Channel partners

CounterAct Cybersecurity Group, led by MSP veteran George Mach, emerges from stealth mode at PerchyCon 2020. CounterAct seeks to help MSPs protect themselves & their customers against cyberattacks.

Netsurion emerges as master MSSP. Cybersecurity company doubled the number of endpoints under management via MSPs & partners last year.

Check Point Software Technologies launches the Partner Growth Program to help MSSPs deliver next-generation security services & acquire new customers.

Microsoft Azure Sentinel, a cloud-based SIEM platform, shows how cloud services providers (CSPs) are emerging as MSSPs, ESG explains.

WatchGuard embraces hardware as a service (HaaS). FlexPay program now allows partners to leverage automated billing for network security hardware & services.

Abacode, a Top 200 MSSP, raises $4.85 million in Series A funding to expand its sales, security operations center (SOC) & project execution teams. Ballast Point Ventures leads the round.

Managed service provider (MSP) SilverSun Technologies & Israeli security operations center (SOC) company CyberHat partner to deliver cybersecurity-as-a-service.

Accenture acquires Symantec's MSSP Cyber Security Services Business from Broadcom; gains 6 security operations centers (SOCs) & global threat monitoring services.