Topic: Hardware - Page 71

The new functionality, which supplements existing risk analytics capabilities, factors dangerous end user behavior like recycling passwords into an organization’s risk assessment, and flags employees in need of extra security training.

With help from partners and some transferrable skills, the jump from IT to IoT can be a short one.

A giant digital skills initiative from Microsoft, a new security bundle from Kaspersky, a timely telehealth solution from Lenovo, and a humanoid potato’s egomaniacal attack on a Canadian tire shop are all among the stories we’re finally bringing your way.

Need one more reason to be excited about 5G? It’s 100% coronavirus-free! Or so say Matt and Rich as they discuss the HTTPS-based privacy safeguard Webroot has added to its DNS filtering product, IT Glue’s latest wave of product enhancements, the completion of Tech Data’s acquisition by private equity firm Apollo Global Management, and Tech Data’s read on hot coronavirus-era solution opportunities.†

The security features, in particular, arrive at a time when the documentation platforms and other systems MSPs store sensitive data in are increasingly under attack from cybercriminals.

An industry first, according to Webroot, the new feature is designed to safeguard DNS traffic from snooping and manipulation, and is especially relevant at a time when millions of work-from-home employees are relying on poorly secured home networks.

New products from HPE, Apple, and Acer, return-to-work solutions from Salesforce and Citrix, and a guy who reached where we wouldn’t dare to retrieve a fishing hook are all among the many stories we’re just now bringing your way.

Speaking at the company’s Next Tech online partner conference this week, company executives cited mobile connectivity, tele-medicine, and cybersecurity as three examples of areas where opportunities for partners persist despite the coronavirus.

As businesses gradually return to work and re-evaluate tech needs for the next normal, the distributor and its vendors expect investments in cloud, security, infrastructure, endpoints, and more.

Both offerings add new capabilities to Fortify, the suite of security solutions that ConnectWise acquired along with MSP software and service provider Continuum last year.