EMEA
MSSP Alert’s regional coverage of managed security services providers, cybersecurity news and events in EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa).
U.S. Lawmakers Brace for Cyber Battle with Iran, But…
Amid rising tensions between the United States and Iran, Congressional lawmakers grapple to determine when a cyberattack means war rather than an incident.
Iran Cyberattacks Target Oil Company: Report
Hackers allegedly working for Iran recently launched cyberattacks against Bapco, Bahrain’s national oil company, reports say.
Optiv Security Says European M&A Valuations Are Too High
Optiv Security believes European cybersecurity company valuations are too high, prompting the MSSP to adjust its United Kingdom business footprint.
Finland’s Neste Investigates Large Scale IT Systems Incident
Extensive Neste information system failure impacted oil refinery company’s production operations. Third-party data center suffered hardware failure.
CloudKnox Security Joins NCSC Cyber Accelerator
CloudKnox Security, an identity privilege management platform provider, joins the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) Cyber Accelerator.
Exabeam Expands Global Availability of Cloud-Based SIEM
Exabeam, a security information & event management (SIEM) platform provider, now offers Exabeam Cloud SaaS for hosting in 15 locations across 13 regions.
Did Microsoft Violate GDPR Compliance Rules?
Did Microsoft remotely collected data on Windows Home & Windows Pro users — and therefore violate General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) privacy rules?
UK Issues Ryuk Ransomware Warning
Cybercriminals are using Ryuk ransomware to target global organizations & the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is investigating Ryuk campaigns.
Cybereason Touts EMEA Cybersecurity, MSSP Partner Momentum
Cybereason endpoint detection & response (EDR) gains cybersecurity momentum in EMEA. MSSPs & channel partners like Arm, EVRY & Trustwave assist the effort.
UK Prepares “Offensive Hacking” Cyber Operations Center
The United Kingdom will spend £22 million (US$28 million) to fund a cyber operations center to defend the nation against cyber attackers and possibly launch offensives.