Each morning MSSP Alert broadcasts a quick lineup of news, analysis and chatter from across the global managed security services provider, SOC (security operations center) and IT outsourcing ecosystem.Here’s the lineup for Tuesday, September 19, 2017:8. Email Encryption: Encrypted email continues to generate buzz at Autotask Community Live. Among the offerings to check out: Mailprotector's Bracket...7. Office 365 Security: Quest Software has updated its Microsoft Platform Management business security solutions for Microsoft Office 365 and Azure Active Directory (AD) environments. Dell sold Quest to a private equity firm last year. 6. Equifax Breach Disclosure Date?: It sounds like the massive Equifax breach problems started much earlier than the company previously disclosed -- or perhaps it was a separate breach. Either way, Equifax has some more explaining to do. Again.5. Kaspersky Ban Update: The U.S. Senate, as expected, on Monday voted to ban Kaspersky Lab’s products from use by the federal government, citing concerns the company may be a pawn of the Kremlin and poses a national security risk. Kaspersky has repeatedly denied any connections to Russia's government.4. Network Security: HP Enterprise's Aruba business has launched 360 Secure Fabric, a security framework that provides 360 degrees of analytics-driven attack detection and response to help organizations reduce risk in today’s changing threat landscape, the company claims.3. Midmarket Security Services: Intelisecure has launched managed security services to help midsize enterprise organization protect their critical data. 2. Ransomware Mitigation, Education Group: Arcserve has partnered up with Infoblox, KnowBe4, Maureen Data Systems, VIPRE Security and Webroot to promote Ransomware Watch,1. M&A: Acuant has acquired Ozone, a line of identity products, intellectual property (IP) and talent from Mount Airey Group, a provider of identity solutions used by federal organizations and agencies around the world. Financial terms were not disclosed.