F-Secure and KAON partner to boost protection for connected homes
New collaboration highlights the opportunities for router manufacturers unlocked by the F-Secure SENSE Partnership Program.
Helsinki, Finland – January 31, 2023: F-Secure, a global leader in brilliantly simple cyber security, and KAON Broadband, a source of integrated solutions featuring home network devices and associated revenue-generating services, will offer the F-Secure SENSE connected home security solution directly through the KAON platform.
“Partnering with F-Secure is in line with KAON’s continuing work on transforming Customer Premise Equipment (CPEs) into open source-based service delivery devices,” said Carlos Santos, Global Head of Products at KAON. “Quantum platform is a leading solution to the challenges service providers face in introducing new innovative services to their subscribers. And thanks to our new partnership with F-Secure, we´re pleased to add world-class SENSE connected home security solution capabilities to our CPE App Store.”
SENSE protects every single connected device in the home—including smart TVs, gaming consoles, baby monitors, and other devices unable to run traditional security software—against cyber threats with functionalities embedded in Wi‑Fi routers.
“We’re thrilled to see KAON choose F-Secure as cyber security partner in their Quantum platform – a platform that provides router manufacturers with flexibility and drives a wider supply of value-added services across the ecosystem,” said Dmitri Vellikok, F-Secure Vice President, Network Security.
A recent survey found that nearly all consumers get their home Wi-Fi router from their communication service provider, and more than three out of five consumers, 64%, report that they would prefer to get their internet security from the same provider, up from 60% in 2020. *
“The F-Secure SENSE Partner Program removes complexities at each step in the process, enabling the easiest possible delivery of industrial-grade solutions to consumers with a maximum return-on-investment for router manufacturers,” Vellikok said.
Router manufacturers can find out more about how to take part in the SENSE Partner program here.
*Source: F-Secure Consumer Survey (2021), nine countries (USA, UK, Germany, France, Brazil, The Netherlands, Mexico, Sweden, Japan), sample size 800/country, total 7200 respondents.
About F-Secure
F-Secure makes every digital moment more secure, for everyone. We deliver brilliantly simple, frictionless security experiences that make life easier for the tens of millions of people we protect and our 170 service provider partners. For more than 30 years, we’ve led the cyber security industry, inspired by a pioneering spirit born out of a shared commitment to do better by working together.
About KAON
KAON is a technology leader in Pay-TV, Broadband solutions, associated revenue-generating services, and home network devices including stand-alone managed Wi-Fi Access Point Routers, Wi-Fi Mesh Extenders, and Gateway devices featuring Mesh-compatible Wi-Fi combined with DOCSIS, PON, and DSL access network technologies. We ensure the connected home technology which enables consumers to simply change the way they experience entertainment and information within the home with the full line-up of innovative platforms and service solutions. KAON is well recognized by Tier 1 Operators in more than 90 countries. Headquartered in South Korea, KAON has global presence in over 24 countries including Germany, Sweden, France, Spain, Hungary, USA, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Japan, Malaysia and others.
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