Topic: Security - Page 49

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The new features include upgrades to the system’s secure internet access, SD-WAN, and CASB components aimed at helping companies keep users secure regardless of whether they’re at home, on the road, or in the office.

The acquisition, ScalePad’s second already this year, adds governance, risk, and compliance software to a platform that already includes asset management, backup monitoring, and operational analytics solutions.

Called ThreatSync and provided at no extra cost to users of selected WatchGuard products, the new system is designed to simplify and automate a technology that MSPs too small for an in-house SOC often struggle to deliver.

The new feature is designed to spot configuration flaws and other hidden dangers in Active Directory environments by comparing current settings to best practice-based security baselines.

The XaaS/IaaS business is about building more meaningful relationships with channel partners that lead to a deeper understanding of your MSP customers, the industry, and your business.

The new feature is part of longer-term plans to turn a tool for deploying and managing Microsoft Azure, Azure Virtual Desktop, and Windows 365 into a holistic management platform for the entire Microsoft cloud, including Microsoft 365.

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Though meant for enterprise and campus environments, the new XGS 7500 and XGS 8500 are also suitable, the vendor says, for increasingly complex SMB networks that support a diverse range of remote workers, SaaS solutions, and IoT systems.