The State Of Security: CRN's 2017 Security Roundtable

CRN gathered top security industry channel chiefs for a roundtable discussion last month at XChange 2017 in Orlando, Fla.

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For solution providers, the massive opportunity around security is only getting bigger. Fueled by the ever-increasing customer cloud adoption, the time is now for solution providers to reposition their businesses and double down, not dabble, in security.

CRN gathered top security industry channel chiefs for a roundtable discussion last month at XChange 2017 in Orlando, Fla. The discussion touched on everything from transforming portfolios and compensation plans in a cloud-first world to the importance of focusing on predictive – rather than reactive – security approach.

The Panel:

Joe Sykora, vice president of Americas channels and emerging technologies at Fortinet

Kevin Lozeau, director of channel marketing at Kaspersky Lab

Kendra Krause, vice president of global channels at Sophos

Matthew Polly, vice president of business development, alliances, and channels at Crowdstrike

Ken McCray, head of channels and operations at McAfee

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