Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) News: 03 September 2021 -

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, MDR, XDR and Cybersecurity News Alerts

1. How Hackers Exploit Microsoft Exchange Servers: Mandiant's findings are here.

2. M&A - MSSP Acquired: Achieve Partners has acquired Metmox, a Top 250 MSSP.

3. M&A - MSSP Buyout List: Here are dozens of MSSP mergers, acquisitions and investments -- including the buyers, sellers and investors.

4. Talent - MSSP: Infopercept has hired Cognizant veteran David Paris as partner, global financial services. Paris is focused on Infopercept's European operations -- with an emphasis on the United Kingdom.

5. Partnership - Managed Cloud Security Services: Data Storage Corporation is working with Precisely to "bring innovative security software solutions to the Data Storage cloud," the two companies say.

6. Partnership: DRT Cyber has agreed to sell the Syrenis Cassie Consent and Preference Management solution in North America.

7. DDoS Attack and Internet Outage: While responding to a DDoS cyberattack, New Zealand's third largest internet provider Vocus NZ on September 3, 2021 triggered a widespread Internet outage. Vocus said the issue was resolved within 30 minutes, Reuters reports.

8. Insider Risk Mitigation: Code42 has announced Incydr Flows, a series of automated actions that "effectively respond to different types of insider risk events," the company says.