

Now in its 17th year, the Cost of a Data Breach Report has become one of the leading benchmark reports in the cybersecurity industry. This report offers IT, risk management and security leaders a lens into dozens of factors that can increase or help mitigate the rising cost of data breaches.

Enterprises are being attacked every day. Watch this video on IBM Cloud Pak for Security, IBM's unified security platform that gives your client's all the visibility they need to their existing security tools and log data while helping them investigate, manage and respond to attacks from a single pane of glass.
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Introducing IBM Cloud Pak for Security as a Service, simplifying your organization's Zero Trust architecture, and providing a unified Threat Management dashboard across your enterprise. Learn More

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Being able to present IBM’s Security offerings in many cases is all about being able to show those capabilities in relation to what the customer’s environment looks like. In the demo lab we have the capability of showcasing IBM’s Cloud Pak for Security, Threat Management, and Digital Trust offerings in “the wild” in that of a customer’s environment.
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Announcing a Proficiency Badge in IBM Cloud Pak for Security Deployment and a Proficiency Badge in IBM MaaS360 Deployment to socialize your skills and improve your PartnerWorld benefit levels. Contact [email protected] with any questions.
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Product: IBM Security Guardium
Release: Guardium 10.0p11002 upgrade patch
Patch Description: Upgrade from Guardium version 10.6 to 11.3

IBM Security Partner Acceleration Guides are simple and easy-to-follow guides that capture the full value proposition of our key security offerings including market opportunity, use cases, solution description, the investment required to build a practice, how to make money, key enablement resources, and client references.
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Partner Playbook - Modernize the SOC
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Partner Playbook - Zero Trust
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Seismic provides sales enablement that equips IBM Business Partners with the right information, content, and tools to accelerate your deals. Check out IBM Security launch pads and sales kits below. For more info on Seismic, click here
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Watch the video to learn about Tech Data's Exclusive Cyber Range. Watch Video
Join Frank Welder as he walks you through need to know items for the IBM Cloud Pak for Security V1.x Administrator Specialty (S1000-001) certification.

Everyone wants new customers. New customers are challenging and IBM understands. Thus, the IBM Eco Ascent offering:
Tech Data partners can earn 8% of eligible purchase order revenue for sales to customers in designated IBM software brands, provided the customer has not previously purchased products within the brands within a specified time frame.
For all the details please see the attached documents. Good luck and good selling!
Take the summer challenge! Earn some summer fun cash for quotes, demos, POCs, Garage workshops and certifications related to Cloud Paks and Maximo Application Suite. See attached for all the details!

Join IBM for this IBM Security web series as they dive deeper on the following topics:

Sept. 9 | 1:00 PM | Register Here!
Join Fran Malloy, IBM Security Technical Sales Management and former CISO of a Fortune 500 company, as he shares an authentic and candid firsthand experience of surviving a highly public breach. Understand what you have to consider and even how human nature factors into the day-to-day handling of a breach.
Take this opportunity to learn what Fran wishes he knew before going through this experience and hear what the reality of a breach looks like, especially if you are dealing with customer credit cards. Fran will share how he and his organization:

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Register now for Virtual Master Skills University and get ready for four days of deep-dive technical sessions, educational self-paced hands-on labs, virtual networking, and more.
Tracks: New for 2021, all Master Skills University tracks are designed around roles, not products, so you can build your skills with an even better understanding of how they align with your day-to-day work.
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Traditional security offers a perimeter to assess and enforce the trustworthiness of these connections, but digital transformation requires a different approach. A business-first approach to security means applying zero trust principles.
Watch and learn how you can assist your clients in applying zero trust to help resolve their security challenges.
The days of a traditional office setting are gone. Employees are now facing a world where being mobile is a way of life. Watch the REPLAY and View Presentation to review Zero Trust solutions that enable your "clients anywhere" workforce with everywhere security.
The cloud has become a transformational journey for most organizations. It is a source of modernization, agility, and cost savings, and uncertainty. The reality of hybrid multi-cloud is that it adds further challenges around visibility, control, and implementation of consistent policies. Watch the REPLAY and View Presentation to review strategies to fuel your client's cloud transformation with a Zero Trust approach.
The digital channel has become the primary source of engagement for most businesses. Rising concerns over data privacy regulations, identity theft, and fraud are making it more difficult to deliver personalized and engaging user experiences. Watch the REPLAY and View Presentation to review how to use zero trust to make data access limited and conditional.
Critical IT assets have become highly decentralized and increasingly difficult to enforce proper access controls upon. Organizations remain highly concerned about massive data breaches as a result of insider threats or advanced attacks like malware and ransomware. Watch the REPLAY and View Presentation to review zero trust solutions that help limit disruption, strengthen resiliency and protect users and resources.

Watch Tech Data and guest speaker, Jay McBain of Forrester, as he discusses future trends in the market. Channel professionals are looking at a new era of modernization for their businesses. How do we address these changes? Replay Passcode: bos7szj% | Presentation
Join Amanda LeClair of Forrester, as she builds on the foundation of Jay McBain’s discussion about the opportunity for modernization and discusses becoming a modern services partner. Amanda will outline how client/partner relationships are changing from types of service most in demand, the types of partners leveraged, and how these relationships are structured and measured. Presentation | Video recording | passcode: yHZrcTLh
Accelerate your IBM Security sales with this on-demand series.
In a world of ever-changing threats and attack vectors, effective identity and access management (IAM) programs remain the best defense against most threats. Watch Session
Organizations are challenged by too much data, too many tools, and not enough resources. It’s time to unify security data, tools, and teams into an integrated security platform. Watch Session passcode: eJL%8KjN
Organizations are under increased pressure to move their data and infrastructure to the cloud in order to achieve greater business agility, responsiveness, and to save costs. Watch Session passcode: [email protected]
New vulnerabilities are discovered almost daily...your clients need more than a few point solutions designed to defend the network’s edge. Watch Session passcode: YPMVMo2t | Presentation | QRadar Options | MVS Calculator