MailGuard Partners Blog

In today’s modern workplace, the organisations we serve rely on new technologies, cloud-services, e-commerce, and mobile & interconnected workforces. In that environment, our clients are entrusted with sensitive data relating to their customers, employees and shareholders daily. As their trusted cybersecurity advisors, it’s always a good idea to stop and take stock of the strategies we’re pushing them to employ.

We are delighted to announce the launch of a new feature to our product Console named Single Sign-On (SSO).  

Season’s Breachings!

While many of us have been away on vacation, or at best in limp mode over the year-end holiday period, here’s a reminder that cybercriminals were definitely working through.

In case you might have missed them, here’s a quick summary of some of the more notable data breaches that occurred over the break:

‘Always be closing’ – that’s the ABC of sales according to our elite sales hit squad, so we asked them for their top 3 sales tips for partners heading into the slow down in the year-end period.

Responding to questions from customers, a MailGuard partner recently asked this question. For those of you who may be unfamiliar, Litigation Hold is one of the eDiscovery features in Exchange Online.

Celebrating the fact that MailGuard was recognised as an official Microsoft Gold Partner earlier this year, we launched a Spring Promotion in September.

Cybercrime and data breaches are headline news daily, and 91% of all cyberattacks start with a phishing email. Are you giving your clients the best protection? 

To support its partners, who may be trying to kick-start a security practice, or just looking to start a conversation with a client, MailGuard has created CyberReady. The portal is just the beginning, and you can check it out here: www.mailguard.com.au/partner-portal

It’s official, MailGuard is super proud to boast that we are now a Microsoft Gold Partner. In a sign of how fast we’re moving, it was only in June that we were celebrating Silver status, but hey, that’s old news. Now it's official, in September MailGuard was recognised as a Microsoft Gold Partner! 

Exciting news about Azure Australia Central (AAC): after lengthy preparation and testing, Microsoft’s secure public cloud infrastructure, is fully operational and the first users are online.

There has been a 2500% increase in the sale of cybercrime kits on the dark-web since 2016, said Angus Taylor MP, Australian Minister for Law Enforcement and Cyber Security in a recent interview.
Taylor expressed his concern about this surge in online criminal activity. He noted that there has been “a high take-up of digital technologies” by Australian companies, but about 30% of smaller companies have inadequate cybersecurity measures in place.