Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) Market News: 17 May 2022 -

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

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A. Today’s MSSP, MDR, XDR and Cybersecurity Market News

1. SC Awards - The Finalists: SC Media, our sister site, has announced this year's finalists for Best Managed Detection and Response Service and Best Managed Security Service. We'll share more perspectives soon.

2. M&A and Private Equity - Identity Security: TheSailPoint Technologies “go-shop” period has expired, which means SailPoint's M&A deal with private equity firm Thoma Bravo is set to move forward. Thoma Bravo announced plans to acquire SailPoint for $6.9 billion in April 2022.

3. Partnership - Microsoft: Syxsense, a provider of security management solutions, is partnering with Microsoft to receive early vulnerability information through the Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP).

4. Partnership - IoT Security: The Check Point Quantum IoT Protect Nano Agent will be embedded in Provision-ISR’s CCTV cameras for on-device runtime protection against zero-day attacks, the companies said.

5. Hackers Leverage ConnectWise Control (formerly ScreenConnect): Details are here from BlackPoint Cyber.

6. Kubernetes Security Monitoring: Datadog has its platform to simplify the monitoring and security of Kubernetes environments, the company said.

7. Cybersecurity Operations: Comcast has selected ThreatQuotient for various cybersecurity operations needs.