MSPs are at frontlines since day one, helping organizations secure hybrid workforces with remote employees – a critical role considering changingattacker tactics, techniques, procedures(TTPs) that increasingly involve remote access services like Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).

According to a recent Trend Micro poll, more than half of Security Operations Center (SOC) teams are overwhelmed with alerts and lack confidence in their ability to prioritise or respond to these warnings.

“XDR is generating a tremendous deal of interest from security operations professionals and is becoming one of the most discussed topics in the cybersecurity industry,” said John Czupak, President and CEO, ThreatQuotient.

Sophos has announced the acquisition of Refactr, a developer and marketer of a flexible DevSecOps automation platform that connects DevOps with cybersecurity. Refactr, based in Bellevue, Washington, was founded in 2017 and is a privately held company.

Forrester assessed that “Trend Micro delivers advanced, integrated email security” noting that “Enterprises seeking an email security solution with strong endpoint integration (especially for Trend Micro-protected endpoints) and [incident response] capabilities should evaluate Trend Micro.”