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OpenText's endpoint protection is being combined with Cork's cyber warranty coverage in a new offering aimed at helping MSPs protect their SMB customers. Read my latest story on ChannelE2E. #MSPs #cybersecurity https://lnkd.in/eHqyzajD

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The next CorkSec meetup takes place on Tuesday 12th in The Pav (https://lnkd.in/eCYeT9Kx) – and we’ve now confirmed our talks! Check them out below. If you are coming, please signup on the meetup page so we know how many to expect. As always if you are a first-timer, we have a full description of what to expect on our "What we're About" section of Meetup (https://lnkd.in/eFh6fypR) CorkSec is made possible through generous sponsorship from our Platinum Sponsor Trend Micro, Gold Sponsor Cyber Skills, as well as our Silver and Bronze Sponsors featured prominently on the night. This November is also PIZZA NIGHT, with free Pizza on the night kindly sponsored by Morgan McKinley TALK 1: Pwnagotchi by Patryk Glogowski This talk is on the Pwnagotchi (https://pwnagotchi.ai) and how this small virtual pet should not be taken for a walk (while it does some hands free hacking of nearby wifi!). We'll cover - What this device is doing, How dangerous it is, and What are the components of this hands free hacking experience. TALK 2: Adversary uses of AI & why the technology will hurt them more than help them by Robert McArdle There is a lot of hype around how criminals are using AI in their attacks, but the reality is not as bad as researchers might assume. In fact the technology is likely going to help our industry more than hurt it. In this talk we will discuss both sides of the AI revolution.

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MSPs and MSSPs can increase their revenue stream, reduce cyber risk and offer financial protection to SMBs through this new OpenText Webroot endpoint protection and Cork cyber warranty partnership. Check out the article below to learn more. OpenText Cybersecurity The ChannelPro Network #cyberwarranty #msps #mssps #smbs #cybersecurity

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5 key questions you should ask during your vendor selection process. 🔊 As part of CloudGuard AI's yearly review, our Customer Success leaders ran a survey across UK and Ireland based businesses to understand the challenges that IT leaders experienced when assessing the market for cybersecurity vendor selection. Here are just some of our findings: 🕒 62% of respondents found that post-implementation, service experiences did not meet sales commitments. ⏱️ Response times of up to 1 hour from detection to action were reported, posing risks of exfiltration or disruption. 📊 54% of customers required or contracted to have access to SIEM data readily available on demand. Off the bat of this we’ve compiled these 5 questions to help you during the selection process: 1. Can you provide an accurate response time commitment from detection & alert through to remediation and action? 2. Will there be access to the data logs ingested into your service? 3. Does the responsibility for incident remediation reside with the provider or with the customer? 4. What level of tuning is included within the service provision and how is this reported on throughout the partnership? 5. What is the company’s approach and commitment on data export requests on the logs being collected, monitored and transferred? Link to the full report in the comments below. 👇

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📢🔒Big announcement here, read how RSA Security's solutions complement #Microsoft's infrastructure, filling in #security gaps, whilst giving users more flexibility & choice! 🔐 📰 This press release makes public the work that RSA Security & Microsoft customers have been testing privately for many months. See below #PressRelease for more information ⬇ 🌐 #MFA #Cybersecurity Elaine Curran Ross Collins Ben Murphy

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Just under 2 weeks to the next CorkSec, takeing place on July 16th in The Pav, Cork, Ireland (https://lnkd.in/eCEDeMcA). Below you'll find the two really interesting talks you have to look forward to. CorkSec is made possible through generous sponsorship from our Silver Sponsors Trend Micro and Cyber Skills , as well as our Bronze Sponsors featured prominently on the night. TALK 1: Mastering Data Security with DSPM: A Data-First Approach - by Agata Crowley Data is the lifeblood of business, driving resilience, growth, and success in a rapidly changing, competitive world. But are we handling our data responsibly? Are we truly good custodians of both our data and the data entrusted to us? Data security is a significant concern for everyone. Companies struggle with limited resources, lack of expertise, complex regulations, reliance on third-party providers, and often underestimate the associated risks. The widespread use of cloud services and data sharing across different regions only adds to the complexity. Fortunately, with the emergence of Data Security Posture Management (DSPM), identified by Gartner in its 2022 Hype Cycle for Data Security, we have a powerful solution to tackle these challenges. Join us to explore a data-first approach to security, understand why it's crucial, and learn how it works to protect what matters most. TALK 2: Flipper Zero - a Swiss Army Knives for Pentesting by Patryk Glogowski A high-level overview of the Flipper Zero (https://flipperzero.one) and how it's used for pen-testing and detection of flaws in various aspects of security, from cloning of RFID to hosting WiFI evil portals. If you are coming, please signup on the meetup page so we know how many to expect. As always if you are a first-timer, we have a full description of what to expect on our "What we're About" section of Meetup (https://lnkd.in/eFh6fypR)

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Under a week now to CorkSec Pub Quiz (https://lnkd.in/e3iZJvPj), coming Tuesday June 4th, with a fun night of random security and tech trivia, random facts, lots of fun and prizes! P.S. Did we mentions its FREE and there are PRIZES? Like - lots of them. Whether it's your first CorkSec, or you are a regular. All of the details you might want including Prizes, format etc are on the link placed above. A big thanks has to go to our Sponsors Trend Micro, Cyber Skills, Skillnet Ireland and eSentire - without whom the night would not be possible. To get everyone in the mood we are rolling out some past years questions. In the last post we asked: Q.Which of these is NOT a name of a well known Russian APT group? Cozy Bear, Fancy Bear, Cuddly Bear or Voodoo Bear? A. The answer is Cuddly Bear - all the others have been used to describe actual APT groups Here's another one for you, this time from 2021 - answer in a few days at the next promo post: Q. Which of these well known Technology companies was founded first? Facebook, Google, Netflix or Spotify?

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After so much great feedback on the last update video I did, we are back for a round 2 of "stuff you may have missed"! Just a quick video about some new Sophos releases that you may have missed so you can share with your team. https://lnkd.in/geWmfRS4

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Happy Spooky Week! As you all carve out your pumpkins, or turnips for my traditional Irish colleagues, I recommend you carve out some time to read this article from AWS. (Are you scared by my terrible puns, or just disappointed?) On a more serious note, as I pass my first 100 days at Wiz, I find myself more and more impressed with how Wiz can help organizations simplify finding and defending their CUI boundary for CMMC, reduce time and effort determining deployed cloud assets for accurate SBOMs (and AI-BOMs), and enabling defensible reprioritization of CVE and KVE original risk ratings for organizations (especially for POAMs) based upon relevant risks those vulnerabilities pose (based on external access paths, excessive admin permissions, exposure to sensitive data, and other toxic combinations) for FedRAMP and other regulated environments. https://lnkd.in/ebYv24Sm

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Hi Folks in the Munster area! The next CorkSec meetup takes place on July 16th in The Pav (https://lnkd.in/eCEDeMcA) – and we’ve now confirmed our talks! Check them out below. If you are coming, please signup on the meetup page so we know how many to expect. As always if you are a first-timer, we have a full description of what to expect on our "What we're About" section of Meetup (https://lnkd.in/eFh6fypR) CorkSec is made possible through generous sponsorship from our Silver Sponsors Trend Micro and Cyber Skills, as well as our Bronze Sponsors featured prominently on the night. TALK 1: Mastering Data Security with DSPM: A Data-First Approach - by Agata Crowley Data is the lifeblood of business, driving resilience, growth, and success in a rapidly changing, competitive world. But are we handling our data responsibly? Are we truly good custodians of both our data and the data entrusted to us? Data security is a significant concern for everyone. Companies struggle with limited resources, lack of expertise, complex regulations, reliance on third-party providers, and often underestimate the associated risks. The widespread use of cloud services and data sharing across different regions only adds to the complexity. Fortunately, with the emergence of Data Security Posture Management (DSPM), identified by Gartner in its 2022 Hype Cycle for Data Security, we have a powerful solution to tackle these challenges. Join us to explore a data-first approach to security, understand why it's crucial, and learn how it works to protect what matters most. TALK 2: Flipper Zero - a Swiss Army Knives for Pentesting by Patryk Glogowski A high-level overview of the Flipper Zero (https://flipperzero.one) and how it's used for pen-testing and detection of flaws in various aspects of security, from cloning of RFID to hosting WiFI evil portals. Hope to see many of you there! Bob 

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With Cloud Marketplaces becoming one of the leading ways customers want to transact, having an aligned partner strategy is key to success. I have had the pleasure of working with Darren Sharpe for several years now and with Fortinet priding themselves on there channel approach to customer success it is great to continue with our collaboration as Microsoft continue with there Partner Private Offer launch. With the pre-launch now is full swing it has been great seeing all the interest out there in the market and pipeline grow and grow. If you are still trying to understand marketplace this session below are some great insights. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or want to learn more. #cloudsecurity #cloudmarketplace #fortinet #fortinetpartner

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Big changes this year in Identity and Access Management with more to come! Last year was a mega one with mergers & acquisitions galore... SailPoint acquiring Osirium, itsme® acquiring nextAuth, Ping Identity X ForgeRock to name only a few! This year's got off to a good start & I'm sure we'll continue to see more: 🚀 Ark Infotech LLC acquired Slauth.io 🚀 Delinea acquired Authomize, now part of Delinea 🚀 HID acquired ZeroSSL 🚀 1Password acquired Kolide by 1Password 🚀 SecureAuth Corporation acquired Cloudentity 🚀 Delinea acquired Fastpath Solutions, LLC 🚀 AyoPajak acquired by Privy ... any key ones I've not highlighted?? 🤓 Looking forward to seeing what's next! #cybersecurity #identity #iam #identityandaccessmanagement #pam #privilegedaccess #identirati

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What would it take for SailPoint to go public again? Bloomberg and Michael Novinson at ISMG did some solid reporting in the past week, breaking the news that Thoma Bravo is in the early stages of taking SailPoint public again. > Already?! They've only been private for two years! I know – this seems like it's defying the odds for a normal private equity transaction. It's defying the odds of the current IPO window, too. There hasn't been a traditional IPO for a pure cybersecurity company for 1,099 days and counting. SailPoint is anything but typical, though. I'm not convinced they even needed to go private. Here's what it would take to go public again: → Profitable growth and scale SailPoint was sitting at $495.4M of revenue (TTM), $429.5M of ARR, and 31% revenue growth as of their last public earnings report in June 2022. Its net income was -$61.6M as of FY'21 year end. Roughly speaking, the current IPO expectations are $500M+ revenue scale, 20%+ growth, profitability, and a clear path to $1 billion. If we project out SailPoint's revenue since going private at 30% growth, they're likely approaching $1 billion in both ARR and total revenue. This might be generous, but they're getting close at anything over 20%. Their losses got out of control, but they're in good shape if they can get net income back to pre-2020 levels (-$10M or lower). → A good story around their ability to compete with Okta, CyberArk, and Microsoft The narrative for a SailPoint IPO is pretty good right now: there is a unique opportunity in the identity security market right now. SailPoint is well positioned to capture it. Under Thoma Bravo's ownership, they've acquired PAM and third party access companies. This matches Okta's entry into the PAM market and puts them in a position to compete with CyberArk in some market segments. I'm a little surprised they didn't try to add SSO to complete the narrative of being a full workforce identity platform (and fully compete with Okta). They were in the middle of their transition from on-premise to SaaS (which probably drove them to go private). I've heard good momentum on SaaS adoption for new implementations. This has to be part of the narrative if they're going to go public again. → No strategic buyers at a higher price than an IPO A strategic acquisition seems like a long shot. At a $6.9 billion acquisition price in 2022, a strategic acquisition might require close to $10 billion – otherwise, an IPO could be a more attractive exit. Large and mega-cap tech companies are the only buyers who can realistically absorb an acquisition of this scale. Palo Alto Networks, CrowdStrike, and the rest of the pure cybersecurity companies aren't doing this big of an acquisition. There just aren't many buyers. I don't see SailPoint wanting to move to another private equity firm, either – there's too much mutual respect between Thoma Bravo and SailPoint for that. The only option here might be to go public.

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