NEWS
COVID-19
pandemic
sparks 72%
ransomware
growth
Skybox Security, a global leader in
cybersecurity management, has
published the mid-year update to its 2020
Vulnerability and Threat Trends Report. The
report analyses the vulnerabilities, exploits
and threats in play over the first half of a
year dominated by the chaos surrounding
the COVID-19 pandemic. The report,
compiled by Skybox Research Lab, aims
to help organisations align their security
strategy with the reality of the current
threat landscape.
BT launches a new range
of managed security and
advisory services for
Microsoft Azure Sentinel
The report showed that: there was a 50%
increase in mobile vulnerabilities, which
highlights the dangers of blurring line
between corporate and personal networks;
ransomware thrives during the COVID-19
pandemic, with new samples increasing
by 72% and there were attacks on critical
infrastructure, including healthcare
companies and research labs. “The global
COVID-19 pandemic has completely
reshaped the way that organisations and
their employees work,” said Ron Davidson,
VP of R&D and CTO for Skybox Security.
“With the majority of the workforce now
working remotely, the network perimeter
has significantly widened – securing this
perimeter now needs to be a top strategic
priority. Organisations need to be able
to identify the flaws that sit within both
personal and professional devices. “They also
need to be able to model their expanded
network so that they can understand all
potential attack vectors. If they do not have
these capabilities, then they will not be
able to manage the mass of 20,000 new
vulnerabilities, leaving them vulnerable to
attack; something that they cannot afford at
a time of global financial uncertainty.”
BT has announced a new range of
fully managed security and advisory
services to support Microsoft Azure
Sentinel. These are the first in a series
of managed security services offered by
BT to support Microsoft’s cloud-based
applications, with the details being
announced as part of Microsoft’s Inspire
digital partner event.
BT is one of the first Microsoft Managed
Security Service Providers to have been
selected for the Microsoft Intelligent
Security Association (MISA), with the
two companies sharing a common vision
for cloud services and offering marketleading
security capabilities as the need
for flexible and scalable technology
solutions drive cloud adoption.
BT will provide a managed service for
Azure Sentinel’s scalable, cloud-native,
security information event management
(SIEM) and security orchestration
automated response (SOAR) solution.
The BT-managed service includes alert
detection, threat visibility and threat
response by combining data from the
Azure Sentinel workspace with BT’s
own expertise and extensive threat
intelligence gained from protecting
one of the world’s largest global
networks. Customers will also benefit
from BT’s Security Advisory Services
which offer expert guidance to help
organisations navigate today’s
complex cybersecurity landscape.
Using advanced cybersecurity tools,
BT’s 16 global Security Operations
Centres monitor data ingested into a
customer’s Azure Sentinel workspace.
BT’s cybersecurity experts will detect,
analyse and mitigate threats across the
customer’s Microsoft estate, working
closely with incident response teams to
protect customer data. The service is
available to a wide range of businesses
and organisations spanning different
industries across the globe.
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