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Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) News: 04 March 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.
  • Reaching Our Inbox: Send news, tips and rumors to [email protected].

A. Today’s MSSP Alerts

1. Ransomware Attacks Legal Services Firm: Details are here.

2. Government Cybersecurity: BlackBerry announced multiple updates to SecuSuite for Government and BlackBerry AtHoc.

3. Application Security: ManageEngine, the IT management division of Zoho, has launched Application Control Plus to unify endpoint privilege management and application control capabilities.

4. Threat Detection and Mitigation: Security On-Demand (SOD) has partnered with Tel Aviv-based cloud services provider DeserveIT, to deliver secure network services for Israeli companies that operate internationally. DeserveIT, part of Rad-Bynet group, services over 3,000 customers around the globe. SOD CEO Peter Bybee is a well-known entrepreneur within and across the IT solutions provider market.

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) — online only. Face-to-face canceled amid Coronavirus concerns.
  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.