In Depth

In Depth

Firewall Solutions and Services

• Could simpler language improve security?

  Vendors and partners can be guilty of making data protection complicated, but Nick Booth wonders if life could be easier if explanations were more straightforward. He talks to Chris Meidinger, technical director for EMEA for Beyond Identity, about ...  Continue Reading

• Managing the security estate

  The channel is increasingly being looked on as a source of help for customers aiming to reduce the number of security tools they use, and interest is only increasing with the pressure on budgets  Continue Reading

• Can MSPs get cyber security ‘right’ for SMEs?

  The pressure is on for managed service providers to protect SMEs from cyber attack  Continue Reading

• Increased risks mean SMEs must spend on security

  Facing growing threats and becoming even more frequent targets for criminals, the channel’s key customer base needs to improve its level of protection if it is to thrive  Continue Reading

• What’s on the security radar?

  A selection of vendors share their thoughts about which technologies will be in demand this year  Continue Reading

• What’s in store for the channel in 2022?

  In the first part of a two-part look at what lies ahead this year, Billy MacInnes reveals what many expect will be the areas of interest in the next 12 months  Continue Reading

• Five-minute interview: Matt Nicholson, Trustwave

  Matt Nicholson, EMEA channel manager at Trustwave, tells MicroScope about his early start in the channel but reveals he’s not a natural early riser  Continue Reading

• 2021: Security market predictions

  Home workers remain vulnerable, IoT devices need to be better protected, ransomware will remain a problem and customers want help to consolidate security tools  Continue Reading

• Coronavirus puts security at the heart of the agenda

  Securing mobile workers has been key to getting through recent months and the security channel is far from finished when it comes to protecting people in the emerging ‘new normal’  Continue Reading

• Five-minute interview: Ian Ashworth, Netwrix

  MicroScope puts its questions to Ian Ashworth, channel director for EMEA and APAC at Netwrix  Continue Reading

• Cyber security and the channel

  Leading lights in the industry give their assessment of where the cyber security market is headed in the second half of 2019  Continue Reading

• Control or shift – channel’s role in the move to business-led IT

  What impact could the shift to business-led IT have on channel partners’ role with customers and the relationships they have grown and developed within customer organisations?  Continue Reading

• Plugging the security skills gap

  Government is doing its bit to raise the profile of the need for more cyber security skills but the IT industry is also picking up the baton and working hard to improve the situation  Continue Reading