MSP News - March 18, 2022

Google Chronicle Enhancements: Alert Prioritization, Risk Scoring & More

Google Cloud has announced context-aware threat detections, alert prioritization and risk scoring enhancements for its Chronicle security information and event management (SIEM) platform. The updates come as Google Cloud seeks to boost its security portfolio across multiple fronts. Key moves include acquiring cyber incident response expert Mandiant for $5.4 billion and buying Siemplify for $500 million. By Dan Kobialka I Mar 16, 2022 Read More

CISA Set for Funding Increase Once President Signs Omnibus Spending Bill

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) will receive a $568 million windfall from last year’s funding level should the $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill to underwrite the government through the fiscal year ended September 30, 2022 gain President Biden’s signature as expected next week. By D. Howard Kass I Mar 16, 2022 Read More

Can MSSPs Mitigate Rising ICS, IOT Vulnerability Issues?

Vulnerabilities across industrial control systems (ICS) rose by 25 percent in the second half of 2021 and overall by 110 percent over the last four years, according to a new report. Claroty’s fourth Biannual ICS Risk & Vulnerability Report also found that ICS vulnerabilities are expanding beyond operational technology (OT) to the Extended Internet of Things (XIoT), with 34 percent affecting IoT, industrial healthcare (IoMT), and enterprise IT assets in 2H 2021, the security provider said. By D. Howard Kass I Mar 9, 2022 Read More