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. Reaching Our Inbox: Send news, tips and rumors to [email protected]. Bitdefender's Security Operations, responsible for monitoring and securing the customer; Customer Success Operations, responsible for understanding the customer and helping them achieve their goals; and Bitdefender Global Support Operations, responsible for technical support. Clayton previously oversaw Bitdefender's global managed services organization. He also launched Bitdefender's managed detection and response (MDR) operations in San Antonio, Texas.6. Talent - Risk Mitigation and Incident Response: Kroll, a division of Duff & Phelps, has hired Alex Shim as Cyber Risk practice leader for Japan and Korea, expanding the firm’s capabilities in Asia Pacific in response to the rising demand for digital forensics, incident response (IR) and managed security services, the company says. Shim’s experience with endpoint detection and response technology will fuel the growth of Kroll’s managed detection and response (MDR) solutions in Japan and Korea, Kroll asserts.7. Scalability - Managed Security Services: High Wire Networks has invested an additional $500,000 to boost network resilience and capacity of its Overwatch Managed Security Platform as a Service, the company disclosed during the CompTIA ChannelCon Online conference. The investment is the first step in a multiyear, multimillion-dollar network expansion plan for the Overwatch platform, which delivers X Detection and Response (XDR) technology and 24/7 Security Operations Center (SOC) as a service to MSPs and their business clients, High Wire asserts.8. MSSP Rebrands: Saalex Information Technology (SaalexIT), a division of Saalex Corp., is changing its name to Valeo Networks, which it acquired in April 2020.9. Application Firewall: StrongBox IT, an information security services company specializing in vulnerability assessments, penetration tests and security audits, has released an application firewall called Modshield SB.10. GandCrab Ransomware - Alleged Hacker Arrested: Details from ZDNet are here.11. Cyber Insurance and Backup Technology: Spin Technology has introduced Cyber Liability Insurance for customers that run its SpinOne backup platform.12. Security Optimization: AttackIQ, a provider of Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) systems, has unveiled the AttackIQ Security Optimization Platform to arm cybersecurity leaders with better insights, better decisions, and real security outcomes, the company says.13. Research - Q2 Ransomware Report: Coveware's research findings are here.14. Cloud Security Monitoring - Amazon Web Services (AWS): Threat Stack has launched Threat Stack Container Security Monitoring for AWS Fargate.Black Hat USA 2020 (August 1-6, Virtual Conference) Ingram Micro Security Solutions Summit 2020 (August 12-13, 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