High Wire Networks has been a trusted partners to VARs and MSPs for 20 years. In 2018, High Wire started Overwatch Managed Security, a best-of-breed cybersecurity platform as a service.
Where do MSPs begin to become a trusted MSSP for their customers? The business transformation is costly, time consuming and requires cybersecurity talent that we all know is hard to find.
Our headquarters is inside a renovated, century-old church in Batavia, Illinois, about 40 miles west of Chicago. In 2018, we expanded our office from one floor to three, creating a modern, open-plan that lends itself to good collaboration and teamwork.
High Wire Networks enables our partners to GET WORK DONE with our three uniques: easy to engage process, layered subject matter expertise, and efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
It’s no secret that the demand for cybersecurity expertise is high yet the talent pool remains low. That means security experts command top dollar. A career in security can mean […]
A Message from CEO Mark Porter: On behalf of our entire organization, I want to take a moment to let everyone know what we have been doing over the last […]
“As with any disaster recovery, you first have to find out what is essential to your business that you have to protect. There’s a lot of control mechanisms, protection, monitoring, […]
By: Charles Hughes, High Wire Networks’ Chief Operating Officer & CompTIA Guest Blogger In our global society, where the pandemic COVID-19 can suddenly wreak havoc in our marketplace, is your […]
20-Year IT Veteran to Ensure Platform Integrity, Serve as Trusted Technology Adviser to MSPs and Their Business Clients High Wire Networks, providers of the Overwatch Managed Security Platform-as-a-Service, announced today […]
What would you do if you were under cyberattack? It’s not a question of if, but when your business will be targeted. Join us for a one hour webinar as […]
If you and/or your employees are working remotely due to COVID-19, please consider these recommendations. It is imperative we keep a vigilant watch over our networks and data during these […]
To Our Valued Partners, All of us here at High Wire Networks understand we are a component of your supply chain in some way, and we appreciate that you allow […]
High Wire Networks (HWN) wasted no time on behalf of a multimillion-dollar value-added reseller partner, to install new firewalls and switches and replace access points for a garbage and recycling […]
With modern enterprise businesses’ reliance on information technology, uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems are critical to ensuring a seamless continuation of business operations in the event of power failures. High […]
By: Charles Hughes, COO, High Wire Networks This is the first in a series of three blogs on CompTIA’, that will cover the basic fundamentals of leveraging a more agile […]
Guernsey-based Facility Boosts Availability, Georedundancy & GPDR Compliance for Businesses Around the World. High Wire Networks, a leading provider of managed security services based in Chicago, announced today the addition […]
MSP Today Q&A with High Wire Networks’ CEO Mark Porter Security is a business problem, not a technology problem, said High Wire Networks’ CEO Mark Porter in an interview with […]
Solution Goes Beyond SIEM, Combining XDR Technology & 24/7 Security Operations Center as a Service to MSPs and Their Clients High Wire Networks a leading global technical field, professional and […]
MSPs, IT and Business Leaders Invited to Half-Day Event Demonstrating Step-by-Step Incident Detection & Response High Wire Networks, a leading global technical field, professional and cybersecurity services company, announced today […]
A state government agency based in the Northeast wanted to ensure the tightest security posture in light of recent cyber-ransom attacks on cities, but it needed a security operations center […]
On behalf of a large VAR partner, High Wire Networks successfully deployed an end customer’s newly acquired competitors’ IT system into their own at more than a hundred sites across […]
Overwatch Managed Security Checks All the Boxes The state of New York is tightening up data privacy and security rules with the SHIELD Act, which takes effect on March 21, […]
The cybersecurity workforce shortage is not hypothetical: According to the ISC(2) cyber-certification group, the size of the current workforce leaves a significant gap between the number of cybersecurity professionals working […]
As we head into 2020, the debate over what tech giants do with private consumer information has reached an all-time high. As a result, new laws will fundamentally change how […]
Guest Blogger: Josh Bode, High Wire Intern How can managers be more effective with employees across generations and best communicate with those from different backgrounds and generations? It is a […]
Crime never sleeps – but it evolves. After a year marked ransomware, business email compromise (BEC) fraud and an increase in targeted attacks against companies of all sizes, 2020 has […]
20-year Operations Management Veteran Joins Leading Global Technical Services Firm CHICAGO – December 6, 2019 – High Wire Networks, a leading global technical field, professional and cybersecurity services company, announced […]
As the number of vulnerabilities found in software hits an all-time high, security teams are struggling with keeping on top of the patching process – i.e., updating software to apply […]
XDR is the new kid on the security block. And, it’s stealing all the attention from the popular, but older EDR. Before you start feeling bad about EDR’s fall from […]
[Jeremy Cullen to Leverage Overwatch’s Streamlined Quoting and Onboarding Processes to Engineer Cybersecurity Solutions for MSPs and Their Clients] CHICAGO – October 24, 2019 – High Wire Networks, providers of […]
By: Nick Pratt (Overwatch Security Analyst) and Ben Weerts (Overwatch Inside Sales/Marketing) As we approach the October 15 extension deadline, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is alerting taxpayers about a […]
[Philip Burnett’s Leadership Fortifies MSSP’s Position as Trusted Authority in Cybersecurity for Sales Partners and Their Business Clients] CHICAGO – September 25, 2019 –High Wire Networks, providers of the Overwatch […]
West Sealand Digital to Sell the Overwatch Managed Security Platform-as-a-Service to SMBs in EMEA Countries CHICAGO & GUERNSEY – September 17, 2019 – High Wire Networks, a leading provider of […]
Joel Zaidspiner from The ChannelPro Network met with the Overwatch Managed Security team last month at ChannelCon by CompTIA in Las Vegas. He sat down with Josue Vargas, Overwatch’s Director […]
The customer sites weren’t a hop, skip and jump away. Getting there required more than just a flight and rental car. High Wire field engineers, with the coordination of veteran […]
Overwatch Managed Security, High Wire’s security service, attended CompTIA’s annual convention, ChannelCon, August 5-7, 2019, in Las Vegas. Josue Vargas, the Director of Security Operations, was featured on a podcast hosted by Don Witt from […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE High Wire Networks’ Certified Ethical Hacker to Address State of Cybersecurity at ChannelCon 2019 Josue Vargas, Director of Security Operations, to Discuss the Challenge of Making Enterprise-class […]
The Overwatch Protection: Overwatch Security Analysts, monitoring a customer’s network, last month, discovered cybercriminals attempting to log-in to their web portal, using a brute force attack. Overwatch advised the […]
By: Susanna Song Here at High Wire Networks, Get Work Done, is a common mantra we use. The three words are even plastered across one of our office walls. That […]
4 Steps to Effective IT Security Marketing If there is one advantage marketing IT security products, it is that you and your audience start from the shared perspective that taking […]
In business today, digital security is one of the most important functions that any IT department is responsible for, and the weight of that responsibility is only growing over time. […]
In the wake of the surprisingly high volume of serious data breaches that hit businesses of all sizes (and impacted millions of consumers) last year, information security practices are already […]
