"Winding Down for the Festive Season: Celebrating Success with Our Cyber Innovators"
As we approach the festive season, it’s time to reflect on an incredible year in the EMEA Channels. October and November were a whirlwind, with our team supporting our vendors at various events including MSP Global in Spain—an event filled with excitement and learning for MSPs—followed by the dynamic IT-SA in Germany, a major showcase for the DACH region’s leading vendors and partners. Finally, to Paris, to the busy Cloud and Cyber Expo with our vendor Vicarius and Cyber partner Acencyb.
We’re thrilled to highlight some key announcements from our rock star portfolio, including Vicarius.io’s partnership with Distology to introduce their cutting-edge vulnerability management platform to the Benelux market, and Sekoia.io’s new EMEA-wide collaboration with Infinigate. These partnerships are setting the stage for an exciting year ahead!
🚨 Brandefense Q3 Ransomware Trends Report is Now Available! 🚨
Discover the latest insights into ransomware attacks and their financial impact in 2024! With 1218 victims across 80 countries, ransomware continues to challenge businesses worldwide, causing billions in damages.
🛡️ Top Findings Include:
Global Impact: Over 54% of attacks targeted the United States, followed by Canada and the United Kingdom.
Revenue Impact: The financial cost of ransomware is growing. In one case, a U.S. pharmaceutical giant paid a record-breaking $75 million in ransom after a devastating attack.
Industries Most Affected:
Manufacturing faced the highest number of attacks (207 incidents). Business Services saw a sharp rise from 124 to 150 attacks. Retail also surged, with attacks increasing from 91 to 117.
Leading ransomware group: RansomHub is responsible for 16% of all attacks.
Stay ahead of the threats by understanding how ransomware trends vary by region and industry. Learn how different sectors are impacted and how to safeguard your business.
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Patch management is critical—but rushing to patch every vulnerability can lead to costly downtime and even revenue loss. A recent example is the CrowdStrike incident, where a rushed patch led to widespread system disruptions.
So, how do you avoid this? A well-planned, risk-based patch management strategy is key. Tools like vRx by Vicarius help businesses focus on critical vulnerabilities, automate the process with control, and even provide patchless protection when immediate updates aren’t an option.
Learn more about building a smarter, safer patch management strategy in this article.
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Why Blink is the Ideal SOAR Partner for Microsoft Sentinel Partners?
As Microsoft Sentinel continues to dominate the SIEM landscape, there's a critical piece missing: a built-in SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response) capability. Unlike some competitors, Microsoft does not have a native SOAR solution, leaving Sentinel partners to bring in a 3rd party SOAR, that likely is competing with them on the SIEM side.
This is where BlinkOps steps in.
Why Choose Blink as Your SOAR Partner? Non-competitive Alignment: Blink is focused exclusively on security automation, so there’s zero competition in the SIEM space. Seamless Integration: Blink is a trusted Microsoft Pegasus partner, optimized to work hand-in-hand with Microsoft Sentinel, providing robust automation without friction. Better than SOAR: Blink is modern workflow automation platform boasting workflow construction times 100x faster than SOAR.
Choosing Blink allows Microsoft Sentinel partners to approach customers with a SIEM+SOAR offering without introducing a competitor into their ecosystem. Get the best SOAR, tailored for Microsoft environments, with BlinkOps.
The browser has become the core workspace of the modern enterprise.
Web-based SaaS applications are now the main work interfaces for many users and the browser is the central point of processing User Identities, Corporate Data, Credentials, Sessions cookies and running Browser Extensions (which can be risky/malicious).
According to Gartner: “by 2030, enterprise browsers will be the core platform for delivering workforce productivity and security software on managed and unmanaged devices for a seamless hybrid work experience
LayerX Enterprise Browser Extension natively integrates with any browser, turning it into the most secure and manageable workspace. Through LayerX customers can enforce Web DLP content, GenAI content shared with the platform, detect shadow accounts & applications, protect the browser against zero-hour risks (like sophisticated phishing) and extensions policy.
LayerX is a partner first vendor, who is currently looking to expand their partner ecosystem in North Europe (UK, DACH, BeNeLux).
Mend.io is a Strong Performer in the Forrester Wave™ Software Composition Analysis, Q4 2024
It should be no surprise that the world runs on open source software. According to the latest Forrester Wave™ Software Composition Analysis Q4 2024 report an “astonishing 77% of codebases are comprised of open-source software.” Since a “considerable amount of an application’s risk is due to third-party sources,” software composition analysis (SCA) tools remain the lifeblood for securing modern applications and bringing greater transparency to the software supply chain.
However, not every vendor approaches solving this challenge the same way. The Forrester Wave™ Software Composition Analysis Q4 2024, which evaluates 10 SCA vendors against 25 criteria, helps developers, engineers, and application security professionals better understand the leading solutions on the market so they can identify a tool that best fits their priorities.
According to the report, SCA customers should look for software that “assists developers in remediating vulnerabilities and keeping libraries current, provides visibility into software supply chain risk, and prevents software supply chain attacks.”
Mend were honored to be recognized as a Strong Performer in the Forrester Software Composition Analysis (SCA) Q4 2024 report. Their top scores in over seven key criteria underscore our mission to help teams move from reactive to proactive application security.
At EMEA Channels, we are proud to collaborate with some of the most innovative and future-focused cyber security vendors. Our vendors are channel-first and committed to fostering mutual success through strong partnerships. We focus on providing our partners with cutting-edge technologies that help you build profitable relationships while minimising risk, cost, and time to value for your customers. In this newsletter, we’re excited to share the latest updates from our valued vendors.
Reach out to sales@emea-channels.com to meet the EMEA Channels team or any of our vendors. Stay informed, stay secure, and we’ll see you next month in the EMEA Channels News!
