Building on partner momentum, Recorded Future introduces new value added reseller program providing access to their industry-leading SaaS cyber threat intelligence product
**BOSTON, June 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/** — Recorded Future, the threat intelligence company, today launched its Connect value added reseller (VAR) partner program. The Recorded Future Connect™ Program provides resellers deal registration and competitive margins for selling the most comprehensive threat intelligence product available.
The threat intelligence market is growing at 84 percent CAGR and is expected to hit $1.5 billion in 2018 (IT-Harvest), and Gartner estimated that 60 percent of enterprises will utilize commercial threat intelligence services to help inform their security strategies by that same timeframe.
The launch of the Connect Program comes at a time of aggressive growth for Recorded Future in which the company continues to scale its operations to meet the rising demand for its solution across North America, Europe, and Asia. VAR partners can leverage Recorded Future’s momentum and technology to create a net new revenue stream for growing their topline.
Partners that qualify for the Connect Program, can offer their customers Recorded Future’s threat intelligence powered by patented machine learning to deliver automation, context, and relevancy, to respond to emerging threats up to 10 times faster. Unlike laborious manual processes that limit the scope of analysis, Recorded Future collects applicable threat intelligence from an unparalleled breadth of sources in real time and delivers customized alerts to dramatically improve operational efficiency and network defense.
Some of the many benefits for VARs include:
- Intelligence briefings from experienced analysts.
- Access to unique research and insight from the Insikt Group (Recorded Future’s world-class domain experts in technical threat intelligence and foreign adversary tactics).
- Deal registration, margin and renewal discounts.
- Product trials and resources.
- Sales training, tools and support.
- Technical support and resources.
- Technical and sales certifications.
- Threat Intelligence marketing campaigns and support.
Recorded Future can also be used to enhance existing vulnerability management, incident response, and threat assessment services, and has certified integrations with Splunk Enterprise/ES, HPE ArcSight, IBM QRadar, Resilient, Maltego, and more. These integrations provide a way for Connect VARs to take advantage of security technology they may already be selling to partners. Connect VARs have access to support and resources for Recorded Future productized integrations for building larger security software solutions sets.
“We are on a mission to bring threat intelligence powered by machine learning to the masses at a time when enterprises are plagued by an expanding threat landscape. With increasing need for organizations to implement a proactive threat intelligence strategy, value added resellers are the perfect partners to support our aggressive growth.”
— Christopher Ahlberg, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at Recorded Future
“The Connect Program is a great opportunity for VARs to differentiate themselves in the market by filling a gap in their security portfolio and providing an innovative offering to existing customers, all while enhancing their trusted security advisor status with their customers.”
— David Sauer, Director of Global Channels at Recorded Future
“Strategic partnerships with leading technology vendors such as Recorded Future are critical to the success of Red River and the security of our customers. Joining the Connect Partner Program allows us to better serve our customers by helping to address increasingly complex threat intelligence challenges. Red River’s comprehensive arsenal of solutions and services which include critical data center, security, network infrastructure, collaboration and functional mobility challenges will be enhanced with the addition of the Recorded Solution partnership.”
— Dominic Agostino, Partner Alliance Manager at Red River
**Global Recorded Future Connect VARs**
Recorded Future is already partnered with industry-leading VARs: Acensi, Angara Technologies Group, August Schell, Bacher Systems, BlackSite International, BlackLake Security, Blue Bay Technologies, Blue Turtle Technologies, Brookcourt Solutions, Communication Valley Reply, Gulf Business Machines, EJADA Systems, HIC Networks, Hurricane Labs, Integration Partners, iSECURE, PacketLogix, Proficio, Red River, RTP Computer Services, S21sec, SecureLink, Set Solutions, StarLink (Distributor), Stratejm, Telexiom, Tiberium Security, Versos, and WavePort Security.
**How to Participate**
Participation in the partner program will enable Recorded Future’s VARs to strategically become next-generation threat intelligence trusted advisors to their customers. For more information on the Connect Program or to become a Connect VAR partner, please visit go.recordedfuture.com/partner.
**About Recorded Future**
Recorded Future delivers threat intelligence powered by machine learning, arming you to significantly lower risk. We enable you to connect the dots to rapidly reveal unknown threats before they impact your business, and empower you to respond to security alerts 10 times faster. To supercharge the efforts of human analysts and SOC teams, our patented technology automatically collects and analyzes intelligence from technical, open, and dark web sources. Recorded Future delivers radically more context than threat feeds alone, updates in real time so intelligence stays relevant, and packages information ready for human analysis or instant integration with your existing security technology. 86% of the Fortune 100 use Recorded Future every day to reduce risk. Learn more at www.recordedfuture.com and follow us on Twitter at @RecordedFuture.