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Insider Risk: SMB data and the threat within
Insider risk is a subtle and continuous challenge for SMB customers. Turn it into a manageable and quantifiable aspect of their Data Protection strategy.
Confidently position, sell, and deliver data protection solutions that bring data security, continuity and compliance closer together for your customers.
In today’s hybrid cloud world, data protection is a business imperative.
SMBs face relentless threats: ransomware, insider risks, compliance complexity and operational downtime. Yet many partners struggle to connect cybersecurity and continuity investments to measurable business value.
Crayon’s new Data Protection Playbook series will give you the frameworks, conversation guides and solution mapping you need to help your customers protect what matters most, while growing your own business.
What triggers a small or medium sized business to begin exploring their Data Protection needs? The first Playbook in this new series breaks down the Pre-Adoption and Exploration stage in the customer lifecycle.
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Download the first Data Protection Playbook: Pre-Adoption and Exploration Stage to be notified as each new Playbook is released:
Effectively protecting SMB data requires more than deploying individual tools. It requires coordinated solutions and services that align to business objectives, IT priorities and operational actions.
If you’re ready to get underway, download the Data Protection Playbook: Pre-Adoption and Exploration Stage today.
Have immediate opportunities? Confirm your interest in a 40 minute workshop call with our Data Protection team, and we’ll be in touch to get the ball rolling.
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