Topic: Security - Page 46

Bring your own…pitchfork? Poodle? Pompadour? You’ll just have to listen to this week’s show to find out. Luckily for you, you’ll also hear Matt, Rich, and returning guest host Rory Sanchez, of True Digital Security, discuss the new stand-alone small business edition of Microsoft Teams, Poly’s desk phone trade-in program, research from Auvik revealing the future of SMB networking, and evidence from Sophos and Trend Micro that security vendors are all-in on cloud.

Speaking with ChannelPro during the Amazon Web Services re:Invent conference this week, both vendors said that while IT providers are gradually learning to protect cloud workloads, there’s further progress to be made.

Providing access to the CIS security controls compliance tool from within its solution, the vendor says, will help channel pros develop detailed and comprehensive client recommendation reports more rapidly.

CompTIA research finds declining satisfaction with current state of cybersecurity.

To keep corporate networks secure, implement a least-privilege, zero-trust approach with devices, not just users.

The ChannelPro SMB Online Forum West gathered MSPs, IT consultants, VARs, and integrators to discuss business strategies and technology trends for a changing workplace.

The four new endpoint security modules are the latest additions to WatchGuard Cloud, the online administration portal for the vendor’s portfolio of network security, Wi-Fi security, endpoint security, and multifactor authentication solutions.

From preintegrated solutions to professional services, distributors offer way more than shrink-wrapped products these days.

The new partnership helps channel pros better protect office-based, work-from-home, cloud, and mobile assets more effectively while collecting extra revenue on security services.

Ready to automate and accelerate as-a-service solutions? Well then, gentlemen (and ladies), you know what to do. So does Ingram Micro, as Matt and Rich discuss with co-host Seana Fippin, of MSP Red Box Business Solutions, who also chimes in on the new platform and RMM solution ConnectWise introduced this week, OpenText buying Zix, and how to hold effective virtual meetings at a hybrid workplace.