Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) News: 26 September 2020 -

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) 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. BlackBerry Guard MDR Channel Partner Push: CEO John Chen provides early details.

2. M&A - CrowdStrike Acquires Zero Trust Software Company: Here are details.

3. M&A - Australia Cloud Security: Tesserent Ltd. is acquiring iQ3, a secure private cloud service provider in Australia.

4. Ransomware Attacks Government Service Provider: Here are details.

5. Hackers Hit U.S. Federal Agency: Some details are here.

6. Talent: Cyemptive Technologies, a provider of pre-emptive cybersecurity products and technology, has hired Hitachi and HP veteran Lynn McLean as senior VP of sales.

7. Microsoft Security Partnerships: Illusive Networks has joined the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA). Also, three Illusive Networks products -- Attack Surface Manager, Attack Detection System, and Attack Intelligence System -- are now available via the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, and are integrated across a wide range of Microsoft products, the company says.

8. Cybersecurity Skills Training: RangeForce has introduced a Community Edition of its simulation-based CyberSkills Training Platform. The platform introduces SOC analysts, DevOps, and web application engineers to cloud-based simulated cyber training.

9. Cybersecurity Education- College Diplomas: Georgia Tech has launched a School of Cybersecurity and Privacy.

10. Partnership - XDR: Kognos, an Extended Detection and Response (XDR) investigator platform, now integrates with VMware Carbon Black. Partners and customers gain a "deep and rich analysis on endpoint data to enable alert triage, investigation and response in real time for mutual customers," the companies say.