Ingram Micro is beating the cyber security drum having positioned security as one of the three strategic pillars in its cloud ecosystem alongside infrastructure and services.
The company has also pledged to make several investments into cyber security, including plans to expand its wrap-around services for channel partners and the launch of a cloud security business unit later this year.
As part of its security strategy the distributor has added the Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud (SEPC) offering to its automated Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace.
SEPC configures policies based on the role of a user in an organisation and enables end users to self-enrol their own devices, corporate or personally owned, via their own online portal.
Apay Obang-Oyway, Director, Cloud Northern Europe at Ingram Micro Cloud, said: "With SEPC, our partners have access to a cloud-based endpoint security proposition via a monthly subscription, boasting the benefits of enterprise quality protection at an SMB price."
He cited figures from the Cloud Industry Forum that suggest the user base for cloud security is set to grow by almost half, with 36% currently deploying a cloud-based security solution, and a further 17% expecting to do so in the future. "Now's the time for resellers to maximise on the opportunities," stated Obang-Oyway.
The move follows the addition of Microsoft Azure in the UK to the Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace late last year.
Global IT distributor Ingram Micro was snapped up by Chinese investment firm Tianjin Tianhai a year ago for $6bn.