Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) News: 23 February 2022

Each business day, MSSP Alert broadcasts a quick lineup of news, analysis and chatter from across the managed security services provider ecosystem.

A. Today’s MSSP, MDR, XDR and Cybersecurity News Alerts

1. Colonial Pipeline Hires CISO: Prominent supply chain cyberattack victim Colonial Pipeline has hired Adam Tice as CISO. Most recently, Tice led security operations, detection and response, threat intelligence, and investigations at Silicon Valley Bank.

2. Talent - Supply Chain Security: Betsy Soehren-Jones has been named Chief Operation Officer (COO) of Fortress Information Security, a provider of supply chain cybersecurity for critical infrastructure organizations.

3. NIST Cybersecurity Framework Update?: NIST is seeking input as the organization prepares to potentially update the cybersecurity framework...

4. New York Security Operations Center (SOC): New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York Governor Kathy Hochul, along with the mayors of Albany, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and Yonkers, have unveiled a new Joint Security Operations Center (JSOC) that will "bolster New York State's ability to combat cybersecurity threats and attacks," according to an announcement from state officials. The JSOC is based in Brooklyn.

5. MDR Partner Program: Difenda has launched a channel program, and hired CFW and Herjavec Group veteran Juliana Zaremba as strategic partnerships director.

6. Cloud Marketplace - MSP Security: Pax8's cloud marketplace in North America now includes WatchGuard's network security platform. The platform provides MSPs with network security, network visibility, SD-WAN, DNS filtering, policy management, threat detection, and more, the companies indicated.

7. Ransomware Mitigation - MSP Partner Program: Illumio has launched an MSP program "designed to help small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) reduce the risk of suffering from ransomware attacks and other breaches. Initial partners include FusionTek and Straight Edge Technology.  

9. Palo Alto Networks Counters SIEM: The effort involves Cortex XSIAM: an "AI-driven platform that can revolutionize the way data, analytics and automation are deployed by security organizations," the company asserted. Moreover, Palo Alto Networks predicted that "XSIAM will disrupt the multibillion dollar SIEM category by offering a modern alternative that can stay ahead of today's threat landscape."

10. Palo Alto Networks Quarterly Financial Results: Palo Alto Networks revenue was $1.3 billion in Q2 of fiscal 2022, up 30% compared to Q2 of fiscal 2021. The results generally beat Wall Street's expectations.

11. Cyber Platform: Forcepoint has launched Forcepoint ONE -- an "all-in-one cloud platform simplifies security for both traditional and remote workforces," the company asserted.

12. Container Protection: Redstor has launched a new service designed to help CSPs and MSPs protect Kubernetes environments in AWS.