As part of the annual Partner Program Guide, CRN designates some vendor channel programs as 5-Star Partner Programs. Here are the 5-Star Partner Programs among security vendors for 2026.
Secure In The Knowledge
Cybersecurity incidents are generating some pretty scary headlines these days with the seemingly never-ending stream of ransomware, phishing, malware, zero-day exploit and denial-of-service attacks.
The demand for IT security has given rise to a fast-growing—and rapidly evolving—cybersecurity industry with hundreds of vendors offering cybersecurity products and services.
For solution providers, picking which cybersecurity vendors to partner with can be a difficult decision. While the cybersecurity products and technologies offered by vendors is a big part of that decision, so is the scale and quality of the partner programs these vendors operate.
The CRN 2026 Partner Program Guide offers the information solution providers need to evaluate the channel programs operated by the IT vendors they work with or are considering partnering with. The guide is based on detailed applications submitted by vendors outlining all aspects of their partner programs.
As part of the Partner Program Guide, CRN designates some programs as 5-Star Partner Programs because they provide the most comprehensive lineups of incentives, resources, training, services and benefits.
Here we provide snapshots of the 5-Star designees in the security space, a category that includes cloud and application security, data security, email and web security, endpoint protection, identity and access management, managed detection and response, network security, security operations platforms, and security service edge. Details of every vendor’s partner program can be found at crn.com.
Slide shows in the 5-Star Partner Program Guide series include companies that provide products and services in eight technology categories: cloud, computing, data center, MSP platforms, networking, security, software and storage. A separate list will highlight startup companies with 5-Star partner programs.
While many companies provide products and services that span multiple technologies, we’ve assigned each vendor to the slide show for the technology category in which they are most prominent.
The text concerning the biggest changes to partner programs has been taken from each company’s PPG application and lightly edited.
Acronis
Program Name: Acronis Partner Program
Channel Chief: Alex Ruslyakov, Channel Chief
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
Over the past year, Acronis has continued to elevate its Acronis Partner Program with new initiatives designed to boost partner profitability, engagement and growth across all segments. Building on last year’s successful enhancements, Acronis has significantly increased the value for Value-Added Resellers (VARs) by introducing a deal registration discount of up to 25 percent, rewarding partners for upselling, cross-selling and targeting Operational Technology (OT) customers—with a special focus on system integrator partners.
The program now also includes exclusive incentives for acquiring new logos, along with the continuation of competitive displacement promotions that help partners deliver substantial savings when migrating customers from competing solutions to Acronis.
In parallel, Acronis has maintained its rebate incentives for Gold and Platinum partners, as well as cross-sell bonuses tied to Service Provider revenue, which drive sustained partner growth. In 2025, the company further expanded its ecosystem by developing dedicated programs for OEM and telecommunications partners, enabling new go-to-market routes and co-innovation opportunities. These strategic enhancements reinforce Acronis’ commitment to partner profitability and long-term collaboration, empowering partners to accelerate revenue while delivering superior cyber protection solutions to customers worldwide.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=3
Arctic Wolf
Program Name: Arctic Wolf Partner Program
Channel Chief: Will Briggs, SVP, Global Channel Sales
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
Over the past year, Arctic Wolf has significantly evolved its partner program by investing heavily in technical enablement, global expansion and innovative engagement. A cornerstone of this transformation was launching an enhanced technical training program, offering a comprehensive suite of virtual courses to deepen our partners’ expertise in our solutions and the broader security landscape.
To foster a stronger community, we also introduced the Enhanced Champions Club, our first-ever technical evangelist group designed to embrace and engage key technical resources within our partner ecosystem. We fueled partner motivation with out-of-the-box promotions and celebrated our collaboration through unique joint events like Partner Jam. This programmatic evolution was supported by substantial internal growth to over 3,400 employees, which in turn powered our international expansion into more than 70 new countries, including Japan, Singapore and across Latin America.
Furthermore, we created additional avenues to market for key offerings like Incident Response and Managed Security Awareness.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=11
Armis
Program Name: Armis Select Partner Program
Channel Chief: Patrick McCue, SVP, Global Partners
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
Over the past year, we’ve completely redesigned our partner program to provide greater flexibility, choice and empowerment than traditional tiered models ever allowed. Rather than forcing partners into rigid tiers with complex requirements, the new Armis Select Partner Program enables them to choose how they want to engage—whether through referrals, reselling, delivering services or building joint solutions.
We introduced three clear routes to market: Sell, Service and Connect, so partners can align their investments with the motions that best fit their business. With no fixed tiers or barriers, partners can define success on their own terms, unlock incentives through deeper engagement, and access benefits that drive mutual growth, profitability and long-term success.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=12
AvePoint
Program Name: AvePoint Partner Program
Channel Chief: Scott Sacket, SVP, Partner Strategy
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
Building on last year’s overhaul, we introduced a points-based structure that rewards behaviors driving long-term, mutual growth—such as enablement, customer success and solution adoption—rather than revenue alone. This shift reflects our commitment to helping partners build sustainable, security-centric service offerings.
To operationalize the program, we made significant investments in systems and platforms that streamline on-boarding, tracking and reporting, ensuring a seamless partner experience. In addition, we added a dedicated Program Operations Manager to optimize processes and maintain program integrity as we scale globally.
These changes position our partners to capitalize on market opportunities with confidence, while giving us the agility to evolve based on feedback and trends. Our focus remains clear: Empower partners to grow profitably and deliver exceptional outcomes for customers.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=18
Axonius
Program Name: Axonius Partner Program
Channel Chief: Ernesto Tey, VP, Global Partners, Alliances
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
Moving to a 100 percent channel sales model. Providing 100 percent comp neutrality for our sellers and presales team. And making the decision to build service delivery to be 100 percent partner delivered.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=19
Barracuda Networks
Program Name: Barracuda Partner Success Program
Channel Chief: Michelle Hodges, SVP, Global Channels, Alliances
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
In 2025, Barracuda introduced the AI-powered BarracudaONE cybersecurity platform that maximizes protection and cyber resilience. This launch marked a strategic alignment of innovation and partner enablement. BarracudaONE is built for MSPs and their customers, consolidating layered security defenses into a single, unified solution and delivering deep, intelligent threat detection and response. It safeguards email, data, applications and networks and is backed by 24×7 managed XDR for advanced threat detection and rapid response.
By eliminating the need for multiple vendors and fragmented tools, BarracudaONE reduces complexity, lowers costs and closes exploitable blind spots. The platform offers complete visibility through a centralized dashboard, enabling MSPs to manage accounts, licenses, solutions and threat response across their entire customer base from one intuitive interface. This streamlined experience minimizes context switching, simplifies operations and boosts productivity—freeing teams to focus on strategic priorities.
In addition, BarracudaONE delivers powerful reporting and actionable insights, helping organizations monitor risk, measure ROI and demonstrate the impact of their security. With holistic visibility and AI-driven intelligence, businesses can respond more quickly and effectively to emerging threats, thereby strengthening their resilience and driving measurable outcomes.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=21
BeyondTrust
Program Name: PartnerTrust Program
Channel Chief: Jim Ortbals, SVP, Global Partner Ecosystems
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
Over the last 12 months we have focused on incremental improvements to the PartnerTrust Program. We now have ungated technical training access for our partners, launched a new Certified Admin certification, implemented customizable listings in our Partner Locator on the BeyondTrust website, and introduced Partner Teaming Registration to co-sell with our partners on opportunities.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=22
Bitdefender
Program Name: Bitdefender Partner Advantage Network
Channel Chief: Jason Eberhardt, SVP, Channel
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
During 2025 we launched a refreshed version of both the Reselling Channel Program and the MSP Partner Program. This relaunch brought updated benefits, improved enablement, and a stronger alignment with today’s market needs, ensuring our partners are equipped for continued success. Moreover, we have improved the deal registration process and the Not For Resale (NFR) program and have added a new top Platinum tier to the Bronze, Silver and Gold existing tiers in the program.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=24
Check Point Software Technologies
Program Name: Check Point Partner Program
Channel Chief: Nisha Holt, Head Of Americas Partner Sales
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
A key aspect of the Check Point Partner Program over the past year is the robust partner enablement framework. Check Point partners benefit from extensive training, certifications, tools, marketing sales and technical support. We designed these resources to empower teams, enhance operational efficiency, and enable the delivery of superior value to clients. The comprehensive support structure ensures partners are well equipped to meet the challenges of the evolving cybersecurity landscape.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=32
CyberArk
Program Name: CyberArk Partner Program
Channel Chief: Chris Moore, SVP, Global Channels
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
Over the past year, CyberArk has continued to transform its global partner program to deliver greater scalability, automation and profitability for partners. Building on the foundation of its award-winning framework, CyberArk introduced the MSP Hub, a SaaS-based multi-tenant console that simplifies service delivery, provisioning, and license management for partners operating managed service models.
The program also expanded its SaaS-first and subscription-driven approach, equipping partners to build predictable, recurring revenue streams and strengthen customer life-cycle engagement. Enhanced automation and enablement investments—spanning on-boarding, deal registration, and access to learning and sales resources—have created a more efficient, self-service experience that accelerates partner time to value.
Throughout these updates, CyberArk has maintained a unified program structure that supports all partner types, reducing administrative complexity while improving global consistency and performance visibility. These advancements reflect CyberArk’s commitment to empowering partners to deliver secure, scalable and profitable identity security outcomes, positioning the program among the most modern and partner-centric in the industry.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=48
Darktrace
Program Name: Darktrace Defenders Partner Program
Channel Chief: Dan Monahan, Chief Partner, Transformation Officer
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year:
Over the past year, one of the most significant enhancements to our partner program has been the introduction of a dedicated Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) track. This addition reflects our commitment to supporting partners who deliver advanced security services and play a critical role in protecting customers across increasingly complex threat landscapes.
The MSSP program offers tailored benefits, enablement resources and go-to-market support designed to accelerate growth and deepen collaboration. By expanding our partner ecosystem to include MSSPs, we’re better positioned to meet rising demand for managed security solutions and drive greater value for both partners and customers.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=55
Dataminr
Program Name: Dataminr Partner Network
Channel Chief: Matthew Harrell, Chief Partner Officer
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
The most significant change in the past year was the strategic decision to transition to a partner-first go-to-market strategy. This required a foundational overhaul to achieve operational excellence and scale our channel efforts globally.
We increased our dedicated partner team across all regions and functionally aligned key internal teams, from sales to marketing, to support our partners as the primary route to market. This alignment improved engagement, streamlined deal registration and accelerated speed to revenue.
Structurally, we introduced new enablement resources, such as Partner University, and a tiered system that rewards investment and performance, which directly resulted in an all-time-high number of partner-sourced and partner-led transactions. This marks a pivotal shift toward becoming a best-in-class channel company.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=58
eSentire
Program Name: e3 Partner Ecosystem
Channel Chief: Grady Johnston, Business Development Director, North America
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
eSentire launched the Atlas Nexus Network in 2025, enabling MSPs and systems integrators to license and operate their own dedicated instance of eSentire’s Atlas’ XDR platform. Partners can integrate their own security offerings, create differentiated business models and rapidly deploy new services—all powered by eSentire Atlas’ GenAI and agentic capabilities.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=68
ESET
Program Name: ESET Partner Connect Program
Channel Chief: Ryan Grant, Country Manager, U.S., Canada
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
ESET is constantly refining the partner program and developing new technologies, processes and merchandising strategies to ensure our channel partners remain competitive and operate efficiently.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=69
Exabeam
Program Name: Exabeam APEX Partner Program
Channel Chief: Craig Patterson, Global Channel Chief
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
In July 2025, Exabeam relaunched the Exabeam APEX Partner Program as a global transformation initiative grounded in partner feedback and operational data. This was not a rebrand; it was a comprehensive overhaul of the legacy framework, informed by the global Voice of the Partner survey, internal profitability reviews, and input from sales, marketing, legal and services teams.
The new Exabeam APEX Partner Program replaces volume-based tiers with a competency-first model that rewards technical skill, customer success and service-led growth. It introduces structured enablement by role and persona, including tailored paths for MSSPs, VARs, distributors and advisors. New incentives such as stackable discounts, pooled licensing and performance rebates align to partner behavior and long-term outcomes. Global rollout included regional summits, localized training resources, and upgraded automation within the partner portal.
Early results show stronger partner engagement, accelerated on-boarding, and measurable increases in partner-led pipeline and customer retention. This is more than structural change. Exabeam APEX Partner Program reflects a cultural shift toward long-term, scalable partnerships built on trust, expertise and mutual growth. Exabeam has redefined what it means to be partner-centric.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=70
FireMon
Program Name: Ignite Partner Program
Channel Chief: Nicole Stavroff, VP, Worldwide Channels, Alliances
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
Over the past year FireMon has made significant enhancements to strengthen partner enablement, expand global reach, and deliver clearer value around our integrations and joint solutions.
First, we fully operationalized our new global distribution relationship with Exclusive Networks across North America, EMEA and APAC. This included aligning field teams, establishing shared sales motions, and building comprehensive enablement playbooks, sales collateral, and GTM campaigns centered on our most in-demand alliance integrations. This investment created a unified and repeatable global engagement model for distributors and resellers.
Second, we accelerated growth efforts across EMEA by deepening joint activity with Fortinet regional teams and Exclusive Networks’ Fortinet vendor managers. By amplifying integration messaging and providing targeted enablement, we equipped partners with new high-margin opportunities in compliance, security policy automation, and Zero Trust initiatives.
Finally, we recognized the need to help partners better articulate how FireMon supports transformational customer initiatives. To address this, we introduced refreshed messaging that clearly defines the customer challenges we solve, the outcomes our integrations deliver, and the ROI partners can showcase. This improved clarity elevated FireMon’s relevance in partner portfolios, increased joint engagements, and strengthened long-term relationships across our ecosystem.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=77
Forcepoint
Program Name: Forcepoint’s Global Partner Program
Channel Chief: Tim Puccio, VP, Global Channel Sales
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
Throughout the past year, we’ve strengthened our partner ecosystem by strategically consolidating routes to market and prioritizing high-value relationships. We reduced operational noise by off-boarding more than 18,000 inactive partners, enhancing visibility into meaningful connections and setting the stage to identify focus and growth partners. This foundation enables a cleaner, more actionable partner base, driving stronger pipeline and demand generation. As a result, we’re enabling our focus partners to deliver AI-native data security more efficiently, while increasing customer satisfaction and outcomes through the Forcepoint Data Security Everywhere platform.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=79
Fortinet
Program Name: Engage Partner Program
Channel Chief: Landon Scott, VP, U.S. Channel Sales
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
Enhanced investment in Partner Rebate Program: offering up to 12 percent back on eligible SKUs—stackable with growth rebates/FortiRewards. Boosts partner profitability and fosters growth. Opened to larger portion of partners.
Partner Practice Enablement Team: Empowers Fortinet partners to accelerate growth across unified SASE and AI-driven security operations. This team collaborates to build impactful go-to-market strategies, fuel demand through co-marketing initiatives, and scale execution, helping partners differentiate, drive profitability, and deliver greater customer outcomes.
Accelerated partner growth with FortiSASE by equipping partners to capture the expanding SASE market, drive recurring revenue, and deliver secure access solutions for hybrid workforces.
Expanded our programmatic approach to managed and professional services, continuing to grow partner services practices and launching the Engage Tech Support Partner (ETSP) initiative to recognize and reward advanced service capabilities.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=80
Illumio
Program Name: Enlighten Partner Program
Channel Chief: Todd Palmer, SVP, Global Partner Sales, Alliances
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
Illumio’s Enlighten Partner Program has seen several major enhancements. The launch of Illumio Insights, an AI-powered cloud detection and response solution, gives partners real-time visibility and actionable intelligence across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, enabling more proactive threat detection and containment. The program has expanded its technology alliances, integrating with platforms such as Azure Firewall, Wiz CNAPP, Netskope ZTNA, Check Point Quantum Force Firewalls, and Nvidia BlueField, enabling partners to deliver more comprehensive security solutions.
Illumio also strengthened its collaboration with Microsoft with two key milestones: inclusion in the Microsoft Sentinel partner ecosystem and selection as a featured launch partner in the AI Apps and Agents category of the newly unified Microsoft Marketplace. Illumio has also broadened its global reach by adding new partners in regions such as Australia, the Middle East, Japan, Switzerland, Latin America and Korea. The company expanded its presence in cloud marketplaces, such as Azure and AWS, simplifying procurement for partners and customers.
Finally, Illumio introduced the EPIC Program to empower technical champions within our partners and launched new recognition initiatives to celebrate top-performing partners, reinforcing its commitment to partner success and innovation.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=95
Ivanti
Program Name: Ivanti Partner Network
Channel Chief: Andrew King, VP, Americas Partner Sales
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
We’ve invested heavily in driving more transactional incentives like acquiring new customer logos and driving cross-sell attach business to renewals. In partnership with our global Systems Engineering team, we created a proficiency technical sales curriculum covering all product pillars, which allows technical sellers to achieve not only coursework but also demo certification badges. This proficiency curriculum has received exceptional feedback and is used by both Ivanti sellers and CAMs, ensuring consistent training across partners and Ivanti teams.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=102
KnowBe4
Program Name: KnowBe4 Partner Program
Channel Chief: Kirsten Esposito, VP, Global Channel Partners, Programs
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
We increased our investment in high-impact partners through expanded marketing development, dedicated sales resources, executive sponsorship, and enhanced product enablement infrastructure including robust training programs and an enriched partner portal. Major portal and enablement enhancements included reimagined dashboards to further streamline KnowBe4 business management, simplified lead and deal management, and new demand generation capabilities.
In addition, our newly launched Sales and Product Technical Partner Certification training enables our partners by providing deep product knowledge and implementation expertise needed to confidently sell and support the complete KnowBe4 product portfolio. These program enhancements deliver measurably greater value.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=107
One Identity
Program Name: One Identity Partner Circle
Channel Chief: Ian Sutherland, SVP, Global Sales
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
Expanded partner-sourced opportunity programs with streamlined deal registration and enhanced support to accelerate partner-led growth. Enabled partners to build profitable service delivery models through simplified migration paths, tools and resources.
Introduced Digital Sales Rooms integrated into the partner portal for collaborative selling, including shared sales plans, content, quotes, and activity tracking. Improved access to content through simplified processes and dynamic delivery formats.
Augmented and cleansed partner data to improve ecosystem visibility and enable actionable insights for program evolution. This deeper data accuracy has given us clarity on partners truly invested in One Identity, allowing us to focus on their business models and needs—building stronger, mutually profitable relationships.
Delivered new training and enablement enhancements with bite-sized, user-friendly modules spanning the entire portfolio to support solution selling.
Simplified incentive structures and terms to provide transparency and increase effectiveness, driving greater profitability for partners.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=132
Palo Alto Networks
Program Name: Palo Alto Networks Partner Program
Channel Chief: Michael Khoury, VP, Global Ecosystems Partners
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
We have been laser-focused on implementing significant changes to the program, based primarily on feedback from our partners around the globe. We will introduce new rebate and discount structures, expand our MSSP program, launch opportunities for credit reinvestment for strategic partners, and develop more self-service offerings to enable partners to accelerate deal closures and drive more business each quarter.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=136
Pentera
Program Name: Pentera Partner Program
Channel Chief: Peter Rodriguez, AVP, Channel, Alliances
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
We launched new sales and technical development courses and self-learning paths to accelerate certifications and relaunched the partner portal for faster access to localized marketing and sales assets by language, audience and sales-cycle stage.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=140
Proofpoint
Program Name: Proofpoint Partner Network
Channel Chief: Stan de Boisset, SVP, Global Channels
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
Over the past year, Proofpoint executed a comprehensive partner strategy focused on deepening engagement with invested partners, expanding global reach, and building programs and alliances that drive profitability and accelerate growth.
To deliver this strategy, we implemented a focus partner model with dedicated resources to help partners grow their existing customer bases and build pipelines. We complemented this with targeted investments in demand generation and team expansion, adding partner managers in India and Mexico and introducing a regional account manager model in EMEA. We also strengthened our alliances with AWS and Microsoft, unlocking new co-selling opportunities and leveraging their marketplaces to deliver greater value to partners and customers.
We launched the Certified Delivery Program (CDP), which enables service-oriented partners to drive greater profitability and strengthen their Proofpoint practice. In addition, we introduced the Champions Program, empowering top sales engineers within our ecosystem—growing from zero to 134 participants in just six months. In the U.S., we partnered with Ingram Micro and their Xvantage platform to simplify and accelerate the sales cycle, giving partners a frictionless way to grow their commercial business.
These initiatives collectively advance our mission to help partners succeed while expanding Proofpoint’s reach and impact globally.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=142
Qualys
Program Name: Qualys Partner Program
Channel Chief: Chris Catanzaro, VP, Channels, Alliances
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
Qualys expanded beyond traditional partner tactics to drive co-innovation and strategic collaboration through new initiatives and infrastructure with our partners.
In February 2025 Qualys launched the mROC Partner Alliance to empower partners to deliver managed cyber risk services via the Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform, supported by a dedicated concierge program. mROC partners make an average of $7 of professional services for every dollar of Qualys products. Our expanded Technology Partner Program accelerates joint integrations with ISVs and security vendors, fostering differentiated solutions. A regionalized pod model aligns sales, marketing and channel operations for faster execution. Marketing investments grew by 1.67X, generating a 25X MDF-influenced pipeline.
Qualys also strengthened its leadership team with veteran channel leaders including May Mitchell (CMO) and Chris Catanzaro (Channel Chief). The Partner Enablement Hub launched globally, delivering standardized learning paths, webinars and a scalable corporate demo environment.
With enhanced partner engineering, data-driven enablement, AI-powered engagement tools and tighter cross-functional alignment, Qualys reinforced its partner-first foundation and advanced a unified, scalable global ecosystem. We also invested in our Virtual Partner Concierge Team, which provides personalized engagement to support on-boarding, deal progression, and co-selling to our partners globally.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=145
RSA Security
Program Name: RSA Partner Program
Channel Chief: Kate Wynne, Sr. Manager, Global Partner Programs, Operations
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
Our partner program delivered a series of strategic advancements centered on deepening partner engagement, fortifying feedback mechanisms and creating more opportunity for mutual business growth.
Among the most significant changes was the launch of an earned co-op model combined with the ongoing market development funds program, which collectively expanded partners’ access to structured financial support for marketing and sales initiatives. We also streamlined the deal registration process, now rewarding partners for every product segment and making incentive attainment more transparent and inclusive.
Recognizing the importance of upskilling, we rolled out more complimentary technical certifications so partners could readily advance their cloud and AI capabilities in response to evolving customer demands.
To ensure ongoing alignment with partner needs and strategies worldwide, we hosted multiple partner councils globally. These councils provided regular forums for direct engagement, enabling joint messaging creation, in-depth strategic alignment, and most importantly, surfacing actionable feedback through our Voice of the Channel initiative. This ongoing dialogue allows us to better refine our program, close feedback loops, and reinforce our shared commitment to partner success, innovation,and growth.
We also invested in a complete redesign and launch of our RSA Partner Portal, a key resource for our partners.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=152
SentinelOne
Program Name: PartnerOne
Channel Chief: Brian Lanigan, SVP, Global Partner Ecosystem
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
In April 2025, SentinelOne introduced the Global PartnerOne Program, a unified, “future-ready” partner ecosystem designed to accelerate partner growth and go-to-market success. Built on the company’s philosophy that strong partnerships are essential for delivering the best cybersecurity and broadest market reach, the program empowers partners, from MSSPs and resellers to integrators and tech partners, to scale rapidly and seize new market opportunities.
The PartnerOne Program is structured around four specialized tracks to provide targeted tools, resources and incentives: Manage: For MSPs, MSSPs and MDRs, helping them integrate SentinelOne’s technology and scale their service delivery. Sell: For resellers and solution providers, focusing on customer acquisition and sales growth. Build: For ISVs and technology partners, supporting the development of integrations and new solutions on the SentinelOne platform. Deliver: For service providers and system integrators, focusing on deployment, support, and optimization of security solutions.
To ensure partners receive the right support at every stage, the program organizes them into three simplified tiers: Elite, Advanced and Associate. This adaptable system offers clearly defined requirements and industry-best incentives, affirming SentinelOne’s commitment to building a strong, collaborative partner ecosystem regardless of a partner’s focus, be it managed services, solution selling, technology development or service delivery.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=161
Skyhigh Security
Program Name: Skyhigh Security Altitude Partner program
Channel Chief: Jesse Grindeland, VP, Global Channels, Alliances
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
The introduction of defined leveling into our existing program helped to create a clear and highly profitable road map for our partners. By investing in the right certifications, partners can earn a higher tier and unlock more significant benefits like rebate awards for new customer acquisition. We also invested resources in expanding our managed service provider (MSP) program, making these partners a larger and more empowered part of our overall partner ecosystem.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=167
SonicWall
Program Name: SecureFirst Partner Program
Channel Chief: Jason Carter, Channel Chief
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
Over the past year, we made several strategic enhancements to the SonicWall SecureFirst Partner Program to strengthen partner profitability, simplify engagement, and better align with the evolving security landscape.
First, we introduced a more streamlined tiering structure with clearer performance thresholds and differentiated benefits, making it easier for partners to understand their path to higher margin opportunities. We also expanded our incentives framework with more predictable, front-end discounts and new deal-registration enhancements designed to reward partners for driving net-new business and long-term customer value.
A major focus this year was enablement. We launched updated technical and sales certifications. These certifications feature more modular learning paths and hands-on labs to help partners build deeper expertise and accelerate solution delivery. In addition, we improved partner tools and automation by enhancing the partner portal with faster quoting workflows, richer analytics, and expanded co-branding resources to support marketing execution. We also increased access to MDF and rolled out clearer guidelines to help partners convert funds into measurable pipeline growth.
Together, these changes were designed to create a more profitable, predictable and collaborative partner experience while equipping our ecosystem to capture new security opportunities.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=170
Sophos
Program Name: Sophos Global Partner Program
Channel Chief: Chris Bell, SVP, Global Channel Sales
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
In 2025, Sophos launched a new partner program with several transformative milestones that advanced efficiency, scale and ecosystem reach across our channel.
Unified program after Secureworks acquisition to sell both Sophos and Secureworks Taegis solutions under one program, with aligned certifications, incentives and renewals.
Access Taegis training directly through Sophos Academy for a seamless experience.
Simplified tools: An enhanced partner portal now features guided quoting, license and device tracking, dashboards, and an AI sales assistant to help partners find information and build quotes faster.
Learning and growth: Flexible learning path with points-based certification requirements, new digital badges, and on-boarding tracks help partners upskill and earn recognition quickly. A new Titanium tier rewards top performers, while an enhanced Silver tier supports new partners ramping fast.
These milestones mark a major step forward, making it easier than ever to learn, sell and succeed with Sophos.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=171
Stellar Cyber
Program Name: Infinity Global MSSP Partner Program
Channel Chief: Jeff Hill, Global Sr. Director, MSSPs, Service Providers
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
Over the past year, the Infinity Program has evolved to better support our partners’ growth and success. Key improvements include:
Simplified participation: Program structure and requirements have been streamlined, making it easier for partners to engage and benefit.
One license model: Partners can now manage their business under a single, unified license, reducing administrative complexity.
Enhanced rewards and incentives: We’ve optimized incentive structures to more clearly recognize performance and drive profitability.
Stronger support and resources: Partners have access to more comprehensive enablement, training and go-to-market resources to help accelerate business outcomes.
Unified partner experience: Engagement across the program is more cohesive, making it easier for partners to navigate opportunities, tools and communications.
These changes reflect our commitment to creating a program that is intuitive, valuable and partner-first, empowering our partners to grow, differentiate and succeed more effectively.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=176
Synack
Program Name: Synack emPower Partner Program
Channel Chief: Tracy Pallas, VP, Channels, Strategic Alliances
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
1. After launching our MSSP pilot, Synack iterated program requirements to enhance partner profitability and encourage expansion.
2. With the launch of Sara—the Synack agentic model—new products now help partners to hit price points within the midmarket segment and Elite-level partners receive monthly inbound leads. To support this new segment, Synack also signed a new aggregation partner to simplify the transaction process.
3. We introduced a $5,000 USD sales incentive for qualifying partners who sourced opportunities within a named list of enterprise customer targets. This incentive model is available globally with payments in local currency.
4. Finally, in support of our 2025 channel-first strategy, we designed Synack’s first channel-neutral compensation plan for internal sales teams, which accelerated partner alignment.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=178
Tanium
Program Name: Tanium Partner Advantage Program
Channel Chief: Tony Beller, Global Channel Chief, SVP, Partner Sales
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
For resellers, we have increased our front-end discounts, streamlined renewals for incumbent partners, and increased renewal discounts for our most strategic partners. We also launched partner incentive programs for deal registrations and closed-won business. We simplified our pricing around our product bundles, which are engineered to streamline and simplify positioning and quoting for both customers and partners.
For our service providers, we continue to invest in and expand our Partner Services Verification Program to promote our partners’ services both internally and with customers. Furthermore, we have not only increased our MSP discounts but have also matured the program to protect and reward partners who are invested in building managed services with Tanium.
In addition, we hired teams in our different markets and segments to serve as a liaison between partners and our sales teams.
Lastly, we increased our investment in our most strategic partners to help fund labs to showcase joint capabilities with our partners.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=180
Tenable
Program Name: Tenable Assure Partner Program
Channel Chief: Jeff Brooks, SVP, Global Channels, Alliances
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
Over the past 12 months Tenable’s partner program has advanced significantly, reflecting the company’s deepening investment in a partner-first strategy. The Tenable Assure Partner Program has expanded its enablement framework, offering richer sales, marketing and technical resources to help partners build expertise in exposure management and drive customer success.
Tenable has also strengthened its training and certification paths, giving partners more opportunities to differentiate through validated skills and services delivery capabilities. A major evolution this year has been Tenable’s increased focus on professional services enablement. Through new on-demand training, partners can now develop and deliver implementation, integration and advisory services around Tenable One, positioning themselves as trusted advisers who help customers move from vulnerability management into full exposure management programs.
The MSSP program saw substantial enhancements, including a redesigned portal that supports self-provisioning, reducing customer on-boarding time from days to minutes. Role-based access controls, streamlined workflows and flexible billing options make it easier for MSSPs to scale offerings and meet customer needs more efficiently. Tenable also expanded the reach of AssureWorld, its global partner conference, celebrating top-performing partners. Overall, Tenable’s partner program has become more mature, more flexible, and more aligned to partner growth than ever before.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=188
ThreatDown
Program Name: ThreatDown Nexus Partner Program
Channel Chief: Kendra Krause, GM
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
Impactful and competitive suggested discounts for all types of opportunities—net-new customer, upsell, cross-sell and renewal. Stronger revenue protection through opportunity registration and incumbent partner designations. And benefits designed to build strong partnerships, based on joint business plans, MDF and rebate.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=189
ThreatLocker
Program Name: (No formal name)
Channel Chief: Sean Kettner, MSP Account Executive
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
Over the last year, we’ve focused on strengthening our structure and processes to better support partners leveraging our offerings. We enhanced our training programs, expanded marketing resources, and introduced clearer documentation to help partners more easily understand and articulate our value. We also streamlined on-boarding and improved internal coordination to create a more consistent and predictable partner experience.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=190
Torq
Program Name: Torq Alliance & Momentum Partner Program
Channel Chief: Sheldon Muir, Head Of Global Channels, Alliances
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
Torq has achieved notable advancements in the past year, generating significant channel momentum, onboarding ~175 WW partners and expanding growth by 40 percent in the last year.
Key milestones include:
In July 2025, Torq launched the AMP Alliance Program to accelerate autonomous SecOps.
In January 2025, Torq announced 300 percent revenue growth and 200 percent employee growth in a $70M Series C round, bringing total funding to $192M.
In December 2024, Torq Agentic AI launched to unburden overwhelmed SecOps teams facing an increasing number of high-volume, low-complexity attacks.
In April 2025, Torq announced its acquisition of Revrod, enabling the launch of Torq HyperSOC-2o, a platform that identifies, prioritizes and remediates threats across entire organizations.
Torq and AI4ALL announced a nationwide AI internship program designed to drive the next generation of cyber talent.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=192
Verkada
Program Name: Verkada Partner Program
Channel Chief: Micah Deriso, Head Of Global Channel
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
Verkada introduced its Verkada Partner Program, emphasizing a partner-first approach with simplified tiers, enhanced enablement resources and increased rewards. Key changes include a focus on partner profitability, expanded training and certification programs, and streamlined collaboration tools, reflecting our commitment to driving mutual success with partners.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=200
WatchGuard Technologies
Program Name: WatchGuardONE
Channel Chief: Michelle Welch, CMO, SVP, Business Strategy
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
WatchGuard enhanced its partner program with new PSA integrations, launched Total MDR to expand managed services opportunities, and upgraded its partner marketing platform. We expanded the “Voice of the Partner” initiative, strengthened sales certification training, and improved feedback and enablement processes to better support partner growth, automation and profitability.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=204
Zero Networks
Program Name: Zero to Sixty
Channel Chief: Adam Hofeler, VP, Sales, GTM
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
We’ve completely revamped our partner program with four new membership tiers: Authorized, Silver, Gold and Platinum, and a more robust partner portal featuring enhanced training and marketing tools. We’ve also expanded our ecosystem to include distributors as a new partner category.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=207
Zscaler
Program Name: Zscaler Summit Partner Program
Channel Chief: Anthony Torsiello, SVP, Global Partner Ecosystem
Most Significant Changes To Partner Program Over The Past Year
Over the past year, Zscaler has retooled its Summit Partner Partner Program to deliver greater predictability, profitability and measurable outcomes for its global partner ecosystem.
First, we redesigned our incentives to align rewards with engagement across every stage of the customer life cycle, driving consistent, repeatable performance and accelerating partner ROI. Second, we introduced differentiated GTM sales plays that equip partners with multi-solution strategies and embedded offerings, helping them meet diverse customer needs and stand out in the zero trust market.
Finally, we expanded partner-led services opportunities with new specialized training, certifications and guided learning paths. These enable partners to build deeper Zscaler expertise, deliver stronger customer outcomes and unlock higher-margin services.
Together, these changes create a clearer path to growth: more predictable earnings, richer solution plays that win and expand accounts, and a services framework that scales partner practices and profitability.
Partner Program Details: https://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=209
