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Vector Capital Acquires Majority Ownership of WatchGuard Technologies

Today, WatchGuard announced that Vector Capital, a leading private equity firm specializing in transformational investments in established technology businesses, closed the deal to acquire interests previously owned by other co-investors, and become the company’s majority shareholder.

Vector Capital Acquires Majority Ownership of WatchGuard Technologies

Sandy Gill, Managing Director at Vector Capital, a leading private equity firm specializing in transformational investments in established technology businesses, talks about Vector acquiring majority ownership of WatchGuard Technologies, and why the company is uniquely positioned to take advantage of two major market forces – the rise of the MSP as the dominant and fastest growing source of cybersecurity, and the maturation of platform-based security offerings.

Key cybersecurity measures for the fashion industry

Cyberattacks often target the retail sector, although many of these threats are aimed at the e-commerce channel, businesses have also reported incidents where in-store Wi-Fi access points and even IoT devices are exploited as attack vectors. This is reflected in several studies, which reveal that, together with the education sector, the fashion industry was one of the hardest hit last year and 60% of retail companies are at risk of suffering an attack.

WatchGuard Honored in CRN's First-Ever MES Matters List for 2022

We are thrilled to announce that CRN has recognized WatchGuard in its first-ever MES Matters list for 2022! This awards program highlights vendors that have proven themselves to be cutting-edge technology providers offering solutions that support the growth and innovation of midmarket organizations. CRN defines the midmarket as an organization with an annual revenue of $50M - $2B, and/or 100 – 2500 total supported users and seats.

SecDevOps & LimaCharlie: Automating and auditing of Github access.

LimaCharlie's Security Infrastructure as a Service (SIaaS) approach makes it ideal for securing your CI/CD pipeline and building security solutions that make sense for you. In this video LimaCharlie founder and CEO, Maxime Lamothe-Brassard, walks through various ways to visibility and add layers of protection to your development process.

Getting Ready for Salesforce MFA Requirement

As the leading customer relationship management platform, Salesforce is an excellent target for hackers looking to make a buck and steal sensitive data from all types of businesses. Recognizing this, Salesforce issued a requirement that takes effect on February 1, 2022, mandating all customers use MFA to access Salesforce products.

Ransomware volume already doubled 2021 total by end of Q1 2022 says WatchGuard Threat Lab Report

New research shows Log4Shell detections tripled, PowerShell scripts heavily influenced a surge in endpoint attacks, the Emotet botnet came back in a big way and malicious cryptomining activity increased.

3 security strategies that will boost employee productivity

Security and productivity are two key areas of priority for any business leader. With the current trends in cybersecurity and remote work, companies want to provide access to capabilities that the digital workforce needs, with minimal impact on their experience and minimal risk. In the search for a good balance between data security and productivity, is cybersecurity awareness training enough? Some even find it a challenge.

We're positioned as a Leader in three of the 2022 IDC MarketScape Assessments for UEM. We're thrilled!

Today, we’re excited to share that Zoho (ManageEngine) was positioned as a Leader in three recent IDC vendor assessments for the Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) market: IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Unified Endpoint Management Software 2022 Vendor Assessment IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Unified Endpoint Management Software for Apple Devices 2022 Vendor Assessment IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Unified Endpoint Management Software for Small and Midsize Businesses 2022 Vendor Assessment ManageEngine has a