Ignition Technology launches first ‘ Cybersecurity-as-a- Service ’ aggregation platform exclusively for the channel
Ignition Technology has announced the launch of Catalyst Insights , the UK ’ s first ‘ Cybersecurity-as-a-Service ’ aggregation platform designed exclusively for the channel . Catalyst Insights currently supports 15 vendors spanning endpoint assessment , breach data reporting , MFA , EDR , IT Service Desk and Contact Centre , delivered within an integrated management and reporting service .
Developed over the last 12 months ,
Catalyst Insights provides a single pane of glass deployment , management and reporting function offered as a white label platform to Ignition ’ s 870 strong partner community to streamline MSSP and SoC delivery for the channel .
At launch , Catalyst Insights integrates with 15 leading security and infrastructure management products with built-in breach data reporting and Microsoft Active Directory support to allow channel partners to create highly configurable solutions for both single clients and as part of a MSSP / SoC offering .
“ Several security vendors offer ‘ Cybersecurity-as-a-Service ’ solutions , but these are only designed for their own products and each requires a separate administrative layer which is impractical for channel partners ’ supporting growing client bases ,” explains Paul Risk , CTO for Ignition , “ In some cases , these products were never designed for MSSP usage and as such offer limited multi-tenant support , service provider reporting or integration with IT service desk tools .”
“ Catalyst Insights has been developed over the last year based on feedback from our partners to offer a better way of using multiple best-of-breed cybersecurity solutions within an integrated process to handle moves , adds and changes as well as monthly billing and reporting ,” adds Risk .
Catalyst Insights launches with builtin breach data reporting to allow channel partners to show clients which corporate email addresses , passwords and personal data is on the dark web and where these have been connected to known breaches . Other noteworthy features include Global Cloud Health Status showing all the data centres and component status ’ of AWS , GCP and Azure / O365 in a simple view plus Active Directory to Endpoint AV cross-referencing to show which endpoints don ’ t have AV installed or what machines have AV that aren ’ t in Active Directory .
Gerhard Conradie , CEO of ENHALO Limited , an advanced cyber defence group said : “ This concept of aggregating security SaaS is long overdue and offers significant benefits in terms of streamlining the management of multiple solutions under a common platform . Individual security vendors have a vested interest in making it harder for channel partners to swap out their solutions or mix and match different point products . It is logical and highly beneficial that a distributor like Ignition should take on this role which will make not only selling cybersecurity SaaS easier , but also reduce the day-to-day management and reporting burden .”
Carl Shallow , Pre-Sales Director at Orange Cyberdefence , the expert cybersecurity business unit of the Orange Group , said : “ We talk to customers of all sizes and industries and the common requirement they have is a dashboard or management tool that gives the visibility of their deployed security estate . To be able to converge this into a SaaS based application that gives additional benefits will always help improve the relationship between the customer , reseller and distribution company . We can only see this type of requirement growing along with the automation that becomes possible running it as SaaS solution .” •
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