In today’s evolving threat landscape, the decision of whether to bring in external talent expertise is no longer optional. During the 2021 Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit, we heard other facts and figures that aligned with the needs of our customers and of the market. At the summit, Gartner analysts noted that organizations must have partnerships with MSS/MDR providers and security consulting firms if security is to enable corporate business objectives.

Over the last several years, Managed Security Service Providers (MSSP) have evolved, and some have started offering Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services as part of their overall security solution. However, an MSSP lacking MDR capability simply cannot provide the same level of security, particularly in today’s quickly changing environment that has seen remote and hybrid work become the norm.

On the shifting threat landscape, security investments are growing, the complexity of security solutions continues to increase, hence the need for managed security service providers (MSSPs) will continue to grow proportionally.

MSSP Alert, published by After Nines Inc., has named Cybriant, a leader in cybersecurity services, to the Top 250 MSSPs list for 2021. The list and research identify and honor the top MSSPs, managed detection and response (MDR), and Security Operations Center as a Service (SOCaaS) providers worldwide.

At AT&T Cybersecurity, we believe in the exceptional expertise of our managed security service provider (MSSP) partners. That’s why we are delighted to announce the launch of our new, simplified MSSP Partner Program that will help enhance your business. Our aim is to enable our MSSP partners to successfully monetize security capabilities and achieve exceptional growth and profits by delivering superior, next-generation managed security services to customers.

A cybercrime organization with Russian origins called REvil claims to have infected 1 million systems across 17 countries. It is now demanding $ 70 million in bitcoins in exchange for a “universal decryptor” that will return users’ access. Hackers targeted the US IT company Kaseya, and then used that company’s software to infiltrate the victims’ systems, using a zero-day vulnerability.

The coronavirus pandemic has added new layers to the threat landscape facing corporate security leaders in 2020 and going into 2021, as well. As businesses and workforces sought to adapt rapidly to remote working at scale, malicious groups and other threat actors began exploiting opportunities to target stressed people and systems with malware.