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CRITICALSTART Partners with Managed Detection and Response Provider RangeForce

businesswire | January 11, 2021

RangeForce, the organization that is changing network safety preparing, today declared an association with Texas-based CRITICALSTART, a main online protection supplier of Managed Detection and Response (MDR) administrations. Under terms of the understanding, CRITICALSTART will give the RangeForce intelligent network safety preparing stage to its clients.

RangeForce's double way to deal with digital preparation joins cyberskills recreation modules with a completely incorporated digital reach in a SaaS climate. This mix permits security experts and groups to constantly prepare and shield against genuine assaults in an active and connecting with climate.

“We are excited to partner with RangeForce to address the cybersecurity training needs of our customers,” said Tera Davis, Managing Director, CRITICALSTART. “Their approach to cyber simulation can fulfill the unique needs of organizations of all sizes.”

RangeForce clients generally start their excursion with on-request preparing modules conveyed through job based, prescriptive learning ways. From that point, students keep on taking provokes that range from fledgling to cutting edge capacities to test their aptitudes and report progress. RangeForce's preparation is a financially savvy option in contrast to conventional preparing and on-premise digital reaches.

“Skills training and readiness is crucially important to cybersecurity operations for all types of organizations,” said Jackson Thibodeau, Sr. Director of Channels at RangeForce. “At RangeForce, we have a strong commitment to the channel and CRITICALSTART has a reputation and presence that will help us deliver these solutions to customers in their region.”

About RangeForce

RangeForce makes creating highly skilled cybersecurity defenders simple, flexible, and fast for all enterprises. Powered by the industry’s first SaaS-based, integrated cybersecurity simulation and virtual cyber range, we help customers operationalize a security training program in hours, saving up to 65% over traditional training and up to $1M annually on hosted cyber ranges. RangeForce is revolutionizing cybersecurity training with its adaptive learning to rapidly train and cross-train DevOps, IT, and security professionals, while integrating best-of-breed solutions from a growing ecosystem of RangeForce partners.

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