NEWS
Help AG becomes Palo Alto Networks’
Traps MSSP partner in ME
H
elp AG has extended its long-
standing partnership with Palo Alto
Networks by joining the vendor’s
Traps Managed Security Service Provider
(MSSP) Programme. Help AG will assist
joint customers in reducing the total cost
of ownership for Palo Alto Networks’ Traps
advanced endpoint protection while enjoying
greater flexibility and access to game-
changing technology and technical expertise.
By joining Palo Alto Networks’ Traps MSSP
Programme, partners can provide effective
and differentiated security services that
reduce cost, increase average revenue
per customer and maximise the
addressable market.
“To achieve digital transformation,
enterprises have been overhauling their
IT infrastructures, utilising virtualisation,
mobility and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS),
as well as public and hybrid clouds. This
introduces the need to protect data in
new environments and, in recent years,
the endpoint has become a favoured
entry point for attackers. As part of the
Palo Alto Networks’ Next-Generation
Security Platform, Traps advanced
endpoint protection replaces traditional
antivirus with multi-method prevention,
a proprietary combination of purpose-
built malware and exploit prevention
methods that protect users and endpoints
from known and unknown threats. Traps
prevents security breaches, in contrast to
breach detection and incident response
after critical assets have already been
compromised,” explained Stephan Berner,
CEO at Help AG.
“As a Palo Alto Networks’ Traps MSSP
partner, we can drastically shorten the
deployment time for this essential security
solution through a flexible and cost-
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Stephan Berner, CEO at Help AG.
effective delivery model,” Berner added.
“Furthermore, as our expertly qualified
team works around the clock, customers’
IT systems will be monitored, and
therefore protected, 24/7/365.”
In addition to being able to offer Palo
Alto Networks’ Traps advanced endpoint
protection via an attractive OPEX-
based model, Help AG will enhance its
own managed security services (MSS)
offering by utilising the vast contextual
threat intelligence data that the vendor
delivers as part of its AutoFocus threat
intelligence, WildFire threat analysis and
Traps solutions. This adds to other unique
competitive advantages of Help AG’s MSS
offering, such as compliance with regional
laws and regulations, and its Information
Security Management System ISO/IEC
27001:2013 certification.
Help AG has been a Palo Alto
Networks’ partner in the Middle East for
more than eight years and is a NextWave
Diamond Partner. The company is an
official Authorised Support Centre (ASC),
providing support services on behalf of
the vendor on a 24/7 year-round basis,
and also holds the status of Certified
Professional Services Partner, responsible
for deploying some of the most challenging
and critical Palo Alto Networks’
installations in the region in various
market verticals. “Given the duration
and depth of our partnership, it was only
natural that we embark on the next step by
signing up as a Traps MSSP partner,”
said Berner.
“The combination of a complex threat
landscape, a shortage of skilled security
personnel and the need to reduce CAPEX
(capital expenditure) is fuelling increased
customer demand for managed security
services. As a Traps MSSP, and having
invested in Traps from the start, thus
building up considerable expertise, Help
AG has demonstrated its ability to offer our
mutual customers a unique approach to
preventing known and unknown threats.
The result is unprecedented visibility and
control, while simultaneously preventing
all types of threats,” concluded Michael
Herman, Vice President of Channels,
Europe, Middle East and Africa, Palo
Alto Networks. ¢
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