PhishMe and Ingram Micro announce Strategic Channel Alliance
Partnership Extends Offering of PhishMe Solutions Across Middle East Turkey & Africa
LEESBURG, VA – March 2, 2017: PhishMe Inc., the leading provider of human phishing defense solutions and Ingram Micro Inc., the largest provider of the full spectrum of global technology and supply chain services to businesses around the world, announced a new strategic channel alliance. As a premier distributor, Ingram Micro will help to accelerate the rapid growth that PhishMe has achieved across META (Middle East, Turkey and Africa).
Ingram Micro is one of the largest technology distributors in the META region. Its deep expertise in reselling a wide array of technology solutions and the recent launch in META of the Cyber Security Business Unit offering value added services, enables business partners such as PhishMe to operate efficiently and successfully in the markets they serve. The strategic alliance will benefit customers across the region, with PhishMe’s human intelligence-driven anti-phishing solutions augmenting Ingram Micro’s comprehensive technology portfolio. Together, PhishMe and Ingram Micro will help to protect organisations from today’s advanced security threats.
”We are delighted to team with Phishme and to add to the portfolio of products and services we offer to our partners,” said Ali Baghdadi, senior vice president and chief executive of Ingram Micro’s META region. “The addition of Phishme is expected to help our partners and customers enhance the range of security solutions they can provide to enterprises throughout the META region.”
Marc Kassis, director of cyber security, Ingram Micro META region, added: “Our goal is to continually enhance the value proposition to our business partners with a dedicated range of services and relevant vendor solutions. With the addition of Phishme to our offerings, we are further solidifying Ingram Micro’s position as a leading value added distributor of Cyber Security solutions.”
PhishMe’s phishing incident response platform and phishing threat intelligence enables Security Operations Centre and Incident Response teams to respond faster to real threats – decreasing the risk of data breaches. Its intelligence-driven solutions empower employees to be an active line of defense and source of attack intelligence by enabling them to identify, report, and mitigate spear phishing, malware, and drive-by threats. The company has received a range of respected industry awards over the course of 2016, and recently announced record year-on-year growth.
“Collaboration with industry leading IT and security companies such as Ingram Micro extends our reach to a greater number of customers facing an unprecedented increase in frequency and damage caused by cyberattacks,” explained Jim Hansen, Chief Operating Officer, PhishMe. “PhishMe is the only security company that provides a comprehensive and scalable human phishing defense solution. In partnership with Ingram Micro, we are giving organizations across the META region the security solutions and intelligence they need to proactively detect and quickly respond to cyber attacks.”
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About PhishMe
PhishMe is the leading provider of human-focused phishing defense solutions for organizations concerned about their susceptibility to today’s top attack vector — spear phishing. PhishMe’s intelligence-driven platform turns employees into an active line of defense by enabling them to identify, report, and mitigate spear phishing, malware, and drive-by threats. Our open approach ensures that PhishMe integrates easily into the security technology stack, demonstrating measurable results to help inform an organization’s security decision making process. PhishMe’s customers include the defense industrial base, energy, financial services, healthcare, and manufacturing industries, as well as other Global 1000 entities that understand changing user security behavior will improve security, aid incident response, and reduce the risk of compromise.
About Ingram Micro
Ingram Micro helps businesses Realize the Promise of Technology™. It delivers a full spectrum of global technology and supply chain services to businesses around the world. Deep expertise in technology solutions, mobility, cloud, and supply chain solutions enables its business partners to operate efficiently and successfully in the markets they serve. Unrivalled agility, deep market insights and the trust and dependability that come from decades of proven relationships set Ingram Micro apart and ahead. www.ingrammicro.com
