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) 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. Seed Funding: LimaCharlie, a provider of Information Security Infrastructure as a Service (SIaaS), has raised $500,000 in seed funding. Key backers include Lytical Ventures, a New York City-based venture firm. 2. Distribution - MSSP & MDR Services: Arrow Electronics has agreed to distribute Secureworks' Red Cloak Threat Detection and Response, Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and Incident Management Retainer services to partners.3. Government Cybersecurity - Part One: BlackBerry Unified Endpoint Manager (UEM) software has achieved Department of Defense Information Network (DoDIN) approval as a Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution. BlackBerry UEM is the only MDM solution on the DoDIN Approved Product List (APL), the company asserts.4. Government Security - Part Two: The U.S. Department of Defense has selected Forescout to expand cybersecurity across its global enterprise as the initial phase of a multi-million dollar contract award through 2020.5. Research - Vulnerability Management: Roughly 84 percent of respondents consider their vulnerability management programs to be mature, but a deeper dive revealed a major disconnect between perception and reality, Vulcan Cyber reports. 6. Research - Insider Attack Costs: Roughly 61 percent of companies have experienced an insider attack over the last year, and some of the attacks have cost as much as $2 million to rectify, according to the Bitglass 2020 Insider Threat Report.7. Partnership - Threat Intelligence: VMRay, a provider of automated malware analysis and detection solutions, today announced a free-of-charge offering to all Anomali ThreatStream customers. The offering brings VMRay’s flagship malware analysis solution, VMRay Analyzer, to Anomali ThreatStream, allowing customers to operationalize threat intelligence, the companies say.8. Partnership - MSSPs: deepwatch, an MSSP, has partnered with Red8 to provide medium and large enterprises with cloud-based cyber security solutions.9. Partnership - Penetration Testing Services: Net Reply and Pcysys are partnering to deliver penetration testing managed services in the United Kingdom.10. Security Awareness Training: Hook Security has launched PsySec Advanced, a new tier of their Psychological Security Awareness Training platform.11. Ransomware Attacks School District: Haywood County Schools in Waynsville, North Carolina, has suffered a ransomware attack.12. Talent - McAfee: The cybersecurity company has hired Venkat Bhamidipati as CFO. He previously held CFO posts at a healthcare company as well as the Microsoft Worldwide Enterprise Group.B. MSSP and Cybersecurity Virtual Events and Conferences
- IT Nation Secure 2020 (October 14-15, Virtual Conference)
- Exabeam Spotlight20 (November 9-11, Virtual Conference)
- Palo Alto Networks Ignite20 (November 9-12, Las Vegas)
- RSA Conference 2021 (May 17-21, San Francisco)
- Bonus: MSSP Alert’s complete event calendar