Exertis Cloud Announces Partnership with ContraForce

In a UK first, Exertis Cloud is thrilled to announce a new partnership with ContraForce. This collaboration combines Exertis Cloud’s SMB channel and Microsoft cloud expertise with ContraForce’s award-winning security platform. As a result, Managed Service Providers (MSPs) are set to benefit from enhanced growth opportunities and improved security outcomes for their customers.

So, who is ContraForce and how will this partnership benefit the MSP channel?

The Award-Winning Entrant

ContraForce, Microsoft’s current ISV of the year, aims to simplify cyber security protection. Understanding the complexities that MSPs face in an ever-evolving threat environment, they have developed an MSP-focused Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service. This service is designed to enhance MSPs' security offerings, transform their cybersecurity credentials and put them well on the way to becoming a Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) in the process.

Using AI and hyperautomation, ContraForce integrates various tools and technologies to automate business and IT processes. This enables MSPs to streamline the time and expertise needed to manage protections like Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft Defender XDR and achieve better levels of protection for their customers.

Tackling Pressing Challenges

Together, Exertis Cloud and ContraForce help MSPs overcome challenges in delivering high-quality managed cybersecurity services, particularly MDR. This collaboration allows MSPs to expand their service offerings confidently, adding new capabilities and generating additional revenue streams.

For MSPs with limited time and experience, ContraForce offers an easy, risk-free entry into the cybersecurity services arena. The per-tenant (rather than per-user) delivery model lowers the barrier to entry and provides commercial freedom to decide how to “sell out” MDR services. This approach also makes the service quick and easy to scale for new MSPs.

Enhancing Cybersecurity Skills

Importantly, ContraForce provides a unique in-service experience with prompts and guidance to ensure best practice delivery of cyber security services from the start without the need for lots of pre-existing cyber security skills. Enhanced by 24/7 MITRE ATT&CK/D3FEND detection, it also delivers full attack surface coverage, eliminating blind spots without extensive manual intervention or out-of-hours resourcing. MSPs that are just starting out on their cyber security journey or seeking to develop their skills, will get valuable reassurance from this innovation.

Integrating with Existing Security Investments

ContraForce also seamlessly connects with existing security tools most MSPs will already be relying on. With connectors and configuration templates deployable across multiple tenants, minimal effort is required to get a new MSP security service operational and active for new customers.

Furthermore, features like One-Click response assist in the orchestration of new security services. This enables rapid responses to security incidents by automating predetermined actions at the click of a button. MSPs can compile these actions into a Gamebook, ready to activate in one or multiple environments, or use pre-set gamebooks already available in ContraForce.

Accelerate and Expand the Microsoft Security Journey

Most MSPs are already leveraging the security capabilities within the Microsoft 365 technology stack. ContraForce enhances this, offering a familiar experience and straightforward approach to adding MDR capability. As a respected ISV in the Microsoft community, ContraForce not only integrates seamlessly with existing Microsoft tools but helps MSPs sell more of them.

Grow into Security

You’re not alone if you see the time, resource and experience needed to jump into managed security services as a tricky (even dangerous) path to follow. However, by utilising ContraForce, you can leverage its alignment with the Microsoft 365 ecosystem and benefit from an attractive commercial model, rapid implementation, and extraordinary ease of use – all while laying a strong foundation for future cyber success.

Get in Touch If you’re an MSP looking to become an MSSP or want to learn more about Exertis Cloud’s partnership with ContraForce, contact the Exertis Cloud team today.