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Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) News: 28 February 2020

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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.
  • Reaching Our Inbox: Send news, tips and rumors to [email protected].

A. Today’s MSSP Alerts

1. RSA Conference: Our latest conversations feature executives from Barracuda MSP and SonicWall. Stay tuned for interview recaps to surface soon. And check out our complete RSA Conference 2020 coverage here.

2. Partnership - SOAR: Swimlane, an independent leader in security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR), has joined the Chronicle Index Partner program as part of a broader industry effort to help customers improve visibility of and response to cyber threats.

3. Threat Detection: PolySwarm, a threat detection marketplace for detecting new and emergent malware, now integrates with Anomali’s ThreatStream. The result: It's now easier for threat analysts to get detailed information on trending malware by running automated scans, searches and hunts, all from a single pane-of-glass, the companies say.

4. Coronavirus - Cyber Conference Cancelations: Track our MSSP Alert conference calendar closely for potential conference schedule updates and changes amid the coronavirus outbreak.

B. Next Five Cybersecurity Conferences

  1. Women in CyberSecurity (WiCys) Conference 2020 (March 12-14, Aurora, Colorado)
  2. OKTA Oktane 2020 Cybersecurity Conference (March 30-April 2, San Francisco, California)
  3. SANS 2020 Cybersecurity Training Conference (April 3-10, Orlando, Florida)
  4. VMware Carbon Black Connect 2020 (May 13-14, Chicago)
  5. Fortinet Accelerate 2020 (May 16-21, New York)
  6. Bonus: The complete MSSP Alert calendar
Joe Panettieri

Joe Panettieri is co-founder & editorial director of MSSP Alert and ChannelE2E, the two leading news & analysis sites for managed service providers in the cybersecurity market.