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Software security continues to be good news for the channel, and enterprises are looking at ROI seriously, says analyst

A recent webinar shed light on the cybersecurity market during the remote work era and shared important info for both buyers and sellers of security software.

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Recent Security & Privacy Stories

Software security continues to be good news for the channel, and enterprises are looking at ROI seriously, says analyst

A recent webinar shed light on the cybersecurity market during the remote work era and shared important info for both buyers and sellers of security software.

3 min read

Coffee Briefing, November 20, 2020 – A licence-exempt spectrum proposal, news from HPE, Commvault, and MSPs on Reddit talk mental health

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If ransomware doesn’t kill you, the downtime will, says Datto report

Managed services providers are reporting that the downtime cost per incident has increased by nearly 95 per cent from 2019, and a dizzying 486 per cent from 2018, according to a new report.

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Upcoming webinar will focus on cybersecurity in the new normal

On Nov. 25, join IT World Canada’s editorial director Alex Coop and The NPD Group’s industry analyst Michael Crosby as they dig through the Canadian channel by segment based on the latest quarterly numbers, and carefully peel apart the security category.

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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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Security & Privacy Videos

Winston wants to protect your digital privacy – All Hands on Tech at CES 2019

New ‘Wallet Card’ allows you to ditch all your debit and credit cards

BlackBerry channel chief outlines new strategy

Best Security Solution Silver and Bronze winners at CEA 2015

Best Security Solution at CDN Channel Elite Awards 2015

Security experts talk MSSP shortage and how companies make breaches an easy thing

Canadian firm Bionym integrates wearable tech with Salesforce app

Businesses fear CASL class-action risks

Security & Privacy News

New Symantec Canada GM has plenty of surprises for the channel

Sean Forkan wants to work jointly with channel partners to deliver Symantec’s information protection strategy to market

Datto offering channel partners big prizes

Disaster recovery vendor launches partner success story contest

WinMagic signs with Ottawa-based specialty distributor

WinMagic adds Interwork Technologies as its new North American distributor

Symantec and Microsoft team for disaster-recovery service

Pricing has not been determined but it will likely be a subscription-based model

Cybercrime ‘much bigger than al Qaeda’

Does that mean that we are at war with cyberterrorists?

Cyberwars: President Obama ordered Stuxnet attacks on Iran, claims report

The worm, developed by U.S. and Israeli agencies, targeted Iran’s nuclear program, the New York Times says

One in five U.S. Windows PCs lack antivirus defenses

Expired trial software accounts for more than a third of the 19.3 per cent of American computers that browse naked

Eugene Kaspersky’s five top security concerns include big data

The security CEO laments the death of privacy and explains why online voting is necessary to save democracy

Canadian mobile security start-up gets a $30 million boost

SecureKey completes a round of strategic investment from Intel Capital-led Financing

McAfee channel chief targets the SMB market

Gavin Struthers plans to increase the relevance of channel partners for the SMB

Managed security services comes to the channel

Kaspersky Lab launches managed services program for security resellers

SMBs caught in a false sense of IT security

Canada’s smaller companies are adopting newer technologies but not thinking hard enough about potential security risks involved with them, a Symantec survey finds