BlackStratus Partners With Autotask To Deliver Integrated New Security-as-a-Service Solution

PISCATAWAY, N.J., May 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- BlackStratus, a leading provider of security and compliance technology tailored for both SMBs and large enterprises, announced today that it has partnered with Autotask to deliver its new CYBERShark Security-as-a-Service to Autotask's customer base of thousands of IT Service Providers. BlackStratus recently launched CYBERShark, the first Security Information Event Management (SIEM) platform designed specifically to monitor and remediate cyber security threats and compliance violations within small to midsize businesses.

CYBERShark takes BlackStratus' proven enterprise class security and compliance platform, trusted by thousands of large enterprise customers, and delivers it via the cloud to small and midsize businesses at an affordable price point. BlackStratus' Security-as-Service empowers IT Service Providers to build a sustainable managed services business without the need to invest in expensive infrastructure, buy expensive hardware appliances and recruit expensive security analysts, making it an ideal partner of Autotask. By simply sending their end-customer event log data to the advanced CYBERShark cloud, IT Service Providers will receive a white-labeled portal view of their customers' compliance reports and security posture complete with step-by-step remediation to resolve security incidents and malicious activity.

"Partnering with BlackStratus affords our customer base a very unique white-label SMB SIEM service that on one hand protects the small to midsize business while on the other hand opens new lines of revenue for our customer base," said Len DiCostanzo, Senior Vice President of Autotask Workplace Sales. "The integration built between CYBERShark and Autotask's platform automates the workflow between our two solutions and ideally maximizes our customers' time and resources."

CYBERShark Benefits to IT Service Providers

• Enterprise class security and compliance on day one
• Low monthly cost
• 7x24 network monitoring
• Advanced correlation
• Real-time alerts
• Remediation for any malicious activity
• Integrated incident management workflow
• Reports required for compliance purposes
• Purpose built for IT Service Providers

"We're delighted to partner with Autotask on our new flagship Security-as-a-Service for the SMB market and look forward to working with their customers to help create a dynamic relationship that will ultimately reduce the exponentially growing number of cyber threats and compliance violations on small to midsize businesses," said Dale Cline, CEO of BlackStratus. "The SMB market remains a virtual gold mine for resellers regarding SIEM technology because not only is there unprecedented demand for it but now BlackStratus can offer it at a price point that small to midsize businesses can afford."

Integration Features

The CYBERShark platform identifies and alerts Autotask IT Service Providers to potential security breaches and compliance violations in their customers' infrastructure. It provides comprehensive remediation steps to resolve these issues, delivered via Autotask's Service Desk feature.  

• Security tickets fed directly to Autotask
• Supporting evidence of tickets attached as ticket notes
• Description and remediation strategy provided inline
• Helpdesk and NOC
• Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM)

BlackStratus is a Platinum sponsor of Autotask Community Live in September 2016. To learn more about BlackStratus' participation at the event please visit http://www.autotask.com/commlive.

About Autotask Corporation
Autotask Corporation helps IT organizations worldwide work smarter with a complete, cloud-based IT business management platform that enables efficiency, accountability and access to the metrics that drive intelligent business decisions. With built-in best practices and workflow automation, Autotask speeds time to revenue while continually improving service delivery. Autotask is available in seven languages and used in over 90 countries. Headquartered in New York, Autotask has offices in Beijing, Chicago, Dallas, London, Los Angeles, Munich and Sydney. Visit autotask.com for more information.

About BlackStratus
BlackStratus is a pioneer of trusted security and compliance solutions deployed and operated on premise, in the cloud or "as a Service'' by providers of all sizes, government agencies and individual enterprises. Through patented multitenant security information and event management (SIEM) technology, BlackStratus delivers unparalleled security visibility, prevents downtime and achieves and maintains compliant operations at a lower cost to operate. BlackStratus is headquartered in Piscataway, New Jersey, and protects millions of devices and thousands of businesses worldwide.

For more information about BlackStratus, please visit www.blackstratus.com. Follow the firm via Twitter as @BlackStratusInc.

BlackStratus PR Contact:
David Splivalo
[email protected]
1.703.798.2395

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