Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) News: 11 June 2021 -

Each business day, MSSP Alert broadcasts a quick lineup of news, analysis and chatter from across the managed security services provider ecosystem.

The Content: Written for MSSPs, SOC as a Service (SOCaaS), Managed Detection and Response (MDR), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) and MSP security providers — and those who need to partner up with such companies.

Frequency and Format: Every business morning. Typically one or two sentences for each item below.

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A. Today’s MSSP and Cybersecurity News Alerts

1. Network Detection and Response (NDR): Gigamon has announced ThreatINSIGHT Guided-SaaS NDR, which was "purpose built to improve SOC (Security Operations Center) effectiveness and reduce analyst burnout," the company says.

2. What Is XDR?: Netsurion President A.N. Ananth explains the XDR wave in this video:

We'll share more XDR perspectives from Netsurion soon.

3. Integration - ITSM and Cloud Security: Zscaler has announced new integrations with ServiceNow. The integrations enable "advanced visibility, access control, and data security for optimized cloud data protection and security incident response," Zscaler asserts.

4. Integration - Visibility Dashboards. The new Illumio App for Splunk provides "improved cybersecurity and operational insights" to joint customers, Illumio asserts.

5. Partnership - Password Management: Sherweb's cloud marketplace now offers LogMeIn's LastPass password management solution to partners.

6. Partnership - Canadian Cybersecurity: Tenable has partnered with CyberNB’s Critical Infrastructure Security Operations Center (CI-SOC) to increase the resilience and security of Canada’s critical infrastructure, the two organizations say.

7. Data Protection & Email Security: The Acronis cloud has added Perception Point email security capabilities.

8. Executive Leadership - Identity and Access Management (IAM): One Identity announced the appointment of four new executives:

Rima Pawar as VP of product;

Joe Garber as VP of marketing;

Teri Rob as VP of North American sales; and

Chris Wood as VP of sales for One Identity and Quest Software APJ.