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What’s Holding Managed Security Service Providers Back?


As CEO of Logpoint, Jesper is an expert on business and cybersecurity innovation.

Managed security service providers (MSSPs) enable organizations to outsource their security operations cost-effectively. Rather than devoting spend to building and maintaining an in-house security operations center (SOC), organizations can obtain such services from the MSSP and benefit from their scalability and expertise.

However, to obtain their business, MSSPs must compete effectively by delivering real-time managed detection and response SOC services. All indications are that they are currently struggling to do that.

We conducted a survey of MSSPs and found that 65% thought their SOC operations might be losing time due to inefficient processes, creating an increased risk to their customers through slower incident response times. Some SOCs were not integrated with other technologies, for instance, and only 25% were using automated playbooks or procedures for alert response—meaning the vast majority were manually reviewing their system alerts.

Consequently, over half (57%) said the gap between mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to respond (MTTR) was below expectations. It’s a gap being widened by SOC operations failing to automatically feed threat intelligence to security solutions such as endpoint detection and response (EDR), firewalls and user management—delaying detection and response further. Moreover, a third of those questioned (35%) said they did not have the best processes or tools for building detection patterns, preventing them from identifying emerging threats.

Forward-Thinking

There is a clear understanding of where MSSPs are today versus where they want to be, with most stating they intend to create new services over the next 12 to 24 months—including EDR, network detection and response (NDR), managed computer security incident response team (CSIRT), security orchestration and response (SOAR), managed detection and response (MDR), and SOC for small and medium-sized businesses. In order to roll out such services, MSSPs need to reassess their business processes now and explore how they can implement automation and orchestration.

Automation sees technology used…

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What’s The Difference? – Forbes Advisor INDIA


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It is no surprise that due to the increase in corporate cyberattacks many are turning to proxies and VPNs to avoid digital crises. While these two approaches share similar functions, understanding their differences can allow you to determine which tool best suits your browsing needs. 

To help, we set up a proxy vs. VPN comparison guide to better understand how each works.

Proxy vs. VPN: Similarities and Differences

If you aren’t familiar with a VPN or proxy, it could be easy to confuse the two based on their functions. For instance, both tools hide your internet protocol (IP) address, making it seem you are in a different location. However, it is crucial to distinguish the two to get the most out of their security and privacy-related offerings.

What Is a VPN?

A virtual private network (VPN) is a digital tunnel that takes your data from one point to another. When your information enters the tunnel, it gets encrypted (typically with AES 256-bit encryption). To anyone not approved to view it, the information would be extremely difficult to understand. The data only becomes legible again once it reaches the intended destination.

VPN usage aims to protect your identity, obscure browsing behaviors from watchful eyes and shut down most hacker antics. The system encrypts your information, making it easy to visit the web from various locations without concern about who might have access to your online activity. VPNs can be used on desktop computers and mobile devices.

Pros and Cons of Using a VPN

Although virtual private networks are for internet security, they have drawbacks. The following chart features the benefits…

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Dallas is still under a ransomware attack. Here’s what’s impacted


Early last month, the city of Dallas was hit with a ransomware attack by the hacker group Royal, which impacted a number of its websites.

The city’s online services were down for several days following the May 3 cyberattack.

Dallas Chief Information Officer William Zielinski told a city council committee at the time that the attack affected systems throughout the city’s network.

Here’s what we know was impacted by the ransomware attack:

  • Dallas Police Department, Dallas Fire-Rescue, 911 and 311: The outages impacted DPD’s computer-assisted dispatch system, known as CAD. Dispatch call takers had to manually write down instructions for officers in the field and officers were only able to respond through their phones and radios. According to city spokesperson Catherine Cuellar, those systems were brought back online May 6 and emergency dispatch has stayed in operation since. 
  • Dallas Water Utilities: The attack knocked out the online payment system for Dallas Water Utilities, as well as meter-reading software. Those have since come back online. 
  • Dallas Municipal Court: The court was closed for the majority of the month after the cyberattack. There were no hearings, trials or jury duty during that time, and the city could not accept nearly any form of citation payments. Dallas residents were still able to mail important documents to the court, but wasn’t able to process them until the court reopened on Tuesday. All hearings that were scheduled since May 3 will be rescheduled and new court dates mailed out now that services are restored. 
  • Dallas Public Library: The library’s reservation system has not been brought back online yet. Staff are still manually tracking the availability of borrowed items. Residents can still check those items out, but are being advised not to return them until the system is fully functional again.

The city says it’s been working with federal and state law enforcement to investigate the ransomware attack.
Meanwhile, city spokesperson Catherine Cuellar says workarounds remain in place as officials continue to restore public safety and public-facing services.

“Serving our residents remains a top priority, and while we…

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What’s New in Teams | May 2023


Welcome to the May 2023 edition of What’s New in Teams! This month featured a ton of great announcements from Microsoft Build 2023. Be sure to catch-up on all the great features that were revealed to make Microsoft and Microsoft Teams the best place for developers to build the next-gen of collaborative apps.

 

We have a great line-up of new features to announce. This month brings 32 new features to Teams. My personal favorites are Avatars for meetings which can give me a much-needed camera break when I have a full day of on-camera meetings and Intelligent Meeting Recap for Teams Premium users which leverages AI to automatically provide a comprehensive overview of your meeting, helping save time catching up and coordinating next steps.

 

Please read about all the updates and let me know your thoughts! I’ll do my best to respond and answer questions as they come up.

 

Meetings

Teams Phone

Chat and Collaboration

Teams Rooms and Devices

IT Admin and Security

Platform

Premium

Government

 

Meetings

Active speaker view in meetings

Speaker view for Teams meetings allows you to effortlessly track the current active speaker. The active speaker’s video will be rendered at a higher resolution, providing better visual clarity. The use of 16:9 tiles and consistent placement of audio and video participants on the same stage ensures a fluid experience. Toggling videos on or off will not cause the entire stage to be re-rendered. The main area designated for the active speaker is also utilized for shared content, enabling seamless transitions during presentations. Speaker View is particularly effective in scenarios with a limited number of key speakers and a large audience, such as town halls, trainings, or lectures – especially from the student’s perspective. You can select the “Speaker view” option under “View” in the meeting toolbar. This view is not set as a default view.

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More information on active speaker view can be found here.

Profanity filtering on/off control for Live Captions

You now have a new option to turn off the profanity filtering and be able to see the Captions as is. You can control this option via Settings in Teams > Captions and…

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