Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) News: 18 October 2019 -

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. Samsung Security Patch: Samsung Electronics will issue a software update early next week to address a major security vulnerability that’s emerged on the company’s flagship Galaxy smartphones, Bloomberg reports.

2. Talent: CyberX, an IoT and industrial control system (ICS) security company, has named former CyberArk Chief Revenue Officer Ron Zoran to its board of directors.

2. Election Security: The Center for Internet Security (CIS) has released the Security Best Practices for Non-Voting Election Technology Guide. The guide is designed to assist elections officials with non-voting technology security.

3. Ominous Warning: Salesforce Co-CEO Marc Benioff told business journalists this week that it was time to apply much stronger controls to social media, artificial intelligence and other technologies, The Wall Street Journal reports.