Topic: Security - Page 355

Avast executive Glenn Taylor (pictured) will replace Fred Gerritse, but mostly leave the latter’s turnaround plan intact. Consolidating the newly unified company’s overlapping security portfolios integrating its security and RMM products will be top early priorities.

Under an alliance announced yesterday, Atera customers can now deploy Webroot software on client devices with a single click and receive automated alerts through their RMM console.

KnowBe4’s education modules include mock attacks and ongoing assessments to promote security awareness.

Available free for a limited time, the system is designed to boost sales of the company’s Office 365 security and data protection suite by exposing ransomware and advanced persistent threats hidden in corporate mailboxes.

The new plug-in enables MSPs to deploy and manage Trend Micro Worry-Free Services within the LabTech console.

Now available in North America, the European vendor’s product is optimized for affordability and ease of use. It’s also the first solution backed by a new venture that seeks to bring overseas solutions to domestic channel pros.

The purchase extends Webroot’s existing threat intelligence capabilities to the network layer and Internet of Things traffic flows at a time of increasingly sophisticated threats.

Named Intercept X, the new system aims to prevent ransomware and advanced exploits rather than merely detect them.

Distributors Ingram Micro and Pax8 both now offer the system, which is designed to protect against ransomware and other advanced attacks, on their online cloud solution marketplaces.

When the $4.2 billion transaction closes, private equity firm TPG will control 51 percent of the newly hatched company, which will be named McAfee, with Intel owning the rest.