Building Cyber Resilience: A Vital Imperative for VARs and Technology Resellers

 

The digital ecosystem is rapidly advancing. New trends and emerging technologies are transforming the landscape. However, trends are not the only thing evolving; cybercrimes are also increasingly becoming complex and frequent. 34.5% of organisations reported being targeted by cyber threats, emphasizing the need for secure data, networks, and business processes. Traditional security measures are no longer equipped to eliminate cybercrimes. Value-added resellers (VARs) and technology resellers must build cyber resilience to secure their clients’ information and assets.

 

Cybersecurity Assessment

Building cyber resilience is imperative to continually perform security assessments to identify anomalies, potential risks, and vulnerabilities in clients’ existing IT infrastructure. Conducting frequent security audits measures security protocols' performance and strengthens improvement areas.

 

Furthermore, implementing the Zero Trust security framework ensures that all internal and external networks are authorized and authenticated to maintain security configuration and prevent unauthorized access to applications and data. Cybersecurity tools also generate comprehensive reports outlining challenges in the current framework and offer strategies to create a robust and impenetrable defense.

 

Tech Data and Zscaler’s Zero Trust Exchange platform allows VARs and technology resellers to secure digital transformation by implementing fast, encrypted connections between clients and devices across all networks. This platform enhances end-user security monitoring and access, making on-premise to cloud migration more seamless and secure.

 

Employee Training

 

Another step towards developing cyber resilience is through cybersecurity training sessions that inform employees about cyber risk trends and practices and their identification and mitigation strategies. Webroot Security Awareness Training offers effective and continuous cybersecurity education that helps VARs, technology resellers, and other channel partners reduce user roots and prevent security leaks and breaches.

 

Webroot’s security program provides real-time insights to small- and medium-sized businesses and managed service providers (MSPs) to underpin their security awareness training and stay up-to-date with cyber threat patterns and consequences. Within its first six months, the platform reduced phishing rates from 37% to 12%.

 

 

Data Backup and Recovery

 

Building cyber resilience keeps client data backed up and employs recovery solutions in case of internal or external disasters, such as system failure or information breach. Automated data backup and recovery tools ensure constant data availability and maintain business operations even during cyber incidents.

 

Cohesity’s data security and data management platform empowers VARs and channel teams using siloed point products by automating data backup and recovery, ransomware recovery, and preventing unauthorised access to networks and files. This platform consolidates weak infrastructure silos on a scalable and secure medium to safeguard data while simultaneously remodifying and solidifying security postures using the Zero Trust infrastructure framework.

 

Incident Response Strategy

 

A cyber resilience strategy assists VARs and technology resellers in developing incident response action plans detailing a blueprint of procedures to implement in case of security breaches.

 

Sophos’ Incident Response Retainer equips channel partners with fast access to Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services that instantly identify and investigate cyberattacks and eliminate them. The platform also helps VARs scan external risks and prepare critical action plans to strengthen their cyber resilience by recognising and mitigating issues in the beginning stages.

 

Cyber Threat Monitoring

 

Employing cyber resilience mechanisms monitors and detects real-time cyberattacks. It also categorises incoming and emerging threats according to their threat level and provides insights, allowing VARs and technology resellers to formulate a procedure to mitigate them.

 

SYNNEX Corporation’s Proofpoint cybersecurity measures equip channel partners with the resources, knowledge, and tools to secure their client’s data, applications, and assets. Channel partners can use AI-powered cloud-based solutions to stop incoming threats, safeguard servers and networks, and make users more resilient against cyber threats. 

 

Wrapping Up

 

The digital era is both empowering and transformative, offering exciting opportunities for value-added and technology resellers to thrive in the ever-changing digital landscape while boosting user engagement and retention. Nevertheless, as digitalization and emerging AI technologies advance, they also pose risks of data vulnerability, leaks, and breaches.

 

 

"Adopting a cyber-resilient infrastructure designs a more stable, safer, and secure virtual ecosystem for VARs, technology resellers, channel partners, and their clients by constantly monitoring cyberattacks, creating incident response plans, training employees, and evaluating the current cybersecurity infrastructure."