CDN Morning Briefing, October 19, 2020 – Aruba highlights edge opportunities, drama at Datto, plus a chatty Reddit
Aruba highlights edge opportunities, drama at Datto, plus a chatty Reddit
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CDN Morning Briefing, October 15 – Chatting with HostedBizz and Cloudian about data storage, news from Cohesity and AWS, plus more
To keep up with the firehose of news, we’ve decided to deliver some extra channel news to…
Miami-based channel partner slammed by 1TB customer and business data leak
A Miami-based managed services provider has suffered a major data breach, with nearly 1TB of its users’ data leaked, according to researchers from CyberNews.com.
BlackBerry launches new partner program
BlackBerry this morning announced its new BlackBerry Partner Program, which combines its BlackBerry Enterprise Partner and BlackBerry Cylance Partner Programs into one.
Digital Defense announces new partner program for MSPs, and improved procurement through major cloud providers
Cybersecurity solutions provider Digital Defense is launching a new partner program for managed services providers.
New Brunswick’s ‘hungry’ identity and data governance firm Sonrai launches new solution
New Brunswick’s Sonrai Security launched with $18.5 million in Series A funding last year. We caught up with them recently to discuss their latest solution.
Trend Micro Canada launches its first data centre in Toronto
Trend Micro Canada announced the opening of its first Canadian data centre on July 21.
No, Microsoft didn’t remove update deferral option in Windows 10, it just tucked it away
Microsoft removes Windows 10 update deferrals, but not really.
Plurilock updates MFA solution to include SAML, OpenID Connect support
A Canadian maker of behaviour-based multi-factor authentication is updating its solution to make it more broadly available with enterprise systems.
Bell now offers BlackBerry Protect to business and government customers
Bell says BlackBerry Protect is available as an optional layer of security for smartphones and tablet management. It’s offered as an annual subscription based on the number of users or devices.
IBM says it’s exiting the facial recognition business
IBM’s chief executive officer Arvind Krishna today revealed that the company is sunsetting its “general-purpose” facial recognition business.
MSPs on Reddit talk about discovering Fast Boot, targeted ransomware attacks, and layoffs
It’s that time of the week – another MSP subreddit roundup! The group has exceeded 70,000 members,…
Kaspersky report: Nearly half of employees don’t know how to respond to ransomware attacks
Despite the threat of ransomware being at an all-time high, a recent report from cybersecurity firm Kaspersky says that 45 per cent of employees in the U.S and Canada wouldn’t know how to respond to a ransomware attack.
Zoom releases new version with security, privacy enhancements
After stinging complaints about security issues Zoom Video Communications will release over the next seven days a new version of its conferencing platform as part of a 90-day plan promising to boost privacy and security.
Bad bot operators changing tactics, says vendor report
Automated application layer attacks by bots have long been used by criminals, particularly with the expansion of…
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