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Erick and Rich discuss why news from Nerdio and Microsoft made this a big week in cloud management, why it’s never too soon to get rid of a toxic employee, and why getting a victory tattoo of your favorite team BEFORE the big game can be a bad idea.
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Barracuda SecureEdge, a secure access service edge (SASE) solution, is delivered as a service and designed to be easy to deploy and manage for MSPs.
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New capabilities in the vendor’s Intercept X and ZTNA offerings include real-time protection from active adversaries, additional support for Linux and macOS, new gateways for cloud apps, and automated security health checks.
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The data protection vendor has built web filtering functionality into its CloudGen Access solution, added optional zero-trust network access functionality to its email protection platform, and integrated its XDR service with its CloudGen Firewall offering.
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Available now, FortiOS 7.2 includes some 300 new or enhanced features spanning the Fortinet Security Fabric’s closely integrated security and networking components.
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The new product, ThreatLocker’s first to focus on hardware rather than software, uses locally installed agents to provide safe, short-term network access to trusted devices, in real time and without help from VPN connections.
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Sophos ZTNA, which works in combination with the vendor’s Intercept X product to provide endpoint protection and network access control through a single agent, is the second significant addition to the Sophos secure access portfolio this month.
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MSPs and MSSPs have an opportunity to get an edge over competitors by offering customers an integrated solution for reliable, secure connections for a work-from-anywhere world.
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Organizations need to leave VPNs behind and implement a zero-trust model to protect themselves from ransomware and other modern security threats.
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IT solution providers must double down on understanding their customers’ business goals and the required technology to keep them safe as they move toward digital transformation.
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