Each business day, MSSP Alert broadcasts a quick lineup of news, analysis and chatter from across that managed security services provider ecosystem.
A. Today’s MSSP Alerts
1. Cyber Insurance Questions: Pose these questions before buying cyber insurance. Oh, and attend our webcast.
2. U.S. Census Cybersecurity Concerns: Here's the background.
3. North Korea Hacker Activity: Here's the latest warning from the Department of Justice.
4. Election Security: Secureworks weighs in with guidance here.
5. Plastic Surgery Patient Data Exposed: The data leak details are here.
6. Coronavirus Phishing Attacks: Hackers are using coronavirus fears for phishing attacks, Trustwave reports.
7. Financial Results - Qualys: The cloud-based security provider says Q4 2019 revenue was $84.7 million, up 14 percent from the corresponding quarter last year. The figure generally beat Wall Street's expectations.
8. Financial Results - CyberArk: The privileged access management provider says Q4 2019 revenue was $129.7 million, up 19 percent from the corresponding quarter last year. The results generally beat Wall Street's expectations.
B. Cybersecurity Partner Programs and Strategic Alliances
1. Integration - Endpoint Security: Acalvio Technologies, a provider of autonomous deception solutions, today announced the availability of its ShadowPlex Application in the CrowdStrike Store. Partners and customers gain "high-fidelity detections of threat activity and timely alerts based on dynamic deception," the company says.
2. Security Operations: SlashNext, a provider of real-time anti-phishing and incident response solutions, has joined the ThreatConnect Developer Partner Program.
