Group-IB Honored With 5-Star Rating in the 2021 CRN® Partner Program Guide

Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks, has been recognized with a 5-star rating by CRN^®, a brand of The Channel Company, in its 2021 Partner Program Guide for its global MSSP (Managed Security Service Provider) & MDR (Managed Detection and Response) program. The annual guide provides a conclusive list of the most distinguished partner programs from leading technology companies that provide products and services through the IT Channel. The 5-Star rating is awarded to an exclusive group of companies that offer solution providers the best of the best, going above and beyond in their partner programs. Group-IB received the highest ranking from the CRN just 3 months following its MSSP & MDR program launch.

Given the importance of IT vendor channel programs, each year CRN develops its Partner Program Guide to provide the channel community with a detailed look at the partner programs offered by IT manufacturers, software developers, service companies, and distributors. Vendors are scored based on investments in program offerings, partner profitability, partner training, education and support, marketing programs and resources, sales support, and communication. CRN analysts assessed Group-IB’s MSSP & MDR program according to the above criteria and gave it the highest score.

Group-IB’s MSSP & MDR program allows partners to integrate Group-IB Threat Hunting Framework (THF) and award-winning Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR), and Digital Risk Protection into their offerings. Group-IB Threat Hunting Framework is the first-ever platform for protection and remediation of both IT and OT threats, which enables partners to meet the needs of mid-size companies and large enterprises. MSSP & MDRs partners get access to a single multi-tenant solution that detects all known and unknown threats and targeted attacks, hunts for threats both within and outside the protected organization’s perimeter and responds to them. All-in-on architecture and convenient single interface significantly reduce integration costs. Group-IB MSSP & MDRs program provides a flexible pay as you grow model and customized offerings to accommodate partners at different stages of MSSP/MDR journey from market freshers to mature MDR providers.

We live and breathe researching and preventing our adversaries from attacking businesses worldwide. With our actor centric technology and services capability, we have built the ultimate one-stop shop to bring any partner into the MDR category all while supporting our partners end-to-end with training and our analyst capabilities un-paralleled in the market. This program will take you and your customers to new heights in quick order.

Nicholas Palmer

Head of Group-IB Global Business

As innovation continues to fuel the speed and intricacy of technology, solution providers need partners that can keep up and support their developing business. CRN’s 2021 Partner Program Guide gives insight into the strengths of each organization’s program to recognize those that continually support and push positive change inside the IT channel.

Blaine Raddon

CEO of The Channel Company.

The 2021 Partner Program Guide will be featured in the April 2021 issue of CRN and online at www.CRN.com/PPG.

About Group-IB

Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Singapore, Group-IB is a leading creator of cybersecurity technologies to investigate, prevent, and fight digital crime. Combating cybercrime is in the company’s DNA, shaping its technological capabilities to defend businesses, citizens, and support law enforcement operations.

Group-IB’s Digital Crime Resistance Centers (DCRCs) are located in the Middle East, Europe, Central Asia, and Asia-Pacific to help critically analyze and promptly mitigate regional and country-specific threats. These mission-critical units help Group-IB strengthen its contribution to global cybercrime prevention and continually expand its threat-hunting capabilities.

Group-IB’s decentralized and autonomous operational structure helps it offer tailored, comprehensive support services with a high level of expertise. We map and mitigate adversaries’ tactics in each region, delivering customized cybersecurity solutions tailored to risk profiles and requirements of various industries, including retail, healthcare, gambling, financial services, manufacturing, crypto, and more.

The company’s global security leaders work in synergy with some of the industry’s most advanced technologies to offer detection and response capabilities that eliminate cyber disruptions agilely.

Group-IB’s Unified Risk Platform (URP) underpins its conviction to build a secure and trusted cyber environment by utilizing intelligence-driven technology and agile expertise that completely detects and defends against all nuances of digital crime. The platform proactively protects organizations’ critical infrastructure from sophisticated attacks while continuously analyzing potentially dangerous behavior all over their network.

The comprehensive suite includes the world’s most trusted Threat Intelligence, The most complete Fraud Protection, AI-powered Digital Risk Protection, Multi-layered protection with Managed Extended Detection and Response (XDR), All-infrastructure Business Email Protection, and External Attack Surface Management.

Furthermore, Group-IB’s full-cycle incident response and investigation capabilities have consistently elevated industry standards. This includes the 77,000+ hours of cybersecurity incident response completed by our sector-leading DFIR Laboratory, more than 1,400 successful investigations completed by the High-Tech Crime Investigations Department, and round-the-clock efforts of CERT-GIB.

Time and again, its solutions and services have been revered by leading advisory and analyst agencies such as Aite Novarica, Gartner®, Forrester, Frost & Sullivan, KuppingerCole Analysts AG, and more.

Being an active partner in global investigations, Group-IB collaborates with international law enforcement organizations such as INTERPOL, EUROPOL and AFRIPOL to create a safer cyberspace. Group-IB is also a member of the Europol European Cybercrime Centre’s (EC3) Advisory Group on Internet Security, which was created to foster closer cooperation between Europol and its leading non-law enforcement partners.