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Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) News: 10 September 2019

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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. Security Operations Center (SOC) Automation: Avirtek has  won a $1.5 million contract to develop an autonomic SOC (ASoC) for the U.S. Air Force and Army, the company says.

2. Artificial Intelligence: Masergy has unveiled Masergy AIOps, an integrated AI-based, digital assistant for network, security and application optimization.

3. Ransomware - Another School Attack: This time it's Rockford Public Schools of Illinois. On a related note, a school district in Flagstaff, Arizona also suffered a ransomware attack last week.

4. Ransomware Targets Linux: Lilu (aka Lilocked), a new strain of ransomware, has infected thousands of Linux servers since mid-July 2019, according to multiple reports.

5. Cyber Spying - Human Rights: The Israeli-based NSO Group, whose software is alleged to have been used in a number of government surveillance scandals, said on Tuesday it would abide by U.N. guidelines to prevent rights abuses, Reuters reports.

6. Cyberattack - US Electric Grid: A first-of-its-kind cyberattack on the U.S. grid created blind spots at a grid control center and several small power generation sites in the western United States, E&E News reports.

7. NSA Attack Tools: Chinese threat actor APT3 quietly monitored the US National Security Agency's use of a highly sophisticated cyber attack tool and then reverse engineered the code to build an advanced Trojan of its own called Bemstour, Dark Reading reports.

8. Talent - Identity and Access Management (IAM): SAASPASS's advisory board now includes former Salesforce Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Izak Mutlu.

9. Talent - SD-WANs: Open Systems, a provider of network and security as-a-service solutions, has hired Jeff Brown to succeed Martin Bosshardt as CEO.

10. IPO - Identity and Access Management (IAM): Ping Identity, backed by Datto parent Vista Equity, is seeking to raise about $230 million at a $1.27 billion valuation, CrunchBase estimates.

11. Firewalls: Barracuda Networks has announced Release 8 of Barracuda CloudGen Firewall. The new functionality helps streamline SD-WAN management, optimize cloud connectivity, and automate scalable protection across multi-cloud deployments, the company asserts.

12. Enterprise Security: Darktrace has launched Version 4 of its Enterprise Immune System, which includes over 70 enhancements.

13. IoT Security: Symphion has launched an IoT Cyber Security as a Service solution.

B. MSSP Partner Programs and Strategic Alliances

1. SOC as a Service: Frontier Technologies has embraced Arctic Wolf Networks for SOC as a Service (SOCaaS) capabilities.

2. All Partner Programs: Search the comprehensive ChannelE2E Partner Program Database here. Also, submit your company information here and your partner program can be listed in the database.

C. Next Five Technology Conferences

  1. GSX 2019: Global Security Exchange Conference (September 8-12, Chicago, Illinois)
  2. MSSP Accelerator – Sales and Marketing Summit (September 10-11, Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
  3. CISA Cybersecurity Summit 2019 (September 18-20, National Harbor, Maryland)
  4. Exabeam Spotlight19 (September 30-October 2, San Francisco)
  5. EuroCACS/CSX 2019 (October 16-18, Geneva, Switzerland)
  6. Bonus: The complete MSSP Alert calendar

Email me your news, rumors and tips for potential coverage here on MSSP Alert.

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.