Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) News: 28 January 2022 -

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), threat hunters 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, MDR, XDR and Cybersecurity News Alerts

1. Board of Directors - Arctic Wolf: The security operations platform provider has added two independent directors to its board. They are:

Todd Ford, president, finance and operations at Coupa Softwareng; and

Jill Putman, chief financial officer at Jamf Software.

The board expansion comes as Arctic Wolf prepares for a potential IPO sometime in 2022.

2. Cybersecurity Research: Expel, a managed detection and response (MDR) provider, has unveiled the Great eXpeltations 2022: Cybersecurity trends and predictions report.

3. Chief Revenue Officer - Cybersecurity Posture Automation: Balbix has hired Chris van Staden as chief revenue officer.

4. Autonomous Endpoint Response: Darktrace Autonomous Response technology now takes action on the endpoint – rounding out the Darktrace Antigena product family, which already includes coverage for SaaS applications, cloud, email, network, and Operational Technology (OT), the company said.

5. Microsoft Outlook Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability: Trustwave explains it here.