Here are a few of the key Q1 2018 highlights:
- Webroot added nearly 1,000 managed service providers (MSPs) in Q1 fiscal year 2018, bringing its total of MSP partners to over 10,200. Charity Channel Advisors named Webroot the number one endpoint protection provider to MSPs with 30 percent market share.
- The company increased the number of businesses it protects by 30,000 this quarter. In total, Webroot protects more than 240,000 businesses worldwide.
- Webroot acquired the assets of Securecast, a security awareness training platform and launched Webroot Security Awareness Training to give MSPs and businesses a solution to reduce the risks and costs of phishing, ransomware, and other cyber threats with end-user education.
- Webroot launched its Webroot Certification Program that enables the sales and technical teams at MSPs, VARs, and other distribution partners to better sell and support Webroot SecureAnywhere® Business Endpoint Protection.
- The company announced the general availability of its new solution, BrightCloud® Streaming Malware Detection. Webroot drew upon more than ten years of machine learning expertise to create the solution, which identifies more than 90 percent of zero-day, polymorphic, and traditional malware within milliseconds, according to efficacy testing.