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Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Logicalis becomes first Cisco XDR CPS Specialisation Partner to offer global Cisco MXDR
LONDON, May 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Logicalis, the leading global technology service provider, today announces it has achieved the Cisco Extended Detection Response (XDR) Cisco Powered Services (CPS) Solution Specialisation and becomes a Cisco XDR CPS Specialisation Partner. Logicalis is the first Cisco XDR CPS Specialisation Partner to offer Cisco XDR as a global Managed Service (MXDR), cementing the company's status as a leading managed security services provider. Through Logicalis's global network of Security Operations Centres (SOCs), the company's MXDR services enable organisations to proactively manage threats and strengthen their security posture 24/7/365. Speaking about the specialisation, Bob Bailkoski, Global CEO of Logicalis, said, "As cyber threats grow more complex, Logicalis continually remains at the forefront of next-generation cyber defence, enabling customers to stay cyber aware, cyber secure, and resilient. This new Cisco XDR CPS specialisation demonstrates our commitment to offering customers a range of the most advanced solutions on the market and showcases our close relationship to developing industry leading managed services together with Cisco. An incredible achievement from our Logicalis Security teams." As Andrew Sage, VP Global Partners at Cisco, explains, "As one of only six Global Gold Partners, Logicalis continues to innovate and deliver leading Secure Managed Services to clients. We are proud to work in partnership with Logicalis to bring the best of Cisco XDR technology combined with top-tier Security Operation Centre delivery across the globe. Together, Cisco and Logicalis provide our customers with the confidence that their data is secure." Artur Martins, CISO Logicalis Portugal, adds, "Built around Cisco's XDR technology, our MXDR service is designed to simplify cybersecurity by integrating threat detection, investigation, and response into a unified, cloud-native platform. By focusing on real-time visibility, automated correlation, and rapid incident response, we help organisations enhance their cyber resilience. The Cisco CPS gives customers confidence they are receiving the best-in-class managed service utilising the advanced technology from Cisco XDR." In addition to securing the Cisco XDR CPS Solution Specialisation, Logicalis has also achieved Global MXDR status for Microsoft, joining only a handful of service providers qualified to deliver Microsoft's most sophisticated managed detection and response services. About Logicalis We are Architects of Change™. We help organisations succeed in a digital-first world. At Logicalis, we harness our collective technology expertise to help our clients build a blueprint for success, so they can deliver sustainable outcomes that matter. Our lifecycle services across cloud, connectivity, collaboration and security are designed to help optimise operations, reduce risk and empower employees. As a global technology service provider, we deliver next-generation digital managed services, to provide our clients with real-time visibility and actionable insights across the performance of their digital ecosystem including availability, user experience, security, economic performance and sustainability. Our 7000+ 'Architects of Change' are based in 30 territories around the globe, helping our 10,000+ clients across a range of industry sectors create sustainable outcomes through technology. Logicalis has annualised revenues of $1.8 billion, from operations in Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific, and Africa. It is a division of Datatec Limited, listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, with revenues of over $5.5 billion. View original content: SOURCE Logicalis
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
ACR Scales Securely Through M&As with Ontinue's AI-Powered MXDR
Five Years of Partnership: How Ontinue's Microsoft Expertise Helped ACR Accelerate Integration and Reduce Risk REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Ontinue, a leading provider of AI-powered managed extended detection and response (MXDR) services and winner of the 2023 Microsoft Security Services Innovator of the Year award, today announced it remains the MXDR provider of choice for ACR. As ACR accelerates its aggressive growth strategy—completing 10 acquisitions since 2016, the company has leaned on strategic technology partners to ensure its operations remain secure, agile, and efficient. Central to this approach is Ontinue supporting ACR's 24/7 managed security operations to help the organization scale confidently. ACR has been an Ontinue customer for 5 years—a testament to the consistent value and high level of service the team at Ontinue delivers. With a product portfolio that spans more than 6,000 items for the food service and hospitality industries, ACR depends on a reliable and secure supply chain. As the pace of mergers and acquisitions accelerates, integrating new companies with different systems and risk profiles has become increasingly complex. In response, ACR has elevated cybersecurity as a core business enabler—embedding it across M&A, supply chain resilience, and digital innovation. This enterprise-wide focus is led strategically by Thai Vong, the company's top technology executive, who serves as Vice President of Technology and Acting CIO, overseeing ACR's full technology portfolio—spanning cybersecurity, architecture, data and analytics, application delivery, and enterprise support functions. "Ontinue has helped us build a secure foundation that protects our environment around the clock," said Vong. "Their team feels like an extension of ours—proactive, responsive, and deeply embedded in our operations. That trust allows us to shift focus to broader business priorities like integrating acquisitions, optimizing the supply chain operations, and driving growth, without constantly worrying about what might be lurking in our environment." "The ability to scale without sacrificing security has become a competitive advantage for us," said Tom Boyles Jr., Director of Infrastructure and Security at ACR. "Ontinue's 24/7 monitoring, AI-driven capabilities, and deep integration with Microsoft tools like Defender and Sentinel ensure our environments remain secure—while freeing up our internal team to focus on high-impact projects. ACR values innovation in its partners, and Ontinue's use of AI is a hallmark of the kind of forward-thinking approach we look for. Their AI-powered capabilities, combined with Thai's strategic leadership, helped us take our cybersecurity program to the next level." Future-Ready Security Investment: Managed SecOps Built to Scale Ontinue's ION MXDR service sets a new standard for MDR by going further to investigate and resolve every incident without customer involvement. This empowers CISOs and their teams to shift focus from day-to-day security tasks to more strategic initiatives. Ontinue has pioneered several key innovations to reimagine how managed security is delivered – combining collaboration, intelligent automation, AI and human expertise. Ontinue launched the industry's first Microsoft Teams-based collaboration model that enables real-time, direct engagement between customers and the Ontinue Cyber Defense Center for faster communication and decision-making during incident management. Smart Response further tailors the service to each organization by automating customized rules of engagement and escalation paths that allow the ION MXDR service to seamlessly integrate into a customer's desired operational model. Additionally, to accelerate investigations at scale, Ontinue introduced autonomous investigations powered by agentic AI. Every incident escalated to the Ontinue Cyber Defense Center is automatically investigated by ION IQ, the AI at the core of the ION MXDR service, before being passed to a human for further analysis. For each incident ION IQ uses agentic AI to gather contextual information from disparate systems, form a hypothesis, develop an action plan for testing the hypothesis, conduct the investigation, and provide a detailed summary for review by one of Ontinue's Cyber Defenders – all in a matter of minutes. Together, these capabilities have led to a 50% decrease in the meantime to investigate (MTTI) incidents in ACR's environment, despite the fact that the ACR environment has grown larger and more complex over time. "Our mission is to deliver nonstop security that enables our customers to stay focused on what matters most to their business," said Geoff Haydon, CEO at Ontinue. "As attack surfaces and new threats emerge faster than ever before, CISOs and their teams face mounting pressure. From the beginning, Ontinue has always viewed AI — especially GenAI and agentic AI — as a critical technology, a force multiplier for overcoming scale and speed limitations that legacy MDRs simply can't address. For the first time ever, we are able to leverage human reasoning and problem solving at machine speed and scale. We're incredibly proud to be a trusted partner to ACR as they scale their business through rapid growth." By selecting Ontinue, ACR also found a partner to improve its security posture and reduce enterprise risk. Ontinue's proprietary Security Posture Improvement Framework has helped ACR improve their Microsoft Secure Score (a common metric for measuring security posture health) to 68, 70% higher than the industry average. As part of the ION MXDR service, the ACR team works with their designated Cyber Advisor to identify, prioritize, and implement tactics and controls that systematically reduce the attack surface, even while the ACR environment continues to grow with each new acquisition. ACR is now better equipped to integrate newly acquired companies swiftly and safely, often within a two-month window. "As we integrate acquisitions and expand our digital landscape," added Vong, "we've prioritized building a unified security architecture that doesn't just protect but adapts in real time. Ontinue's Managed SOC services have allowed us to extend Microsoft Defender and Sentinel across our hybrid infrastructure—giving us centralized visibility, standardized controls, and streamlined incident response across every business unit. That consistency is critical when onboarding new companies, especially at the pace we're growing." "With the addition of a dedicated cybersecurity analyst, we accelerated the implementation of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, improved our CIS benchmarks, and began our journey into NIST's AI Risk Management Framework—all while strengthening enterprise risk and business continuity planning," said Tom Boyles Jr., Director of Infrastructure and Security at ACR. "It reflects the shift we've made from reacting to threats to systematically building maturity across our security program." Rather than building an in-house security operations center (SOC), ACR leverages Ontinue's 24/7 SOC to deliver around-the-clock coverage while minimizing internal staff burnout. Ontinue's team acts as an extension of ACR's IT organization, helping them operationalize their Microsoft Defender and Sentinel solutions and maximize the return on these investments. As a result, ACR can scale its operations—both organically and through acquisition—without needing to scale its security team or implement additional tools at the same pace. Key Results of Partnership between ACR and Ontinue 30 hours of analyst time saved in the last 90 days, freeing up ACR's internal talent to focus on high-impact, enterprise-level initiatives rather than day-to-day security tasks. 50% reduction in mean time to investigation (MTTI), significantly accelerating threat detection and response. Increased Microsoft Secure Score to 68 (from 53 since November 2024), which is 70% above the industry average. 28% improvement in Microsoft Secure Score (from 53 to 68) since November 2024, reflecting stronger configuration hygiene and overall security posture. Zero security breaches in 2024, maintaining industry-best standards for proactive threat prevention. 5-year partnership milestone, underscoring the sustained value and trust ACR places in Ontinue's managed security services Innovation & Collaboration Builds Trust The partnership with Ontinue extends beyond technology. Embedded collaboration through Microsoft Teams enables seamless communication during incident response. Ontinue's high-touch approach fosters transparency, trust, and faster decision-making across both organizations. This close working relationship has also strengthened ACR's broader enterprise risk management and cybersecurity framework, supporting continuous improvement and resilience. "Cybersecurity is no longer just about defense, it's about enabling the business to move faster with confidence," said Thai Vong, Vice President of Technology and Acting CIO. "As we continue to scale through acquisitions and digital transformation, having a partner like Ontinue, who understands our pace, our architecture, and our priorities, has been invaluable. Their seamless integration with our Microsoft ecosystem and real-time responsiveness through Teams allow us to navigate complexity without slowing down. Together, we've strengthened our risk posture while creating space for continuous improvement and innovation." As ACR continues to evolve and expand, its partnership with Ontinue remains a critical enabler—ensuring every new acquisition, system upgrade, or operational change is underpinned by modern, resilient cybersecurity. While ACR accelerates its digital transformation and navigates an increasingly AI-driven threat landscape, the company remains focused on building a cybersecurity program that is both scalable and deeply integrated. In today's environment, adapting in real time—without slowing business momentum—is essential. "At ACR, cybersecurity is part of our business model, not just a defense mechanism," said Vong. "Modern cybersecurity is not a bolt-on. It's embedded in how we operate and grow. It's the foundation for every digital move we make, whether we're onboarding a new business, launching a new platform, or protecting the trust our customers place in us. Ontinue's approach gives us the clarity and assurance that our environment remains protected." Vong's leadership continues to define how ACR embeds cybersecurity into the fabric of its operation, aligning innovation, trust, and resilience at scale. For more information on how Ontinue helps organizations like ACR protect and scale their operations, visit About Ontinue: Nonstop SecOps As a leading provider of AI-powered managed extended detection and response (MXDR) service, Ontinue is on a mission to be the most trusted security partner that empowers customers to embrace and accelerate digital transformation by using AI to operate more at scale, and with less risk. The combination of AI and human expertise is essential for delivering effective managed security that is tailored to a customer's unique environment, operational constraints, and risks. Our MXDR service combines powerful proprietary AI with the industry's first collaboration with Microsoft Teams to continuously build a deep understanding of our customers' environments, informing how we prevent, detect, and respond to threats. Our Microsoft expertise allows customers to achieve these outcomes with the Microsoft Security tools they already own. The result is highly localized managed protection that empowers security teams to be faster, smarter, and more cost efficient than ever before. Continuous protection. AI-powered Nonstop SecOps. That's Ontinue. Ontinue PR Contacts: Alison Raymondaraymond@ ICR LuminaNathaniel HawthorneOntinue@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Ontinue
Associated Press
13-05-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
RapidScale Partners with GoSecure to Provide Pentesting Services, Strengthening Cyber Resilience for Businesses
RALEIGH, N.C., May 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - RapidScale, a Cox Business company, has partnered with GoSecure, a recognized leader in advanced cybersecurity solutions, to offer penetration testing services that empower businesses to identify security vulnerabilities and fortify their defenses against changing cyber threats. This strategic partnership underscores RapidScale's commitment to providing customers with proactive security solutions to mitigate risks and ensure compliance. By integrating GoSecure's industry-renowned penetration testing expertise into its cybersecurity portfolio, RapidScale enables businesses to uncover weaknesses across networks, applications, cloud environments, and endpoints before attackers exploit them. GoSecure's ethical hackers, including Offensive Security Certified Professionals (OSCP) and other highly accredited specialists, perform tailored assessments that go beyond automated scans to deliver deep, actionable security insights. 'Cyber threats are growing more sophisticated every day, and businesses need a proactive approach to stay ahead,' said Neal Creighton, Chief Executive Officer at GoSecure. 'Our partnership with RapidScale allows organizations to leverage GoSecure's award-winning penetration testing services, helping them strengthen their security posture with expert-driven insights and real-world attack simulations.' RapidScale's expanded cybersecurity offerings now provide organizations with the ability to: For more information on RapidScale's penetration testing services powered by GoSecure, visit About GoSecure GoSecure is a recognized cybersecurity leader, delivering innovative Managed Extended Detection and Response (MXDR) solutions and expert professional services. GoSecure Titan® managed security solutions deliver multi-vector protection to counter modern cyber threats through a complete suite of offerings that extend the capabilities of our customers' in-house teams. GoSecure Titan MXDR offers a best-in-class mean-time-to-respond, with comprehensive coverage across customers' networks, endpoints, and inboxes. For over 20 years, GoSecure has been helping customers better understand their security gaps, improve organizational risk, and enhance security posture through advisory services provided by one of the most trusted and skilled teams in the industry. For more information, visit About RapidScale Whether you are refreshing legacy IT systems or launching an app that will reach millions, RapidScale empowers your business with a complete set of private and public cloud solutions to simplify IT and unleash innovation. From Infrastructure as a Service to AI, RapidScale brings you the best portfolio of managed services in the industry, backed by a deep bench of certified experts holding over 400 accreditations. RapidScale has helped hundreds of customers migrate to AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, while also helping over 2000 customers drive the complexity and administration out of IT. RapidScale makes technology your biggest competitive advantage. For more information, visit Through RapidScale, Cox Business, Segra and Hospitality Network, Cox Communications provides a broad commercial solutions portfolio including advanced cloud and managed IT solutions and fiber-based network solutions that create connected environments, unique hospitality experiences and support diverse applications for nearly 370,000 businesses nationwide. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE GoSecure, Inc.
TECHx
10-05-2025
- Business
- TECHx
Redington Highlights Cybersecurity Expertise at GISEC 2025
Home » Tech Value Chain » Distributors » Redington Highlights Cybersecurity Expertise at GISEC Global Redington, a key technology aggregator in emerging markets, made a strong impact at GISEC Global 2025, the largest cybersecurity event in the Middle East and Africa. The company showcased its growing Managed Security Services capabilities through DigiGlass, alongside major sponsors like Microsoft, Cato Networks, Fortinet, Splunk, and Trend Micro. For 25 years, Redington has focused on making technology, including cybersecurity accessible to businesses of all sizes. At GISEC, it reinforced this mission by presenting advanced solutions that support secure digital transformation across the region. DigiGlass, Redington's MSSP practice, drew attention with its message of 'Digital Security Reassured.' The team demonstrated how partners can confidently deliver full-spectrum security services. This support allows customers to focus on business growth without being overwhelmed by cybersecurity risks. According to Dharshana Kosgalage, Executive Vice President, Technology Solutions Group at Redington, the company brings together global vendors, regional expertise, and managed services to help partners protect digital and physical assets. She emphasized that Redington works closely with the channel ecosystem to strengthen industry-wide resilience. The company also announced two major updates at Redington GISEC Global 2025: The expansion of its MXDR Solution, built on Microsoft Sentinel and Defender, through its channel network. The launch of AWS Marketplace as a new practice area, enhancing its cloud security offerings. Nehal Sharma, Vice President, Cloud Solutions Group, noted that cloud transformation is accelerating and security must evolve in parallel. He explained that these announcements help partners stay ahead of emerging threats while offering customers more flexible cloud security options. Throughout the event, Redington featured Microsoft partners such as noventiq, Exquitech, and IDC Technologies. These daily showcases highlighted joint solutions driving innovation in cybersecurity. Sayantan Dev, President, UAE, said that Redington is committed to empowering partners with the tools and expertise they need to stay competitive. He added that GISEC was the ideal platform to connect with stakeholders and reinforce the company's role in shaping the future of cybersecurity in the region. Attendees experienced live demos, real-time solution walk-throughs, and expert discussions at the Redington stand. The company's team was available to share insights on regional trends, security challenges, and how enterprises can scale with confidence. Redington GISEC Global 2025 proved to be a valuable platform for engagement, collaboration, and progress in cybersecurity. The company continues to focus on supporting partners and driving secure digital transformation across the Middle East and Africa.
Tahawul Tech
07-05-2025
- Business
- Tahawul Tech
Redington powers MXDR Growth with Microsoft at GISEC Global
Redington, a leading technology aggregator and innovation powerhouse across emerging markets, recently announced the expansion of its Managed Extended Detection and Response (MXDR) Solution based on Microsoft Sentinel and Defender, supported through its robust partner network at GISEC Global 2025. This milestone enables Redington and its partners to help customers address evolving security challenges with comprehensive, ready-to-deploy managed services. With the full solution stack now live on the Azure Marketplace, Redington is actively onboarding customers through its channel ecosystem. The offering is delivered via DigiGlass, Redington's managed security services practice and now brings advanced Azure Sentinel-based solutions to market. Redington's expanded MXDR capabilities open new opportunities for partners, especially those without their own Security Operations Center (SOC) practices, to deliver managed security services seamlessly to their customers. Through this model, partners can leverage Redington's expertise and DigiGlass capabilities to offer end-to-end security coverage — giving customers peace of mind and allowing them to focus on innovation and growth. 'The expansion of our MXDR solution, built on Microsoft Sentinel and Defender, marks a significant milestone in Redington's mission to democratise advanced cybersecurity across the region', said Nehal Sharma, Vice President, Cloud Solutions Group, Redington. 'With our solution stack now live on the Azure Marketplace, we're enabling our partners — particularly those without in-house SOC capabilities — to deliver powerful, end-to-end managed security services to their customers. This is about empowering businesses to navigate today's complex threat landscape with confidence, so they can focus on driving innovation and growth'. As part of this launch, Redington will showcase its expanded MXDR offering at GISEC Global 2025, alongside key Microsoft partners including noventiq, Exquitech, and IDC Technologies. Visitors can explore Redington's booth in Hall 4, Stand J10 to see live demos, learn more about the solutions, and engage with the Redington and DigiGlass teams. Image Credit: Stock Image
