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Webroot Exec: Partners Should Get Back To Security Basics And Double Down on Backup, Patch Managemen

September 19, 2017 By Michael Novinson

 

A Webroot vice president urged solution providers to avoid the hype around far-fetched threats and instead focus on defending against vulnerabilities that can be monetized and automated.   

 

The Broomfield, Colo.-based company said channel partners could get distracted by news reports around Jeep hacks and data exfiltration and lose sight of the more mundane day-to-day threats their customers typically face, according to David Dufour, vice president of engineering and cybersecurity.

 

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