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Nov 24th, 2021 - Digital transformation services firm Microland & security information & event management (SIEM) platform provider Securonix launch managed SOCaaS. Microland , a digital transformation services company, and security information and event management (SIEM) platform provider Securonix have launched a managed security operations center-as-a-service (SOCaaS) solution. Organizations can use the Microland-Securonix solution to track their digital footprint, the companies said. The solution lets ... [Read More]

Nov 24th, 2021 - IT outsourcing has many benefits, but organizations must answer a number of questions before they embark on their journey. As IT becomes the core driver for business success, many organizations have come to terms with the fact that managing their complex IT systems and infrastructure on a day-to-day basis takes them away from focusing on their core business objectives. This has led to a sudden and widespread adoption of IT outsourcing, with reports expecting the market to be worth $397 billion ... [Read More]

Nov 24th, 2021 - OpenText has acquired network detection and response vendor Bricata in a move that further widens its growing portfolio of security solutions for businesses and consumers. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Bricata’s solution is designed to consolidate behavioral data on network-connected users, applications, and devices, including Internet of Things hardware, both on-premises and in the cloud. Built-in threat hunting and forensics functionality, the company says, helps screen out ... [Read More]

Nov 24th, 2021 - The Future of the SOC is “As-a-Service” The past 20 months have truly changed how business is done. For cybersecurity professionals, almost every organization had to move swiftly to support remote employees and new cloud-based services that were brought on to support this new way of working. Looking forward, there’s no going back; the era of hybrid work is here, bringing with it an expanded attack surface that malicious actors are increasingly taking advantage of. In fact, nearly 80% of ... [Read More]

Nov 23rd, 2021 - In the third episode of The PT Services Group’s PT Buzz podcast, John Pojeta, Vice President of Business Development at PT, welcomes Jimmy Hatzell of Barracuda Managed XDR, for a conversation about how a Security Operations Center (SOC) can help protect their customers . As cyberthreats are escalating both in volume and sophistication, SOCs can be a valuable asset. The conversation with Jimmy delves into four considerations about SOCs. The value of early detection in cyberthreats The ... [Read More]

Nov 23rd, 2021 - Getting full value out of your cloud solutions means monitoring closely both the value produced and the consumption of resources. The cloud initially attracted the interest of businesses because of its promise to reduce infrastructure costs. However, equating hosting costs with the public cloud is simplistic. The characteristics of the public cloud – automation, elasticity, measurability, plus self-service and on-demand consumption – are the bases of the cloud economy revolution we are ... [Read More]

Nov 22nd, 2021 - By Carlos Arnal Cardenal, WatchGuard Technologies As mobile and hybrid workforces continue to flex the network perimeter, endpoint protections are now a requirement for complex IT environments that include computers, servers, laptops, and other devices. In fact, according to WatchGuard’s Q2 2021 Internet Security Report , in the first half of this 2021, endpoint malware detections originating from scripting engines like PowerShell have already reached 80% of their entire detection volume from ... [Read More]

Nov 22nd, 2021 - If the last 20+ years of cyberattacks have taught us anything, it is that humans are both an enterprise’s greatest asset and the source of highest risk. Employees, contractors, and consultants, and their digital identities, represent the ultimate risk to data, IP, and operational resiliency, yet their behaviors, activities, intent, and motivations have been mostly ignored by first generation DLP solutions. Understanding human ‘ intent ’ directly from the endpoint is the most important ... [Read More]

Nov 22nd, 2021 - MSPs can take these nine marketing steps to generate leads & convert those leads into managed services sales, according to Liongard. In the new normal of hybrid workplaces, MSPs are now a familiar and essential part of most business operations— 75 percent of small- and medium-size businesses (SMBs) already outsource part of their internal operations to an IT or managed service provider (MSP). And it’s easy to see why when you see the results. It’s estimated that managed services reduce IT ... [Read More]

Nov 18th, 2021 - By Gary Pica, TruMethods, a Kaseya company In the wake of the pandemic, many organizations are turning to MSPs and IT service providers to advance digital transformation and mitigate the security risks created by a hybrid workforce . While some IT professionals misunderstand the function of a virtual CIO (vCIO) as a role rather than a solution, an MSP with vCIO services can provide the remote expertise and strategic mindset needed to streamline business operations. With a vCIO solution, MSPs ... [Read More]