Each business day, MSSP Alert broadcasts a quick lineup of news, analysis and chatter from across that 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. Coronavirus - Free Cybersecurity Tools: Here's a growing list of free technology tools and promotions that vendors have introduced to help partners and customers navigate the coronavirus pandemic.
2. MSP Cyber Insurance: Kaseya and Cysurance are bundling Kaseya Compliance Manager and Cysurance’s cyber policy underwritten by Chubb. The result: MSPs can address risk mitigation, remediation and reimbursement after a cyber incident, the companies say.
3. British Telecom: BT has launched Security Advisory Services for organizations of all sizes. The new security practice, led by Director of BT Security Tris Morgan, spans 300 security specialists worldwide.
4. Attack Simulations: SafeBreach has integrated its attack technique simulations into the Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) evaluation lab.
5. Microsoft Integration - SOCaaS: Delta Risk, a Top 200 MSSP and SOCaaS provider, announced today the integration of Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (Defender ATP) with its cloud-native Security Orchestration and Automation (SOAR) platform, ActiveEye.
6. Microsoft Integration - Attack Simulations: SafeBreach has integrated its attack technique simulations into the Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) evaluation lab.
7. Cyber Consulting: BT has launched Security Advisory Services for organizations of all sizes. The new security practice, led by Director of BT Security Tris Morgan, spans 300 security specialists worldwide.
B. Next Five Cybersecurity Conferences
- OKTA Oktane 2020 Cybersecurity Conference (March 30-April 2, San Francisco, California) — Online only. Face-to-face canceled.
- SANS 2020 Cybersecurity Training Conference (April 3-10, Orlando, Florida) — Online only. Face-to-face canceled.
- VMware Carbon Black Connect 2020 (May 13-14, Chicago) — Online only. Face-to-face canceled.
- Fortinet Accelerate 2020 (May 16-21, New York). Canceled
- Palo Alto Networks Ignite20 (June 1-4, Austin, Texas)
- Updated: Complete list of conference cancelations & postponements due to coronavirus concerns.
- Bonus: The complete MSSP Alert calendar