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Australian MSPs advise businesses will increase cybersecurity investment in 2025
More than two-thirds ( 69 %) of Australian
MSPs and resellers forecast that their customers will increase their investment in cybersecurity in the new financial year – with 51 % citing that GenAI will unlock new opportunities for work .
That ’ s according to a survey of 84 respondents conducted by WatchGuard Technologies at the recent Leader Expo events in Sydney and Melbourne . When asked to nominate where spending would be directed in the new financial year , firewalls topped the list in cyber investment with 63 % – indicating strong demand for highperformance firewall appliances .
In addition , 51 % indicated robust demand for network security monitoring tools , with 41 % forecasting that remote employee security would still command investment with many Australian businesses now operating a hybrid workplace environment .
“ This data shows security budgets will be directed to areas that can deliver significant and measurable benefits ,” said Anthony Daniel , Regional Director – Australia , New Zealand and Pacific Islands , WatchGuard Technologies . “ While paying attention to emerging technologies such as AI , security teams are not turning their backs on the fundamentals needed to create an effective security structure capable of protecting their key IT assets .”
Asked to name the cybersecurity threats their customers will face during the next 12 months , 75 % of survey respondents pointed to data breaches and data loss . Other threats included identity-based threats ( 45 %), ransomware ( 38 %), a lack of relevant technical skills to counter cybersecurity threats ( 36 %) and the ongoing popularity of generative AI ( 31 %).
Crayon and rhipe complete brand integration
Crayon has confirmed the complete integration of rhipe into its brand .
The integration means the rhipe brand is discontinued with Crayon becoming the sole brand .
Over the past two years , Crayon and rhipe have worked to combine teams and capabilities to both disrupt and improve the value offered by traditional distribution models .
Rhonda Robati , EVP Asia Pacific , Crayon , said : “ We look forward to attaining even more as the cloud and AI frontiers continue to grow for partners in Asia Pacific .”
Crayon ’ s APAC presence now includes more than 800 APAC employees supporting over 3,500 regional partners .
PRISM has also been rebranded to Crayon and the system will still co-exist with CloudiQ in APAC . Crayon has already announced the creation of a new cloud billing platform to integrate Cloud-iQ and the revamped PRISM .
“ Our goal is to empower our partners with the best tools and support ,” said Warren Nolan , Crayon ’ s SVP of Channel .
“ With the creation of a new and integrated Cloud Billing Platform , partners will be able to streamline subscription management , gain real-time insights into their spending , and access comprehensive reporting tools . This not only simplifies operations but also helps optimise cloud investments , allowing partners to focus more on growing their business and less on less on administrative tasks .”
Crayon has launched new partner programs for the APAC channel community to add strategic long-term value to its partners . The programs are expected to be launched throughout the second half of this year .
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