CRN Survey: The Spectre & Meltdown Response

A CRN survey asked solution providers to rank their vendor partners responses to the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerability issue.

CRN conducted an online poll of 190 members of the CRN Channel Intelligence Council, a panel of solution providers representing the broad channel ecosystem in North America. In the survey, solution providers ranked the vendor responses to the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerability issue on a scale of one to five, with five being the top mark, or "excellent."

CRN Exclusive: Cisco Earns Top Ratings For Response To Spectre, Meltdown Security Crisis
In a recent CRN survey of solution providers, Cisco outscored other big hardware vendors, including IBM, HPE and Dell EMC, for how it handled the Spectre and Meltdown bugs.

CRN Research: Partners Rank Red Hat, Microsoft For Their Spectre, Meltdown Responses
Red Hat pulls ahead with slightly higher marks in a CRN survey of partners nationwide. Partners of both vendors told CRN that both companies proved their mettle in response to the chip vulnerability crisis.

Spectre And Meltdown Spotlight Vendor Opportunity
The vendor and channel implications of the Spectre and Meltdown processor design flaws are going to be felt for quite some time.

Spectre And Meltdown: Rating The Vendors
Google, Cisco, Intel and Red Hat came out on top in a CRN survey of vendor response to the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities.

CRN Research: Partners Expect To See Big Security Sales Gains In Wake Of Spectre, Meltdown Crisis
"Anytime you have these uber-hyped vulnerabilities that come with their own websites, it raises awareness at the executive level in our client organizations," said Alton Kizziah of Kudelski Security.

CRN Research: Google Bests Microsoft And AWS In Cloud Response To Spectre, Meltdown Vulnerabilities
A recent CRN channel partner survey found that Google received the highest scores among cloud providers in its response to widespread Spectre and Meltdown exploits, beating AWS and Microsoft.

CRN Exclusive: Intel Bests ARM and AMD For Its Spectre, Meltdown Exploit Response
Solution providers ranked Intel's response to the Spectre and Meltdown security flaws as better all around than its competitors, according to an exclusive CRN survey.

CRN Research: Solution Providers Expect To Shoulder Financial Burden Of Spectre, Meltdown Mitigation
According to an exclusive CRN survey, many channel players are being forced to absorb the costs of the Spectre and Meltdown fallout.

Mobile Devices Are Getting Overlooked In Spectre And Meltdown Response, Solution Providers Say
Many smartphones and tablets containing business data do not have the latest patches, or may not even be patchable, mobility specialists told CRN.