StarLink, the Value-Added Distributor (VAD) in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) region has signed a distribution partnership with Cofense, formerly PhishMe, to distribute their entire range of anti-phishing solutions, throughout META region.
Cofense is a leading provider of intelligent phishing solutions worldwide offering the most comprehensive anti-phishing defense any organisation can deploy. It enables organisations across the world to stop phishing attacks in their tracks using a unique combination of phishing simulation training, human intelligence and leading-edge incident response technology. Cofense sharpens an organisation’s aptitude for detection and delivers unprecedented engagement, response and mitigation.
Phishing attacks are now homegrown and undoubtedly one of the most rampant cybersecurity threats in the world. Cofense solutions empower end users to intelligently recognize and report suspicious emails and provide SOC teams with the visibility and means to intelligently prioritize, understand, then quarantine active threats with speed and efficiency.
As a VAD, StarLink will distribute the Cofense solution portfolio through its extensive channel network and enable customers with the next-generation spear phishing awareness and mitigation solutions. Cofense fits in all the StarLink domains i.e. data centre and cloud security, network and endpoint security with its unique ability to integrate with leading technology partners – LogRhythm, Palo Alto Networks, Recorded Future, Trend Micro and FireEye, from the StarLink portfolio.
Nidal Othman, managing director, StarLink, said, “We are delighted to partner with Cofense and offer our customers a collaborative and collective approach to cybersecurity. We will be promoting Cofense’s full suite of phishing defense solutions, and jointly help SMBs in the region combat advanced security threats and become cyber-resilient.”
“Collaboration with industry leading IT and security companies such as StarLink extends our reach to a greater number of customers facing an unprecedented increase in frequency and damage caused by cyber-attacks,” explained Robert Lannicello, VP, global channel sales at Cofense. “Cofense is the only security company that provides a comprehensive and scalable human phishing defense solution. Through our partnership with StarLink, we are giving organisations across the META region the security solutions and intelligence they need to proactively detect and quickly respond to cyber-attacks.”
