More than first half of all breaches in 2022 have involved stolen credentials.
Security outfit Acronis said that cybercriminals targeted MSPs and their network of SMB customers.
More than 600 malicious email campaigns were carried out across the world wide wibble in the first half of the year, with 58 percent of them phishing attempts.
Football team Arsenal has renewed its partnership with Cyber protection outfit Acronis.
The agreement will see Arsenal get access to the data backup vendor’s portfolio of data protection and recovery services.
The deal ropes in Ingram Micro Cloud as the delivery partner in the relationship.
In a statement Arsenal said: “Our partnership extension gives us access to Acronis’ and Ingram Micro Cloud’s extensive experience in delivering innovative solutions for global sports organisations.”
Cyber security outfit Acronis has scored a contract with English Premier League Football Club West Ham United.
Ingram Micro will support the partnership as the Acronis’ #CyberFit Partner, in line with the Acronis #TeamUp program for services providers and cloud distributors.
The Club‘s IT department will use Acronis Cyber Protect. This technology, it is claimed, combines automation and integration, ensuring the prevention, detection, response, recovery, and analysis needed to safeguard workloads while “streamlining” protection efforts.
Cloudy security outfit Acronis has released details of its Acronis #CyberFit Partner Programme which it claims places increased emphasis on supporting partner development.
Acronis’ cloud ecosystem has more than doubled since 2018, with 2021 proving to be the most significant year in Acronis history, with now over 750,000 businesses using Acronis Cyber Protect and receiving a recent $250 million round of funding from CVC Capital Partners VII and others.
Acronis has made yearly updates to its partner programme, based on feedback and says the changes will enable partners to earn more while deploying cloud-based solutions that are uniquely suited to meet their clients’ modern protection challenges and marketing needs while offering a competitive migration programme for those looking to make the switch to Acronis.
Ransomware continues to be the number one threat to big and medium businesses, and the damages caused as a result of ransomware attacks are expected to exceed $20 billion (about £15 billion) before the end of 2021.
The Acronis Cyberthreats Report 2022 shows that during the second half of 2021, only 20 percent of the companies reported not having been targeted in cyber attacks, as opposed to 32 percent last year.
The study highlights that managed service providers (MSPs) are particularly vulnerable to ransomware and supply chain attacks, because cyber actors are now attempting to use MSPs own management tools, such as RMM or PSA, against them.
Paul Maritz
Security outfit Acronis has appointed Paul Maritz as the Chairman of the Board of Directors, effective 21 September 2021.
It will be a busy time for the company. Earlier this year, Acronis raised $250 million at a $2.5 billion valuation and announced former GoDaddy’s partners business president, Patrick Pulvermüller, as the new chief executive officer.
The outfit provides MSPs with tools to manage the environments of their customer’s security using its Acronis Cyber Protect product.
The company said that it will continue to make acquisitions to become one of the world’s major players of providing backup, security, and management tools on the market. Over 12,000 service providers use Acronis Cyber Protect to manage over 2,000,000 workloads around the world, positioning Acronis for even more company growth in the future.
Acronis CEO Patrick Pulvermüller said that Maritz bought a wealth of experience developing products to meet market demands and take companies to the next level.
Cyber protection outfit Acronis has announced a partnership with EveryCloud.
EveryCloud will now be able to provide the family of cyber protection offerings to its business customers, it said.
The offerings cover backup, disaster recovery, AI-enhanced anti-malware, endpoint security and management tools, file sync and share, as well as blockchain-based file notarisation and e-signature services – managed from a single console.
Acronis, a provider of hybrid cloud data protection, extended its global partner program with the new Acronis Partner Programme for Cloud.
The new programme is designed to accelerate cloud data protection services revenue with a subscription model for service providers, distributors and cloud resellers. It includes marketing, incentives, technical training and certification as well as simplified partner on-boarding and free Web-based sales tools and enablement programmes.
Hybrid cloud data protection and storage solutions provider Acronis has announced a new strategic partnership with Vole for deeper integration of Acronis’ data protection products with Azure cloud services.
The new partnership will allow customers and service providers to even more easily store their data or clients’ data in the Azure cloud. Azure will be available as a storage destination option alongside Acronis Cloud and other public cloud vendors in future versions of Acronis products.
Service providers can choose to buy their Azure storage directly from Microsoft, or Acronis can include the Azure storage costs as part of a single invoice.
The partnership is part of Acronis’ overall strategy to support all workloads, delivering safety, security, accessibility, privacy and authenticity for data stored in local, cloud and hybrid environments.
By delivering full support of more than 20 platforms, native integration with PSA and RMM tools, and growing support of public cloud vendors, Acronis enables service providers to make the most out of their existing cloud arrangements
Acronis President John Zannis said: “A lot of products that we build deliver value to clients using Microsoft technology. With easy, reliable and efficient backup and built-in security in the form of active protection against ransomware, our clients enjoy complete protection of their data. Adding Azure as a native storage destination increases their options, making Acronis solutions even more attractive to use. For any organization that has built their strategy on Microsoft, this is great news.”
Judy Meyer, General Manager, ISV partners at Microsoft, said: “It’s great to see how Acronis is transforming the services it offers to its customers, innovating in anti-ransomware and data protection. Microsoft and Acronis have worked closely together over several years in planning the adoption of public cloud services as part of Acronis’ portfolio, and we’re delighted to see the progress that’s been made in using Azure and the Microsoft AI platform.”
Lenovo and EMC recently cuddled up in a joint venture and the first LenovoEMC branded products are already hitting the market. However, as a side effect Lenovo is also rebranding some of its other storage products.
The Iomega brand seems destined for the bargain bin. It appears that it will be used solely for low-end storage solutions. The good stuff will feature the LenovoEMC brand.
“Effective immediately, the former Iomega-branded network storage products are available worldwide with new branding that reflects the LenovoEMC business while continuing to utilize the Iomega mark on entry-level consumer network storage products,” Lenovo said.
Lenovo’s high performance StorCenter px series is now the LenovoEMC px series, while the EZ Media series storage solutions and NAS gear will retain Iomega branding.
“With the transition from the highly successful stand alone Iomega brand to the power of the combined Lenovo and EMC brands, our Lenovo network storage solutions from the LenovoEMC joint venture will continue to evolve in features and capabilities as world class network storage that complements server products from the Lenovo Enterprise Product Group. This is an important element in Lenovo’s continued growth in the PC Plus world,” said Roy Guillen, vice president, Enterprise Product Group, Lenovo.
LenovoEMC today also announced an agreement with Acronis to provide True Image 2013 Lite PC backup software with all Lenovo EMC network storage products. The Lenovo EMC px series include three licenses for ATI Lite per product and Acronis will offer special pricing for additional upgrades and licences.
Acronis has taken on Craig Dynes as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
Dynes will join the data company from his previous role as CFO and SVP of Pegasystems, bringing 30 years of experience to his new role.
Dynes will be responsible for directing Acronis’ long-term strategic growth investments and providing global leadership for financial planning, administrative and business planning, accounting and budgeting requirements.
Acronis said that Dynes’ “extensive background in all aspects of finance”, including treasury, strategic planning, acquisitions and business model transformation made “him a key member of the senior management team”.
Dynes joined Pegasystems in 2006. From 2004 to 2006, he served as CFO of Demandware, at that time a venture-backed enterprise software firm. Prior to that he served as President and CEO of Narad Networks, a manufacturer of equipment for the cable television industry from 2003 to 2004.
From 1997 to 2002, Dynes served as CFO of SilverStream Software, an application development software company. He is also claimed to have held senior financial positions at Sybase and Powersoft.
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