Cisco joins with Perch Security to help MSPs protect, detect and respond to an increasing threat landscape

Cisco partnered with Perch Security to deliver a new security solution for managed service providers (MSPs) who are challenged by an evolving threat landscape. MSPs are on the front lines of protecting their clients against data breaches, malware, ransomware and other attacks for which they are often unprepared. 

To address these threats, Cisco is applying its security expertise and portfolio to MSPs in partnership with Perch to bring them the tools that will strengthen their security posture and better protect both themselves and their clients.

The combined technology solution offers clear benefits for Cisco partners and their customers by correlating events from both the endpoint and network, reducing ticket counts and lowering labor costs. 

Perch has integrated with Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Endpoints and Cisco Umbrella, ingesting their logs and feeding them into Perch’s security information and event management (SIEM) solution.

Its features include Perch’s Security Operations Center (SOC) that provides event correlation, alert review, and custom alert options; and Perch’s Duo integration correlates Duo Multi-Factor Authentication and endpoint visibility with data from other Perch-connected cloud services, such as Office 365, Cisco Umbrella and Cisco AMP. 

By combining these solutions into a single pane of glass, alerts are correlated and consolidated to reduce tool sprawl. Perch feeds data from cloud services and security products into a single data lake that is monitored by Perch SOC.

This announcement ties into the newly created Cisco Secured MSP offer, which includes a free, internal use license program and gives MSPs the ability to elevate their internal security and protect themselves from attack. This works by using DNS solution from Cisco Umbrella for MSP, next-generation endpoint detection and response with Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) and cloud-based threat detection from Cisco Stealthwatch Cloud. 

The Cisco secured MSP offer brings the best of security to every MSP and the knowledge and training to get it right the first time through the Protect Your House course on ConnectWise MSP University. Cisco helps partners grow managed service revenue with incentives, promotions and market development funds (MDF).