ability to generate summary and detailed reports, keep customers up to date on their cloud infrastructure and compliance posture,” he said. “Further, MSSPs can manage their customers’ cloud security operation without having to invest in expensive cloud security experts. Cloud Security Guardian provides built-in policies and leverages native cloud security tools within Azure — with an easy-to-use user interface.”
Cloud Security Guardian will provide partners with the advantage of becoming cloud security experts, Shastri said.
“By leveraging the ability to inspect the data plane and monitor the management plane and control plane, partners can provide in-depth security without having to install and manage too many point solutions,” he said.
Ingram Micro Partners Gain Critical Start MDR
Critical Start‘s new distribution agreement with Ingram Micro means the latter’s U.S. resellers can offer the former’s managed detection and response (MDR) services.
Critical Start said this agreement is further evidence of it executing its plan to rapidly expand operations and its customer base across the United States. Under the terms of the agreement, Ingram Micro’s advanced solutions
organization will market, sell and support the MDR services to its network of channel partners and end customers.
Rob Davis, Critical Start’s CEO, tells us his company is “winning the head-to-head opportunities for MDR against established MSSP and MDR players.”
“The primary limitation to our growth is geographic reach and sales coverage,” he said. “The agreement with Ingram Micro gives us a distribution partner with deep cybersecurity expertise and a vast network of excellent channel partners across the country to help us capitalize on more opportunities.”
Davis said the three reasons resellers are choosing to work with Critical Start are: immediate upsell opportunities to increase revenue with no additional headcount required; having the only MDR service that is mobile-first, adaptive to the differences of each client, and resolves all security events; and engaging prospects with newly expanded service offerings from a channel-first vendor.
Critical Start’s MDR service supports enterprise security technology partners including Carbon Black, Chronicle, Cylance, Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, Splunk and more.