AppGuard Partners with ThinkOn to Deliver Leading Cybersecurity Solutions in Canada

ThinkOn selected AppGuard to ensure their customers are equipped with a cutting-edge prevention-based cybersecurity suite.

New York, NY – November 13, 2019 – AppGuard, Inc, A Blue Planet-works company and leading zero trust cybersecurity solution provider for endpoints, servers, mobile platforms, and IoT devices, today announced a new strategic partnership with ThinkOn, Canada’s only wholesale provider of storage, compute and networking resources. As a leading service provider with over 100 reseller partners across North America, ThinkOn strives to develop a comprehensive portfolio of solutions that enable the adoption of cloud services that are both innovative and practical.

AppGuard has been deployed by leading government, financial, legal, healthcare, travel and many other industry organizations to effectively and affordably address the rapid escalation of malicious cybersecurity threats, often undetectable by conventional means. AppGuard’s patented solution is unique in the space, focused on prevention instead of detection. This approach has been proven to be effective against every type of attack, including fileless malware, drive by downloads and most importantly, zero day. At the same time, implementing AppGuard into the cybersecurity stack, provides significant cost savings across the entire IT and cybersecurity cost center.

“ThinkOn is an outstanding partner for us to continue our global expansion. They are a critical leader in their industry and in the Canadian market, which will be critical to expanding our global footprint.  ThinkOn is committed to extending their value by providing cost-effective solutions with 100% focus on data protection in the industry.” says Maitland Muse, VP of Channels & Strategic Alliances.

The Canadian government has developed a new cybersecurity strategy to bolster Canada’s ability to combat cybercrime and safeguard Canadians digital privacy, security and economy. Over $500 million is planned to be invested in cybersecurity in the next five years. This is the single largest investment in cybersecurity ever made by the Canadian government. The strategy notes that cybercrime costs Canada over $3 billion a year, but that internationally, the annual cost is expected to rise to $6 trillion by 2021.

“We are extremely delighted to add AppGuard as a leading cybersecurity solution to our cloud solution stack.” says Craig McLLelan, CEO of ThinkOn. “After vetting numerous vendors in the space, it was evident that AppGuard brings an unmatched solution to the market and is exactly the type of product and vendor we want to associate with our brand and customer expectations.”

About AppGuard, Inc.

AppGuard, a Blue Planet-works company, provides award-winning server and endpoint cybersecurity protection for enterprises as well as small and medium sized businesses. AppGuard’s patented inheritance technology maintains the same level of guarding and isolation on any process spawned from a risky application. The technology does not rely on detection and response, and instead prevents. For more information, visit: https://www.appguard.us/

About ThinkOn

ThinkOn is a wholesale provider of cloud infrastructure services with over 140 partners and over 1,100 end subscribers. The company supports its channel with over 14 data centers in Canada and the U.S. to deliver un-paralleled data management and information asset protection solutions to companies in North America.