PhishMe and Aquion Announce Strategic Channel Alliance

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND – May 23, 2017: PhishMe Inc., the leading provider of human phishing defense solutions and Aquion, a focused software security distributor of IT products and services, announced a new strategic channel alliance. As a premier reseller and distributor, Aquion will help to accelerate the rapid growth that PhishMe has achieved across Australia and New Zealand.

Aquion specializes in bringing innovative and emerging technologies to the Australia/New Zealand and APAC marketplaces.  Aquion’s sales and technical resources are vendor trained and certified to deliver a high level experience to customers. The strategic alliance will benefit customers across the region, with PhishMe’s human intelligence-driven anti-phishing solutions augmenting Aquion’s comprehensive security technology portfolio. Together, PhishMe and Aquion will help to protect organisations from today’s advanced security threats.

Audrey Lyon, Sales Manager of Aquion said “We’re excited about this collaboration which provides us with excellent opportunities, as PhishMe’s defense solutions offer a number of unique benefits to organisations throughout the Asia Pacific region. PhishMe’s innovative approach presents customers with a comprehensive and scalable human phishing defense solution, to help tackle the pressing issue of the number one attack vector – phishing. We know our customers are struggling with phishing attacks that are growing in complexity and frequency.  Our relationship with PhishMe will certainly enhance the Aquion Security business unit which helps customers monitor, manage, and secure all elements of enterprise infrastructure using the best technologies.”

PhishMe’s phishing incident response platform and phishing threat intelligence enables Security Operations Centre and Incident Response teams to respond faster to real threats – decreasing the risk of data breaches. Its intelligence-driven solutions empower employees to be an active line of defense and source of attack intelligence by enabling them to identify, report, and mitigate spear phishing, malware, and drive-by threats. The company has received a range of respected industry awards over the course of the last year, and recently announced record year-on-year growth.

“Collaboration with industry leading IT and security companies such as Aquion extends our reach to a greater number of customers facing an unprecedented increase in frequency and damage caused by cyberattacks,” explained Jim Hansen, Chief Operating Officer, PhishMe. “PhishMe is the only security company that provides a comprehensive and scalable human phishing defense solution. Through our alliance with Aquion, we are giving organizations across the Oceania region the security solutions and intelligence they need to proactively detect and quickly respond to cyber attacks.”

PhishMe and Aquion will both be exhibiting at AusCERT 2017, taking place at the Surfers Paradise Marriott in Gold Coast, Australia from 23-26 May, 2017. Please visit PhishMe in booth S29 and Aquion in booth S17 for more information.

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