Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) News: 09 November 2020 -

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

The Content: Written for MSSPs, SOC as a Service (SOCaaS), Managed Detection and Response (MDR), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) 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. M&A - Privileged Access Management: EY Canada has acquired IDMSense, a boutique Digital Identity firm that offers Privileged Access Management (PAM), Secrets Management and Cloud-based Identity Management services.

2. Autonomous Threat Prevention: Check Point Software Technologies has introduced R81, a unified cyber security platform that features autonomous threat prevention.

3. Partnership - Asia: Cornet Solutions has agreed to resell and integrate Virsec's application-aware server workload protection solutions in Asia.

4. Security Incident - Higher Education: Binghamton University over the weekend was responding to a security incident that impacted a majority of business information services and access to shared information systems utilized by staff and faculty, according to an email from the University. Binghamton is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) network.