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Cisco Partners with Perch Security to Help MSPs Respond to Threat
Landscape

Cisco is partnering with Perch Security continuing to work closely with our threat landscape,” said Marc Inderhees,
to deliver a new security solution for partners and have them accelerate their Partner Managed Services Leader, Global
managed service providers (MSPs) who opportunities across the entire customer Partner Organization, Cisco. “They are easy
are challenged by an evolving threat experience,” said Nirav Sheth, Vice targets for cybercriminals and often the
landscape. MSPs are on front lines of President, Partner Solutions, Architectures least prepared. MSPs are now on the front
protecting their clients against data and Engineering, Global Partner lines of protecting their clients against data
breaches, malware, ransomware and Organization, Cisco. “As customers breaches, malware, ransomware, and other
other attacks for which they are often reimagine their applications, transform attacks and often are feeling unprepared.”
unprepared. To address these threats, their infrastructure, empower their “The threat landscape, shortage of security
Cisco is applying its security expertise and teams, and secure their data - our entire experts and the ever-increasing number of
portfolio to MSPs in partnership with Perch portfolio is managed services ready.” This security products are forcing partners to
to bring them the tools that will strengthen announcement ties into the newly created look for co-managed threat detection and
their security posture and better protect Cisco Secured MSP offer, which includes response solutions,” said Aharon Chernin,
both themselves and their clients. “The a free, internal use license program and CEO, Perch Security. “For this reason, Perch
MSP space is struggling to meet the gives MSPs the ability to elevate their is excited about expanding our ecosystem
cybersecurity demands that are bearing internal security and protect themselves and our advanced integrations with Cisco.
down on them,” said Karl Bickmore, CEO, from attack. This works by using the This gives our partners better visibility
SnapTech IT. “I am glad that worldwide industry-leading DNS solution from into their customers’ environments and
leaders in security like Cisco and Perch Cisco Umbrella for MSP, Next-Generation brings efficiency to our security operations
Security are recognizing the problem and Endpoint Detection and Response with center. Increased visibility allows Perch
addressing the needs of the MSP and, Cisco Advanced Malware Protection to find more threats and take better
ultimately, the MSP’s customers. What (AMP) and cloud-based threat detection automated actions. You will continue to
Cisco and Perch Security are doing is from Cisco Stealthwatch Cloud. The Cisco see us innovate and provide enhanced
bringing education, awareness, and great secured MSP offer brings the best of integrations with additional Cisco
tools with integration to our toolset to security to every MSP and the knowledge products.” Join Cisco at ConnectWise IT
address the gaps that most MSPs have.” and training to get it right the first time Nation Connect in Orlando, FL, October
The combined technology solution offers through the Protect Your House course 30 through November 1 to learn how
clear benefits for Cisco partners and their on ConnectWise MSP University. Cisco Cisco is securing MSPs and their clients.
customers by correlating events from both helps partners grow managed service Along with security, Cisco is sharing the
the endpoint and network, reducing ticket revenue with incentives, promotions and details of its updated Cloud and Managed
counts and lowering labor costs. Perch has market development funds (MDF). “Small Service Program (CMSP), bringing the best
integrated with Cisco Advanced Malware to medium-size businesses are looking to to Cisco MSP partners of all sizes. If you
Protection (AMP) for Endpoints and Cisco MSPs as their trusted technology advisor, can’t make IT Nation, check out the new
Umbrella, ingesting their logs and feeding and with this responsibility comes the need Cisco MSP partner site, your one-stop for
them into Perch’s security information to protect them from the ever-increasing all things MSP related.
and event management (SIEM) solution.
Features include:
Perch’s Security Operations Center (SOC)
provides event correlation, alert review,
and custom alert options.
Perch’s Duo integration correlates Duo
Multi-Factor Authentication and endpoint
visibility with data from other Perch-
connected cloud services, such as Office
365, Cisco Umbrella and Cisco AMP.
By combining these solutions into a single
pane of glass, alerts are correlated and
consolidated to reduce tool sprawl.
Perch feeds data from cloud services and
security products into a single data lake
that is monitored by Perch SOC.
“This is a great example of how we’re

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