CRN Security News for VARs and Technology Integrators

Apple Struggling To Cut Back On Use Of Samsung Displays In iPhone: Report *
Dell EMC CTO: 'Highly Diffused And Distributed' IT Environments Are The Future *
Symantec: We're Excited About Browser Isolation *
Pivotal CFO: We Will Continue To Aggressively Invest In Partners As A Public Company *
5 Companies That Came To Win This Week *
5 Companies That Had A Rough Week *
7 Major VMware vSphere 6.7 Features That Partners Need To Know *
RSA 2018: 15 Top Executives On The Single Biggest Security-Related Threat Businesses Face Today *

CRN Security News

The 20 Coolest Cloud Security Vendors Of The 2018 Cloud 100

The cloud security market is expected to reach $12.73 billion in 2022 and these 20 vendors are fueling demand in this exploding industry.
Symantec CEO Cloud Confession: Traditional License, Appliance Product Sales Will Become An Exception In Our Business

"Customers are picking the cloud form factor and the virtual appliance form factor way more often that we thought," said Symantec CEO Greg Clark.
Check Point To Launch Cloud Security Offering Focused On Safeguarding IaaS, SaaS Applications

Check Point CEO Gil Shwed said the debut of the CloudGuard offering next week will allow for use of the company's advanced threat prevention tools around the most common SaaS applications.
Sophos Boosts Threat Detection Prowess By Fusing Deep Learning Into Intercept X Endpoint Security Tool

Sophos's Dan Schiappa said the new version of Intercept X will be the only product in the world to combine machine learning, malware and exploit blocking, and ransomware protections into a single offering.
5 Questions About Intel's Hardware Fix For Spectre And Meltdown

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich is pledging silicon-based fixes to address the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities, which has raised a number of questions.
Amazon Web Services Buys Threat Hunting Startup Sqrrl

Sqrrl's advanced threat hunting capabilities are expected to align well with Amazon GuardDuty, an intelligent threat detection service Amazon launched in November to protect AWS accounts and workloads.
Solution Providers: It's Time To Restart The Clock On Spectre, Meltdown Patch Rollout Time Line

Solution providers say there is no clear timeline for resolution of Spectre and Meltdown security exploits now that Intel has stopped deployment of current versions of patches.
CRN Exclusive: HyTrust Taps Ex-Zerto Channel Chief Jason Cowie To Build Out New Partner Program

HyTrust has tasked former Zerto channel leader Jason Cowie with launching a new, multi-tier global partner program that incentivizes and rewards both traditional and non-traditional solution providers.
Linux Creator Calls Intel Meltdown, Spectre Patches 'Complete and Utter Garbage'

Linus Torvalds, in a profane public email exchange with another Linux expert, said Intel's patches to the OS kernel "do literally insane things. They do things that do not make sense."
Pivotal Warns Of Spectre, Meltdown Performance Impact, Says All Versions Of Software 'Potentially Affected'

Pivotal Software has found performance impacts to its Cloud Foundry platform related to the Spectre and Meltdown security issues.
CRN Exclusive: Exabeam Snags Ex-Carbon Black, Cisco Exec Ken Hammond To Spearhead Channel Push

New Exabeam channel chief Ken Hammond plans to create a professional services program where top partners can offer their own branded services for configuration and install with Exabeam products.
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Security Minute: Affordable Core Solutions to Prevent Mounting Threats

The public and congressional outcry after the Equifax breach makes mounting security a threats a priority for your clients in 2018.
Spectre, Meltdown Update: Oracle Introduces 237 Security Patches

The breadth of the software giant's portfolio means managed services partners have a big job ahead of them in securing customers across industries.
WatchGuard Buys Percipient Networks To Fortify Its Malware Protection Capabilities For SMBs

Percipient's flagship product monitors outbound DNS requests and blocks traffic to websites based on a list of known malicious domains, and is able to extend its filtering capability into all ports and protocols.
Atrion Becomes One Of Ingram Micro's Top Channel Partners By Focusing On Security, Professional Services

The Branchburg, N.J.-based company provides security program management, penetration testing and vulnerability assessment, among other services, while partnering with top tech vendors such as Juniper, Symantec and Fortinet.
Momentum Cyber Lands Dave DeWalt As Chairman, Goes All In On Security M&A, Advisory Services

Momentum Cyber will provide life-cycle services to cybersecurity firms ranging from helping companies get started to executing an exit strategy via a merger, IPO or potential liquidation, DeWalt says.
Spectre, Meltdown Update: VMware Retracts Faulty Intel Firmware Patches For Chip Vulnerabilities

Another day, another headache for solution providers dealing with the aftermath of Meltdown and Spectre. The first fix isn't always the final fix, said one VMware channel partner.
FireEye Buys X15 Software For $20M To Better Monitor, Analyze Machine-Generated Security Data

FireEye says X15 Software's open platform can easily incorporate new security technologies and big data sources to adapt to the evolving threat environment.
AMD Backtracks On 'Near Zero Risk' Processor Claims, Now Must Issue Updates To Combat Spectre

AMD, contrary to its earlier comments, now concedes that its processors could be susceptible to both variants of the Spectre exploit.
5 Security Promises Made By Intel In The Wake Of The Meltdown, Spectre Vulnerabilities

From updating CPUs to greater transparency on patching and performance to more funding for security threat research, here are five security-related commitments Intel has made to its partners and customers this week.