Each business day, MSSP Alert delivers a quick lineup of news, analysis and chatter from the entire 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), threat hunters and MSP security providers — and those who need to partner with such companies.
- Frequency and Format: Every business morning. Usually one or two sentences for each item below.
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A. Today’s MSSP, MDR, XDR and Cybersecurity Market News
1. AWS Cloud Security: SentinelOne now supports AWS Graviton processors to secure cloud workloads.
2. Cloud Security Warranty: Aqua Security has introduced a $1 Million Cloud Native Protection Warranty. The warranty, which is available free of charge to all customers who have fully deployed the Aqua Platform, will pay up to $1 million in the event of a proven successful attack, the company said.
3. ServiceNow Data Protection: OwnBackup has expanded its cloud-to-cloud backup and recovery solution to support ServiceNow. OwnBackup already has built-in reports for Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics.
4. SaaS Certification – Cyber Resilience: SaaS cyber resilience products from CyberRes have all achieved International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 27001.2013 certification of the Information Security Management System (ISMS) category. The certification essentially confirms that CyberRes has “demonstrated that it implements, maintains and continuously improves its SaaS offerings for information security management systems as it relates to customer data and customer privacy, ” said the company. CyberRes is a Micro Focus line of business.
5. Luna In Rust Ransomware: A new hacker group, known as Luna, is using ransomware written in Rust to easily port malware from one operating system to another, according to Kaspersky.
6. Okta Security Debate: Okta’s software could allow attackers to easily exfiltrate passwords, impersonate other users, and alter logs to cover their tracks, according to Automize research, DarkReading reported. Okta offered this insight in the report.
7. MSSP Executive: Performanta hired NTT Security veteran Quentene Finnigan as COO.
8. Funding- SOC Platform: Anvilogic raised $25 million in Series B funding led by Outpost Ventures. Anvilogic pitched the security operations platform for enterprises, but did not mention the potential use cases of MSSP and MSP.
B. MSSP, MDR and Cybersecurity Virtual Events and Conference Calendar
- AWS re:Inforce (July 26-27, Boston, Massachusetts)
- Black Hat USA (August 6-11, Las Vegas)
- Defcon 30 (August 11-14, Las Vegas)
- Gartner Identity and Access Management Summit 2022 (August 22-24, Las Vegas)
- Blue Team Con 2022 (August 27-28, Chicago)
- LogRhythm RhythmWorld 2022 (September 13-15, Denver, Colorado)
- Join in: MSSP Alert Live (September 19-21, Washington, DC)
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