Tag: Application and Platform Security
At Splunk .conf24, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins and Go-to-Market President Gary Steele spoke to Splunk customers about the benefits of integrating the companies’ security and observability products and highlighted the opportunities those combinations will create for partners. Cisco Systems and Splunk executives are putting on a full-court press at Splunk .conf24 this week to tout…
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The attack, part of an industry-wide attack targeting information stored using Snowflake, did access telemetry data in a single Snowflake data analytics workspace used by Pure Storage for customer support, but Pure Storage said no compromising customer data was accessed. All-flash and cloud storage technology developer Pure Storage Tuesday said that a third party had…
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‘We came into this space looking to disrupt the space and to change the status quo,’ says Juan Fernandez, SuperOps’ global channel chief. ‘Their approach to the market and how they’re going to market is very similar to the way we are. A lot of other distribution points were not looking for a similar type…
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Gary Steele, who serves as Splunk general manager in addition to his Cisco post, says in an interview with CRN that a major focus for him is not allowing the nitty-gritty of the ongoing Cisco-Splunk integration to disrupt Splunk’s track record of innovation. In mid-March Cisco Systems completed its $28 billion acquisition of Splunk in…
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‘The only way to stay ahead of the bad actors is to streamline how we monitor and manage the security tools. And when it comes to IT security, relying on too many tools can be a recipe for disaster,’ says Ameer Karim, executive vice president and general manager of cybersecurity and data protection at ConnectWise.…
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As the industry has gotten better at locking down endpoint devices such as laptops, threat actors are finding new ways to infiltrate an organization’s systems—and they’re seeing more and more success. From the widespread compromise of Ivanti VPNs to a string of cyberattacks involving vulnerabilities in on-premises firewalls, this year has seen threat actors increasingly…
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‘CISOs that have been struggling with security and compliance tell us all the time that this is exactly what they need,’ says Aqueduct Technologies CTO Shane O’Brien. ‘This is a compliance game changer for customers.’ Aqueduct Technologies Chief Technology Officer Shane O’Brien is no longer surprised by the look of amazement he gets from CISOs…
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For the week ending May 31, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel including T-Mobile, CloudFlare, Cisco Systems, Lenovo and CoreWeave, along with all the companies that made this year’s CRN Solution Provider 500. The Week Ending May 31 Topping this week’s Came to Win is T-Mobile…
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Channel Chief Kate Woodley takes a deep dive with CRN on IBM’s partner strategy, its new MSP program and why IBM is pushing the channel to become Palo Alto Networks partners following the sale of QRadar. Kate Woolley, IBM’s global channel chief, sat down with CRN at IBM Think 2024 to discuss the company’s upcoming…
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‘Security is a team sport,’ Microsoft CVP Vasu Jakkal said on a panel this week. Microsoft solution providers are “critical” to the vendor’s plans for achieving and maintaining responsible artificial intelligence and security, Microsoft executives told CRN this week. During a panel on responsible AI and security held the week of Microsoft Build 2024, CRN…
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