One of the nation’s fastest-growing companies has debuted a new enhancement set to help MSPs strengthen their security profiles. Inc 5000 firm threatER has unveiled a Wi-Fi security capability to its threatER Enforce solution. The new integration is designed to help MSPs bring advanced protection to small offices and branch locations. Plus, MSPs can add it without extra appliances or vendor bloat.
The launch signals something more strategic: threatER is leaning into the channel, and building a platform for MSPs who serve small and midsized businesses.
“We already have about a dozen MSP partners,” said threatER CTO Pat McGarry told ChannelPro in an interview. “A Wi-Fi router that has built-in security is like a silver bullet. It’s life-changing.”
What’s New: Layered Wi-Fi Security
The new Wi-Fi capability, announced earlier this month, runs threatER’s software on standard OpenWRT-based routers. The software can be deployed anywhere: in the cloud, behind the firewall, or directly at the Wi-Fi layer. This way, MSPs can secure the edge of client environments, where users and data first connect. “You protect that and you’re done,” McGarry explained.
Pat McGarry
For smaller clients, Wi-Fi is a critical control point. As more businesses support hybrid work and add connected devices, wireless networks have become a more common entry point for cyberattacks. threatER’s new Wi-Fi integration addresses that risk by extending the same fast, efficient protection it already provides at the network edge to Wi-Fi access points and mobile devices.
Highlights of Enforce for Wi-Fi
To support the new deployment model, threatER highlighted several key benefits of using its Enforce platform at the Wi‑Fi layer:
- Real-time threat blocking adds no latency across Wi‑Fi networks.
- Device-agnostic deployment works alongside existing infrastructure with minimal setup.
- Lightweight monitoring runs passively without slowing performance.
- Agent-free protection is featured for any device that connects (laptops, phones, printers, IoT, and more).
- Unified visibility is available through seamless integration with the core threatER dashboard and analytics.
Why It Matters for MSPs
At its core, threatER isn’t just adding another layer of security. Rather, it’s rethinking how trust gets evaluated. Instead of relying solely on static rules or buzzwords, the threatER Enforce platform aggregates live intelligence feeds from major vendors like Webroot, Proofpoint, and Bitdefender. This helps it make dynamic, real-time trust decisions to stop malicious actors simply and effectively, according to McGarry.
“We ingest all the data we can from all the good guys. That’s how you stop smart bad guys. We use data from smart good guys.”
threatER Enforce deploys and enforces data and blocks all known threat actors from entering your network.
This real-time feed-driven model enables threatER to easily scale protection across diverse environments, from cloud to on-prem to Wi-Fi. That flexibility, McGarry emphasized, is key for MSPs looking to differentiate without adding tech sprawl.
All In on the Channel
threatER’s Shayna Jackson talks with MSPs at IT Nation Secure in Orlando.
While threatER’s channel efforts are still relatively new, the company is “all in” on the channel, McGarry said.
Rather than trying to hire direct sellers, which he said are too expensive, MSPs can serve many smaller-scale customers. “They have the relationships and we know we have a solution that has scaled globally really well,” McGarry noted. “MSPs can differentiate themselves in the market with this. When you’re a small MSP trying to compete against the big boys, this gives you a disruption path that you otherwise wouldn’t have.”
A Call for Common Sense
Ultimately, McGarry’s message to the MSP community was straightforward: Use common sense. Focus on blocking known bad actors using the data that’s already out there. And stop chasing the next buzzword, he cautioned.
“Cyber is not actually a hard problem. It’s not a technically difficult thing. You have to stop the bad guys. That’s what we do.”
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