Vital Network Solutions becomes service partner of leading IT security provider WatchGuard

HARROGATE, U.K. - May 22, 2013 - PRLog -- Yorkshire based MSP Vital Network Solutions, part of Vital Technology Group, has been awarded Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) partnership status from security solutions vendor WatchGuard.

Vital joins a small list of less than 20 WatchGuard MSSPs, enabling them to add its award-winning portfolio of network security solutions to its managed service offerings.

Vital will bundle hardware, software feature licenses, complimentary cloud services and access to Vital’s team of WatchGuard Certified Systems Professionals for implementation and support into a fixed fee, fully managed network security service for its clients.

Lee Evans, managing director of Vital Network Solutions, said: "Becoming a WatchGuard MSSP elevates our status as a high-quality security solutions provider and increases our capability to meet all of our client’s needs through a fully managed service offering.

"No business is safe from threats such as viruses and malware, and hackers are increasingly going after small companies because they typically have more money and valuable information than individuals, and are less protected than large corporations.

"Unfortunately a survey last in October 2012 found that a large majority of SME owners and operators have a false sense of cyber security, with 83 per cent of them having no formal plans."

He added: "We all know that businesses can suffer significantly from a security breach and costs can quickly get out of hand; downtime, loss of earnings, data loss, reputational damage and breach of customer trust are all risks and businesses can even face significant fines if sensitive personal data is compromised.

“Convincing SMBs to invest what can be quite substantial capital into dedicated network security systems as their business grows can be difficult as they are often used to implementing low cost, consumer grade IT solutions and find the transition hard to justify. Being able to offer the enterprise grade WatchGuard solutions at a low, fixed monthly cost will help us to ensure the security of our growing SMB clients.

"We are proud to be associated with WatchGuard and to be able to offer their award-winning network security solutions as part of our fully managed IT solutions portfolio.”