Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) News: 27 February 2020 -

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

The Content: Written for MSSPs, SOC as a Service (SOCaaS), Managed Detection and Response (MDR) 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 Alerts

1. Threat Monitoring - MSPs: RocketCyber, which develops a threat monitoring platform for MSPs, has released a new Firewall Log Analyzer app. The result: MSPs and SOCs can collect, analyze and report on malicious activity traversing through the network layer, empowering customers to deter attackers before multi-stage attack advancement occurs, RocketCyber asserts.

2. Former Microsoft Employee Convicted: A former Microsoft engineer has been declared guilty for stealing more than $10 million in digital currency, The Block reports.

3. Ransomware Attacks County: Here's the latest victim.

4. Vulnerability Management: Qualys is preparing to launch VMDR – Vulnerability Management, Detection and Response. The company demonstrated VMDR capabilities during the Qualys Security Conference San Francisco on February 25.

5. SMB Security: FNTS, a cloud-savvy MSP, has launched the First Protector security service to safeguard SMB clientele.

6. Automated Detection and Response: SecBI has launched an XDR Platform to unify network, endpoint and cloud data sources. The effort enables automated detection and response across all cyberattack vectors, SecBI asserts.

7. Threat Intelligence: Kaspersky says its Threat Data Feeds will be available on Arctic Security’s Arctic Hub platform. The hub allows organizations -- SOCs, MSSPs and ISPs -- to obtain the most up-to-date and relevant information about cyberthreats, the companies say.

8. Research - Ransomware Prevention Training: IBM's findings are here.

9. Research - IoT Security: Zscaler's second-annual findings are here.

10. Research - Annual Findings: VMware has released the VMware Carbon Black “2020 Cybersecurity Outlook” report, which offers a holistic view at how attackers have evolved, what defenders are doing to keep pace and how security and IT teams can work together in 2020 and beyond, the company says.