News, updates, and opinion on cybersecurity
by Alex Teh, Chillisoft CEO In the past year, we have had a lot of feedback from the market about the use of Microsoft Defender as an alternative to ESET. According to Gartner, Microsoft Defender...
As the Early Access of ESET Cloud Office Security (ECOS) is in full swing, we are preparing for the launch of the product for general availability. I would like to inform you that the global...
by Alex Teh, CEO at Chillisoft In recent years we have seen several new vendors in the endpoint security market that have made some progress in terms of gaining market share. These vendors...
Auckland – October 2, 2019 – LogRhythm, the company powering the world’s enterprise security operations centers (SOCs), announced today that it launched the first True Unlimited Data...
21 October 2019, New Zealand – Chillisoft, cybersecurity specialist distributor, announces today a distribution partnership with Cofense (formerly PhishMe®), the global leader in intelligent...
ESET – a global leader in information security – has been named as the only Challenger in the 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms* two years in a row. ESET was...
Chillisoft adds Imperva to its stable of Gartner-leading cybersecurity solutions. Imperva is an analyst-recognised cybersecurity leader championing the fight to secure data and applications...
Chillisoft Scholarship in Cybersecurity, the inaugural recipient, Samuel Dobson, has now graduated and has begun work on his PhD. Samuel’s PhD is in the emerging field of post-quantum...
ESET Full Disk Encryption (EFDE) is a new product designed to protect unauthorised access to a business’s valuable data. Available as an add-on to the recently updated ESET remote management...
LogRhythm, the company powering today’s security operations centres (SOCs), has announced that Chillsoft has been awarded the vendor’s Distributor of the Year for Australia and New Zealand for...
by Alex Teh, Chillisoft CEO In the past year, we have had a lot of feedback from the market about the use of Microsoft Defender as an alternative to ESET. According to Gartner, Microsoft Defender...
by Alex Teh, CEO at Chillisoft Microsoft Defender (previously Windows Defender) is currently one of the most widely used antivirus software thanks to the fact that it is pre-embedded since...
ESET Enterprise puts you in the driver’s seat According to Forrester, buyers want an “endpoint security suite that consolidates capabilities and minimises complexity when possible.”...
Forcepoint’s high-speed next-generation firewall delivers all the power for a fraction of the price. Ultra Fast Broadband (UFB) is available to most businesses in major NZ cities and towns,...
New Zealand IT service providers are embracing MSP consumption-based business models. LogRhythm’s multi-tenanted MSP-ready capabilities make it possible. Local organisations in finance,...
Tripwire ExpertOPS SCM offers vulnerability management and file integrity monitoring as a service. Tripwire’s enterprise-class vulnerability and risk management solution is a cost-effective...
There are a lot of challenges to being a small-business owner, including safely managing technology. Every risk can have an outsized effect on your ability to stay in business. And resources...
ESET, a global leader in cybersecurity, announced that it has made its smartphone-based 2FA solution, ESET Secure Authentication (ESA), available via its 4000+ strong MSP Partner’s Program. ...
Recent news articles show that MSPs are now being targeted by criminals, and for a variety of nefarious reasons. Why is this happening, and what should MSPs do about it? Read this excellent...
LogRhythm, the Security Intelligence Company, expands its distribution in New Zealand and the Pacific Islands with the appointment of Chillisoft. The agreement will enable LogRhythm to rapidly...
Over the past year, cybersecurity has taken centre stage across the globe. As cyber attacks have become more prominent and their complexity have become more and more difficult to protect against,...
Radware has appointed Chillisoft as a distributor covering New Zealand and Oceania. Radware's DDoS protection, web application firewall (WAF), application delivery and load balancing...
Chillisoft broadens its portfolio with Forcepoint’s human-centric cybersecurity solutions 28 November 2018, New Zealand - Chillisoft, a specialist IT security distributor, and...
We had a great day yesterday training 20 ESET partners in Auckland. The next training event is in Wellington on 21 November and there are just a couple of spots left. Get in touch soon if you'd...
"In reviewing the overall market, the authors stated that Forrester survey data shows that “IT environment complexity”, was “the most frequently cited challenging issue” by enterprise...
Voting in the 2018 Reseller News Channel Choice Awards finishes on Monday 17 September. It's your last chance to vote for your favourite Distributor and Endpoint Security software...
The free educational platform for security researchers The Bugcrowd crowdsourcing platform launched Bugcrowd University, an educational platform for security researchers that aims to contribute...
In this week’s security news with ESET’s Global Security Evangelist & Industry Ambassador Tony Anscombe the focus is on malware from newly uncovered group PowerPool that exploits a...
Apple yanks top grossing app from Mac App Store for grabbing private user data The several thousand glowing reviews that Adware Doctor had garnered prior to its removal were “likely fake”,...
A new ESET white paper aims to bring some clarity to what Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) mean in the world of cybersecurity and how they could change the future of malware...
ESET, a global leader in cybersecurity from the European Union, announced on 16 August 2018 the launch of its new suite of comprehensive cybersecurity products and services designed to provide...