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.Reaching Our Inbox: Send news, tips and rumors to [email protected]. A. Today’s MSSP and Cybersecurity News Alerts
1. Hackers Attack IT Monitoring Software: Hackers successfully hit IT monitoring software from Centreon, and the attack quietly continued from 2017 through 2020,
according to French investigators.
2. Ransomware Hacker Arrests: Members of the Egregor ransomware cartel have been arrested in Ukraine,
France Inter and ZDnet report.
3. Ransomware Attacks College: Central Piedmont Community College, North Carolina’s second-largest community college, has confirmed it’s the victim of a ransomware attack that recent shut down all school-related technology,
according to a local news report.
4. M&A - Cloud Security Posture Management: Palo Alto Networks has acquired Bridgecrew for cloud security posture management (CSPM) and DevOps-related security capabilities.
5. Talent - Distribution and Cybersecurity: Ingram Micro has named
Rod Lazarus as general manager for cybersecurity.
6. Check Point Software Updates: Check Point Software Technologies has launched
CloudGuard Application Security (AppSec), an automated web application and API protection solution. AppSec allows enterprises to secure cloud-native applications against both known and zero-day attacks, the company says.
7. NIST Guidance: The
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published the final version of a document to guide the cybersecurity of positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) services,
ExecutiveGov reports.
8. Research - Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) Market Forecast: Sales of cloud security posture management (CSPM) will likely reach $9 billion by 2026, a 14.4 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2020, according to
MarketsandMarkets.
9. Research - Cloud Services Brokerage Market Forecast: The global
cloud service brokerage (CSB) market will reach $1
7.2 billion by 2025, a 17.3% CAGR from 2019, according to Million Insights.
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