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. Potential IPO - Cybersecurity Awareness Training: KnowBe4 appears to be gearing up for a potential IPO (initial public offering).2. M&A: CyberCX has acquired Insomnia Security as part of an aggressive push into New Zealand.3. Funding: Cloudentity, a cloud-based provider of application security and identity-aware authorization solutions, has raised $13 million in Series A funding led by ForgePoint Capital, with participation from WestWave Capital. This round brings the company's total funding to $15 million.4. Talent - Threat Intelligence: HYAS has named Jonathan Candee as senior VP of global sales. Candee's key priorities include expanding HYAS relationships with VARs, solutions providers, distributors, MSSPs, consultants and technology firms.5. Partner Program - Application Security Testing: Roughly 50 new business partners from more than 35 countries have joined ImmuniWeb's channel partner program.6. Partner Program - VPNs: BullGuard has introduced BullGuard VPN to channel partners.7. Integration - Legacy Application Security: ThreatModeler now integrates with Avocado Systems, a network discovery tool that identifies application communications between internal and external users. The result: DevSecOps can leverage Avocado to build a threat model for the application being interrogated.8. Cyberattack Targets Chip Maker: Israeli chip manufacturer Tower Semiconductor said some of its systems were hit by a cyberattack and as a result it was putting on hold some servers and manufacturing operations, Reuters reports.9. Hackers Steal $7.5M From Non-Profit: The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington reported a hack that drained $7.5 million from its endowment fund and funneled the money into international accounts, The Washington Post reports.10. China Data Security: China announced an initiative on Tuesday to establish global standards on data security, saying it wanted to promote multilateralism in the area at a time when “individual countries” were “bullying” others and “hunting” companies, Reuters reports.B. MSSP and Cybersecurity Virtual Events and Conferences
- Proofpoint Protect Global 2020 (September 9-10, Virtual Conference)
- BlackBerry Security Summit 2020 (October 5-7, Virtual Conference)
- IT Nation Secure 2020 (October 14-15, Virtual Conference)
- Exabeam Spotlight20 (November 9-11, Virtual Conference)
- Palo Alto Networks Ignite20 (November 17-19, Virtual Conference)
- Bonus: MSSP Alert’s complete event calendar
