01732 759725 04 DISTRIBUTOR NEWS Arrow Electronics launches scalable managed Micro-SOC service Global technology provider Arrow Electronics is introducing Arrow Micro-SOC (security operations centre), a managed service designed to proactively monitor Microsoft environments, including Microsoft 365, Azure AD and other critical sources. Arrow Micro-SOC makes it easy for channel partners to effectively protect their end-customers’ environments and assets by combining the skills and experience of Arrow’s dedicated security teams with the latest Microsoft threat detection and response capabilities. Customers can scale their Arrow Micro‑SOC subscriptions as their needs change, with dedicated SOC staff available to serve as an extension of in-house teams for everything from install and configuration to monitoring and analysis. Mark Barcham, EMEA head of services sales and go-to-market for Arrow’s enterprise computing solutions business, said: “Arrow’s Micro-SOC as-a-service overcomes many of the challenges that our channel partners face, particularly concerning the availability of security expertise, the expense of building in‑house SOC capabilities, and the daily challenge of staying ahead of threats.” www.arrow.com … Westcon-Comstor announces launch partner of new IoT division Westcon-Comstor has followed the setting up of its dedicated Internet of Things (IoT) division with the addition of Stratus Technologies Inc, an SGH company to its IoT vendor portfolio. Stratus provides high-availability, fault‑tolerant autonomous computing platforms to enable businesses to run mission-critical applications securely and remotely at the data centre and edge. Under the agreement, Westcon will distribute the Stratus ztC Endurance platform, the Stratus ztC Edge server and related services to technology resellers, systems integrators and service providers across EMEA. Antony Byford, Vice President of IoT & Collaboration at Westcon-Comstor, said: “This partnership is the perfect way to mark the arrival of our new, solution‑focused IoT division. The rise of IoT, smart devices and the need for real‑time data processing are propelling the growth of the edge computing market. “Stratus is an edge player that ensures the continuous availability of business-critical applications by delivering zero-touch computing platforms with an unmatched availability of up to 99.99999%. Its position in the IoT ecosystem, coupled with its relationship with other Westcon vendors active in the IoT space, such as Palo Alo Networks, Nokia, Claroty and F5, makes it the ideal launch partner for us.” … Infinigate to distribute Fortra platform Infinigate has expanded its cybersecurity offering in EMEA with the addition of Fortra, a cloud-native, multi-vector cyber defence platform with AI-powered cyber kill chain prevention. As part of the pan-EMEA partnership, Infinigate will distribute Fortra’s complete portfolio of cybersecurity solutions covering data protection, email security & anti-phishing, security awareness training, digital risk protection, managed security services, offensive security and vulnerability management. It will support Fortra channel partners with a range of professional services, including technical training, market intelligence and professional marketing. www.infinigate.com … vCISO services made easy by Cynomi and Pax8 Pax8 is enabling MSPs to streamline the delivery of vCISO services, improve their cybersecurity posture and develop new revenue streams by adding the AI-powered virtual CISO (vCISO) platform Cynomi to the Pax8 Marketplace. David Primor, Co-founder and CEO of Cynomi, says that by automating risk assessments, compliance management and tailored cybersecurity strategies, the Cynomi platform empowers MSPs to meet the evolving cybersecurity requirements of SMBs. He said: “With 75% of service providers experiencing high demand for vCISO services, more MSPs are looking to meet this growing demand, but they often face significant challenges. The need for cybersecurity expertise far exceeds the supply, and the work relies heavily on manual, expertise-driven processes, making standardisation difficult. Cynomi leverages AI to automate cybersecurity management tasks continued... Exertis launches managed security services in partnership with Seceon Exertis Enterprise has extended its relationship with Seceon with the launch of a fully managed SOC solution based on the latter’s AI/ML-powered aiSIEM and aiXDR platform. Operating from a new Security Operations Center (SOC) in Basingstoke, Exertis Fortress enables security partners that are unable to invest in SOC services to offer customers across the UK and EMEA 24×7/365 protection from cyber threats. Chandra Pandey, Co-founder and CEO of Seceon, said: “Seceon is delighted to have been selected by Exertis Enterprise to be the primary platform to power the cyber threat detection and response service for their partners and clients. Seceon’s platform is widely regarded as the most comprehensive platform that scales a security operations centre, powering MSSP services while empowering security analysts and incident responders to block, stop and quarantine threats.” Geoff Towns, Head of Enterprise Services at Exertis Enterprise added: “We are thrilled to be expanding our services portfolio by introducing Exertis Fortress, a comprehensive managed security service to our new and existing customers. Our relationship with Seceon has been growing over the last year as more and more organisations replace legacy point solutions. Now, with Exertis Services, they can benefit from our expertise and infrastructure, implementation and ongoing managed SOC services under our Fortress offering.” More than 620 MSPs and MSSPs already leverage Seceon’s platform to deliver high-margin security services to more than 8,400 clients. Its AI and ML-powered aiSIEM and aiXDR platform actively blocks malware, ransomware and attacks targeting the cloud, on-premises and IoT/OT environments at the edge, aggregating telemetry from logs, identity management, networks, endpoints, clouds and applications and analysing them in real-time with advanced threat intelligence and AI models. https://seceon.com/ https://exertisenterprise.com/ Antony Byford Westcon-Comstor
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