Netacea, the bot detection and security mitigation specialist, is recruiting MSPs and MSSPs to resell its technology to customers.
Bots can be used to take over customer accounts, check the validity of stolen credit card details, scrape content from sites and more. While simple rules and web application firewalls can limit the most basic attacks, more sophisticated bots are increasingly common and can easily get around these rules. Netacea partners are being tasked to deploy an “entry level” product with basic protection across their platforms. The partnership gives service providers the ability to protect their customers from malicious bots “without the need for training or integration”.
Partners will act as referrers, while Netacea will provide the technology and work directly with the customer to implement the solution. Unlike a common reseller relationship, there will be no expectation on the provider to offer support, beyond basic first-line tech support if appropriate.
“This approach to partnerships will help give Netacea a global reach and meet the expectations of different customers around the world,” said the vendor.
Andy Still, CTO of UK-headquartered Netacea, said: “The bot mitigation we offer is increasingly necessary in many sectors as businesses find that simple rules-based solutions are no longer sophisticated enough to keep out attackers.”
He said: “Bot mitigation needs to be considered as a fundamental part of a web security strategy. It makes sense for us to work with providers that have established relationships - we’re not looking to replace them, but supplement what they are already offering.”
Web performance and load testing specialist thinkTribe already partners with Netacea. Tom Challinor, strategic account and partnership manager at thinkTribe, said: “Working with Netacea made complete sense as we already had customers in common, had worked together for those customers and understood how our products and expertise complement each other.
“Partnering with Netacea means that when our customers face a bot problem, we know just the people to call.”
