MSP & IT, MSSP Industry Notes for September 19th, 2020

MSP & MSSP Industry Notes

Sponsored by

Arcoa Group

ARCOA Group is here to help you successfully manage your IT Asset Disposition process. We help you recover value from retired electronic equipment through responsible methods of reuse and recycling.  We ensure proper handling of assets which may contain data, while being environment stewards for assets that have no reuse value and are headed for recycling. We’ve built a robust de-manufacturing process to offer additional options for asset value recovery by disassembling equipment for commodity grade materials, which can be diverted from landfills and be used to create new base materials.

Applied Imaging acquires Florida-based office technology dealer

• Applied Imaging acquired Upstream Office Solutions, which is headquartered in Tampa Bay
• The acquisition gives Applied Imaging a total of 14 offices spread throughout Michigan, Ohio and Florida
• Applied Imaging offers services including copier and printer sales, document management, managed IT services and document shredding

Netsurion Named to MSSP Alert's Top 250 MSSPs List for 2020 Fourth-Annual List Honors ...

• MSSP Alert, published by After Nines Inc., has named Netsurion to the Top 250 MSSPs list for 2020
• 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
• The rankings are based on MSSP Alert’s 2020 readership survey combined with the digital media site’s global editorial coverage of managed security services providers

Accenture Named a Leader in European Managed Security Services by Independent Research Firm

• Named a Leader in the latest Forrester Research report on European Managed Security Services
• The report — “The Forrester Wave™: European Managed Security Services Providers, Q3 2020” — evaluates Accenture prior to the company’s Symantec CSS business acquisition
• Accenture’s strength is in its high flexibility, customer focus, and a strong emphasis on automation

BearingPoint expands its portfolio in the area of new ways of working

• BearingPoint announced today that it has acquired Paris-based Steerio, an engagement platform (SaaS)
• The acquisition is part of a bigger strategic move: the independent consulting firm has been investing for years in new and better ways of working
• Steerio joins BearingPoint’s portfolio of team and project management assets such as Active Managerand enhances its People & Strategy offering

Managed IoT connectivity from Telenor Connexion now available in AWS Marketplace

• By 2025, more than 5 billion cellular Internet of Things (IoT) connections are forecasted globally, according to the Ericsson Mobility Report
• Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) today announced it will now enable the sale of managed connectivity for its CSP partners, available in Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace
• AWS Marketplaceis a digital catalog with thousands of software listings from independent software vendors that make it easy to find, test, buy, and deploy software that runs on AWS

NTT Communications Honored in Two Categories by the Frost & Sullivan 2020 Asia Pacific Best ...

• NTT Group(TOKYO: 9432), announced today that it was recognized as the award recipient for 2020 Japan IoT Service Provider of the Year and 2020 Japan Data Center Service Provider of the Year by the Frost & Sullivan 2020 Asia Pacific Best Practices Awards program
• NTT Com was named 2020 Japan IoT Service Provider of the Year for the second year in a row.

Introducing Fiverr Business, a New Platform Targeting Team Collaboration for The Future of Work

• Announcing the official launch of Fiverr Business™
• designed for corporate teams and departments to collaborate with each other while managing projects with freelance talent
• Per a recent survey Fiverr conducted of over 2,000 businesses globally, 52% said they are allocating more budget to freelance services

ePlus Delivers Managed Powered Protection for Enhanced Business Continuity

• ePlus inc. (NASDAQ NGS: PLUS– news) today announced that it has extended its Managed Services
• Capabilities to include proactive monitoring, management, and remediation of APC by Schneider Electricuninterruptible power supply (UPS) devices

TierPoint Announces Cloud to Cloud Recovery Powered by Dell EMC RecoverPoint

• Tier Point announced its newest service: Cloud to Cloud Recovery powered by Dell EMC RecoverPoint
• Replicating to a TierPoint-managed Hosted Private Cloud built on the Dell VxRail platform
• Offers a cost-effective way to leverage Dell EMC RecoverPoint, achieving real-time protection per VMware virtual machine and recovery time objectives (RTOs) as low as 15 minutes

TPx Achieves HIPAA Compliance for Managed SD-WAN & Firewall Solutions

• Announced today that it has attained the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) attestation for its Managed SD-WAN and Firewall solutions
• Healthcare continues to be a prime magnet for cyberattacks, with electronic health records being a lucrative target
• Verified by a third-party audit, TPx's attestation confirms that technical, physical and administrative safeguards, as well as company policies and procedures, meet HIPAA requirements

Check Point To Buy Secure Remote Access Startup Odo Security

• Check Point Aoftware Technologies agrees to purchase cybersecurity startup Odo Security
• San Carlos, Calif. based platform vendor said Tel Aviv, Israel-based Odo has developed a cloud-based, clientless secure service edge (SASE) technology that secure remove access

DataTribe Co-Founder Named A Finalist in the 2020 Maryland Cybersecurity Awards ...

• Announced the Maryland Cybersecurity Awards has named its Co-Founder and Investment Board Member, Mike Janke, a Finalist in the category of Cybersecurity Champion of the Year Award
• The competition is poised to identify and curate Pre-Series A, seed high-technology start-ups with a vision to disrupt cybersecurity and data science

Mopria mobile printing update

• The Mopria Alliance announced that Google Android 11 operating system, used by mobile devices, offers new features for printing and scanning
• Share-to-Print feature enables users to print images and documents from thousands of social media and productivity applications directly from device
• Allows users to share files such as JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF and PDF
• Supports specific enhancements to ensure best fit and higher resolution
• Users are able to select and install additional print services directly in their print workflow to enable more printer/MFP features

Panasonic Webinar | Win with our Scanning Solutions

Panasonic gives you winning advantages against the competition by creating better solutions for your customers. Panasonic's scanning solutions give your clients the ability to better allocate their resources, minimize time spent on document management, and give them easier access with better clarity to their m

Cybersecurity Update

• Adobe Corp. notified customers that it has fixed 5 critical flaws that would allow hackers to run JavaScript in browser
  • Would allow hackers to steal info, and move laterally through network
• Microsoft notified users that specially crafted Windows 10 themes and theme packs could be used in “Pass-the-Hash” hacking incidents
  • Could steal Windows account credentials from unsuspecting users
• IBM is warning users of new Raccoon malware, which can attack TLS 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2 protocols
  • TLS 1.3 is considered safe
• KPMG is warning users of a new ransomware gang named ProLock
  • Original name was PwndLocker
  • Uses a “big game hunting” methodology
  • Ransom demands range from $400,000 to $1 million
• UF (University of Florida) Health of Gainesville, FL notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI may have been exposed after breach.
• Bitdefender Software’s Mid-Year Threat Landscape Report:
  • 715% increase in detected and blocked ransomware attacks in 2020 vs. 2019
  • New ransomware gangs include; Sodinokigi, REvil, Zepto, DoppelPaymer and
    Cryptolocker
  • 1 billion samples of malware samples are roaming the Internet
  • 23% increase in ransomware overall
  • 49% of information security professional worry about their organization’s
    readiness
• ZDNet magazine reports that 41% of all cyber insurance claims made in first half of 2020 were for ransomware attacks.
  • Increase of 260%
  • Average ransom demand increasing 47%
• NorthShore University Health notified 348,000 patients that their PHI was exposed after data breach.
• Catholic Health of Buffalo, NY notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after breach.
• University of Kentucky HealthCare notified 163,000 patients that their PHI may have been exposed after hacking incident.
• Main Line Health of Pennsylvania notified 60,595 patients that their PHI may have been exposed after hacking incident.
• Imperium Health of Louisville, KY notified 139,000 patients that their PHI may have been exposed after hacking incident.
• Baton Rouge Clinic of Louisiana notified 308,000 patients that their PHI may have been exposed after hacking incident.
• Lukes Hospital Health System of Kansas City, Missouri notified 360,212 patients that their PHI may have been exposed after hacking incident.
• MultCare of Washington notified 176,677 patients that their PHI may have been exposed after hacking incident.
• Atrium Health of Charlotte, NC notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI may have been exposed after hacking incident.
• Moffitt Cancer Center of Tampa, FL notified 4,056 patients that their PHI was exposed after hacking incident.
• Adams Memorial Hospital of Indiana notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI may have been exposed after hacking incident.
• Hartford Public School District of CT notified an unknown number of students that their info may have been exposed after ransomware attack.
• Toledo Public School District of Ohio notified an unknown number of students that their info may have been exposed after ransomware attack.
• Pickens County School District of South Carolina notified an unknown number of students that their info may have been exposed after ransomware attack.
• Sherry Russell, a widow from Woodstock, NY, filed a lawsuit against HealthAlliance Hospital of NY
  • Claims that hospital is denying access to the PHI of her now deceased husband, who died from cancer
• Hennepin Healthcare (aka Hennepin County Medical Center) of Minnesota, reported that it fired an unknown number of employees after they illegally accessed the PHI of George Floyd, who died while in custody of Minneapolis, MN police.
• UT (University of Texas) Health San Antonio notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI may have been exposed after hacking incident.
• Equinix, which operates 50 data centers in the U.S., announced it was hit by Netwalker Ransomware, and hackers demanding $4.5M in ransom
• Trinity Area School District of Pennsylvania notified an unknown number of students that their info may have been exposed after hacking incident.
• Razer Gaming, headquartered in Irvine, CA, notified 100,000 online gaming customers that their info may have been exposed after email phishing attack.
• Enloe Medical Center of Chico, CA notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI may have been exposed after security breach.
• Inova Health System of Falls Church, VA notified 1,045,270 patients that their PHI was exposed after data breach.
• Chesterfield County Public Schools of Virginia notified an unknown number of
  students that their info may have been exposed after breach.
• Fort Dodge Community School District of Des Moines, IA notified an unknown
  number of students that their info may have been exposed after cyberattack.