01732 759725 22 CYBERSECURITY “There’s an annual subscription for MSPs that want to provide the full monitoring services, with different levels depending on what they will be offering – introductory, core and advanced. MSPs can also take a licence for a two-month or three-month project and pay on a periodical basis so they are not paying large amounts upfront. We also offer an NFR licence that MSPs can use to run demos for customer acquisition purposes.” Chalmers adds that Skurio is also exploring options that would enable an MSP effectively to rent its platform rather than pay for annual licences and subscriptions up-front, which he says might suit partners that want to offer a managed service on-demand without having to invest in the tools needed to deliver that surveyed have been victims of a social media account takeover. Norton Identity Advisor Plus addresses these concerns in three ways: 1 by monitoring social media for suspect activity linked to users’ Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube accounts and by warning of scams, phishing attempts and risky links in users’ social news feeds; 2 by scanning private forums, social webs, the deep web and dark web for evidence of ID theft; and 3 by assigning an Identity Restoration Specialist to provide step-by-step support via a UK landline if ID theft is suspected. This includes guiding users through resolution processes with merchants, credit card companies, financial institutions, collection agencies, government agencies and other third parties, if necessary making three-way mediation calls with the service before they generate any service revenue. Because of the different paths open to MSPs, Skurio is likely to take a more hands-on approach with those relationships, leaving its distribution partners – CMS Distribution in the UK and Ireland; Multipoint Group in Eastern Europe, Southern Europe and Israel; and Bulwark Technologies in the Middle East – to recruit and develop relationships with VARs. Skurio is currently actively looking to recruit new partners via ether route as it believes MSPs and VARs have a vital role to play in strengthening the cyber defences of small and medium-sized businesses so that their data – and their customers’ data – remain safe, while also ensuring that data owners stay compliant with evolving privacy and security regulations. “Cyber Threat Intelligence is normally for big banks and big organisations with armies of intelligence analysts, but there needs to be solutions that are available to small and medium-sized organisations, that are affordable and that they have the resources to run. That’s a big challenge. Together, Skurio and MSPs are part of the solution.” www.skurio.com victim and third party. Norton Identity Advisor Plus comes with an easy-to-use dashboard where users input the personal information they want to be monitored. This can include a driver’s licence number; up to five insurance account/ID numbers; email addresses, phone numbers and physical addresses; and up to 10 credit card numbers, financial account numbers and gamer tags. Norton is also introducing Norton 360 Advanced, which brings together Norton’s cyber safety tools in a single solution, including Identity Restoration support, Dark Web Monitoring, Social Media Monitoring, endpoint and online protection, Password Manager, 200 GB of PC Cloud Backup, Secure VPN and Parental Control. https://uk.norton.com/products/ identity-advisor-plus authorities for it to be removed or get it put on the Google watch list or put it into email spam filters,” says Chalmers. “In the last year we've also done largescale customer data monitoring so that if there is a data breach and customer data is found you can identify whether it was your systems that were breached or those of another supplier with the same customers. We can pull in data from your database, in a safe and secure way, and match it against any data breaches that are found to see whether you are the source. “In this context, we have something called Marker, which creates synthetic identities to place into customer databases, so that if they appear in a breach you will know with 100% certainty that it is your data that has been impacted. We also have an email listening service, so that if you start receiving spam emails to a fake identity, you will know that your data has been stolen.” Procurement options MSPs can deploy Skurio monitoring services on a constant 24/7 basis or on a project basis, perhaps as part of a postbreach or post-ransomware investigation, with a variety of subscription options to meet varied requirements. Norton, a leading consumer Cyber Safety brand from NortonLifeLock, is helping consumers protect their identity through a combination of identity monitoring and support from a dedicated Identity Restoration Specialist should ID theft be suspected. Steve Wilson, U.K. and Ireland Director at NortonLifeLock, said: “Unfortunately, personal information accessed through nefarious tactics may result in identity theft. A hack or data breach could lead, for example, to a loan being taken out in your name, which could impact your life and potentially your credit score.” In a survey of 1,000 adults for the latest Norton Cyber Safety Insights Report, 60% of Brits said they are ‘very worried’ that their identity might be stolen, with 55% saying they would have no idea what to do if that did happen. Separate Norton research found that 22% of people ...continued Norton launches dark web monitoring for consumers Steve Wilson
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