by Angela Guess

A new press release states, “Secureworks, a leading global cybersecurity company that keeps organizations safe in a digitally connected world, and Carahsoft Technology Corp., the Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider™, announced today that they have formed an alliance. Together they are offering government and educational institutions an early warning system, driven by real-time threat intelligence, to help these entities prevent security breaches and protect the critical data and systems they oversee. Carahsoft will resell Secureworks’ solutions to the public sector via Carahsoft’s GSA Schedule 70 and NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP V) contracts. Carahsoft will also distribute Secureworks’ solutions through the National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) Value Point cooperative purchasing contract and the California Multiple Award Schedule (CMAS), among other state-specific contract vehicles.”

The release goes on, “With Secureworks’ solutions, government and educational organizations will be equipped to: Protect crucial government and citizen data, critical infrastructure systems and intellectual property from insider and outsider threats; Meet and exceed compliance regulations and industry best practices; Adapt security policies, procedures and infrastructure to defend against increasingly advanced cyber threats; Securely drive the digital transformation of their core processes and services. ‘We are excited to welcome Secureworks to the Carahsoft solutions portfolio,’ said Maryam Emdadi Smith, Vice President, who leads the Secureworks Solutions Team at Carahsoft. ‘We are extremely pleased about this alliance because now Carahsoft and its network of partners can offer government organizations and educational institutions a portfolio of trusted security solutions, enabling these entities to focus on their core organizational goals, without taxing their resources’.”

Read more at Business Wire.

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