Increasingly complex security challenges require qualified IT channels
Vectra AI, a leading provider of cyber threat detection and remediation, announces the winners of the first local edition of the “Partner of the Year” award. With this initiative, Vectra AI intends to underline the importance and esteem held towards its partners, who have proven to be indispensable to the company's success in the Southern Europe region.
The importance of being able to develop professional IT security is now well understood by the majority of decision makers in private companies and public institutions, despite the ever-increasing number of cyber attacks of a certain severity. Not only has the number grown, but the spectrum of threats has also expanded, thanks to the expansion of the attack surface due to the spread of working from home and the cloud.
“At the same time, an ever-increasing number of cybersecurity providers are entering the scene, making it difficult to follow them all,” he underlined. Paolo Lauretti, Senior Channel Manager Southern Europe at Vectra AI. "The role played by serious and qualified system integrators, consultants, MSPs, resellers and distributors is consequently increasingly important. They are much more than simple sellers: they are advisors and guides for our customers".
Four awards that Vectra AI has awarded to partners in Italy. The awards will be given, on an individual level, to the partners who have distinguished themselves for the work carried out during 2021. These are the prizes awarded:
- MSSP Partner of the Year – Security Lab
- Growth Partner of the Year – Sorint Sec
- Business Development Partner of the Year – Innovery
- New Partner of the Year – Deep Cyber
Vectra AI expects recent market developments to consolidate in the coming months and years. The scope of managed security services continues to grow and many companies will face shortages of skilled workers through automation, orchestration and AI analytics.
“Ransomware will focus on exfiltration and encryption of cloud data,” he continues Lauretti of Vectra. "So far this has happened through attacks on external processors, but 2022 will be the year in which the data belonging to the customer in the shared responsibility model will be exposed to a direct attack from one or more ransomware gangs. It is important that companies equip themselves against this type of threat, with the right support from qualified partners".
