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The study observed a significant rise in email-based attacks globally in 2021 compared to 2020
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New offering from DNSFilter targets shadow IT risks
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A new list of high-risk applications commonly used in the enterprise and an offering to block their use has been released by a domain name security company. DNSFilter posted the list of more than 100 risky apps to its website February 17. At the same time, it announced AppAware, which gives organizations the power to block the apps and includes high-profile file-sharing, remote desktop, and messaging programs.
AT&T Cybersecurity announces 2022 ‘Partner of the Year Awards’ winners
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We are thrilled to announce that Softcat is the AT&T Cybersecurity 2022 Global Partner of the Year for the second year in a row! Softcat aggressively grew their business and achieved truly impressive results in 2021.
At AT&T Cybersecurity we will continue to focus on enhancing our channel programs to provide partners the ability to not only scale their businesses and increase profitability, but most importantly deliver on their infosec promise to their client base. Together we will do so in both a consistent and progressive manner, evolving with the ever-changing security market we all serve. We look forward to another year of success working closely with our partners.
We are proud to recognize not only our Global Partner of the year in Softcat, but also the exceptional partners in seven additional categories. Our complete list of award winners and their reactions below:
Global Awards
Global Partner of the Year: Softcat
We are absolutely delighted to be named AT&T Cybersecurity’s Global Partner of the Year 2022. We are so proud of the collaborative partnership we have developed with them over the last 4 years and this award is a testament to that and the significant growth we have delivered with them during what has been a challenging year. It also reflects our ambition to always provide our customers with the best Managed SIEM solution available in the marketplace.
Matthew Helling | Head of Cyber Security Services | Softcat
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Growth Partner of the Year: STN Incorporated
I must say our initial reaction was pure excitement! Our sales and service delivery teams have worked tirelessly to build and improve our SIEM practice. Being recognized as the partner of the year validates we are moving in the right direction and will continue to build upon this momentum. We look forward to another successful year of growth in 2022.
Shanelle Frisbie | Vice President of Operations | STN Incorporated
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New Partner of the Year: Brennan IT
We are pleased to have received this award from AT&T. This, along with other recent award wins reaffirms the significant steps Brennan have taken in maturing our capabilities into a tier 1 security provider. Our teams remain focused on helping customers achieve a secure IT environment in an increasingly challenging cyber and business landscape.
Daniel Hayes | Head of Cybersecurity | Brennan IT
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Distributor of the Year: CMS Distribution
CMS are delighted to have been announced as AT&T’s Distributor of the Year for 2022! Our partnership continues to grow, and we are pleased to be recognized for our proactive and collaborative approach working with an industry leading vendor such as AT&T and we will continue to build on this award going forwards to accelerate the sales needle.
Nick Bailey | Alliance Director | CMS Distribution
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Regional Awards
These awards recognize partners that had the highest sales bookings in each of the 4 regions during last year.
North American Partner of the Year: Binary Defense
We are honored to receive the North American Partner of the Year award from AT&T and look forward to a continued successful partnership in 2022 and beyond. The pairing of AT&T’s USM Anywhere technology with Binary Defense’s experts delivers a best-in-class experience for our customers and keeps them safe from cyberattacks. Together, we help make the world a safer place.
Mike Valentine | Chief Executive Officer | Binary Defense
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EMEA Partner of the Year: Six Degrees
Six Degrees is delighted to be awarded AT&T Cybersecurity Partner of the Year for a second year in a row!
The Six Degrees team continues to work closely with AT&T to deliver AlienVault solutions and to provide fully managed 24×7 Cyber Security Operations Centre managed services to clients in both the public and private sectors.
It was great to receive recognition as AT&T’s Cybersecurity Partner of the Year for 2021 and through our continued delivery of AlienVault services to again receive this accolade now, in 2022.
A massive thank you to everyone that continues to make our services and solutions great!
Robert Sugrue | Cyber Security Product Director | Six Degrees
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APAC Partner of the Year: Kordia
Kordia is delighted to be named AT&T Cybersecurity’s APAC Partner of the Year for 2022. We’ve been extremely focused on helping our customers achieve a more robust and responsive approach to cyber security. This award recognises the strength of our partnership, specifically our joint dedication to bringing comprehensive solutions to our market.
Julie Ware | Head of Security Products | Kordia
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Latin American Partner of the Year: GB Advisors
Working with the outstanding professionals at AT&T Cybersecurity has been one of the joys of this partnership. The care and dedication for ensuring leading edge cybersecurity solutions to help our clients innovate safer has been at the core of our shared success. At GB Advisors we are honored to be named AT&T Cybersecurity LATAM partner of the year for 2022.
Alexander Guedez Barefield | CEO | GB Advisors
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Top 10 Malware January 2022
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In January 2022, the Top 10 stayed consistent with the previous month except Snugy returned to the Top 10, while CryptoLocker made its first appearance.
UK Defense Secretary Warns Russia of Offensive Cyber Capabilities
Why DevOps pipelines are under attack and how to fight back
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In mid-2017, Russian state-sponsored attackers installed a malicious worm in a Ukrainian financial software package. When businesses updated their software, it became infected. The worm, NotPetya, spread quickly, doing billions of dollars of damage around the world. The White House called it “the most destructive and costly cyberattack in history.”
Three years later, Russia-linked attackers hijacked the software upgrade process of another piece of enterprise software, SolarWinds’ Orion network monitoring toolset. Again, the impact was widespread.
Drop the SBOM
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There’s a big movement afoot to move to an SBOM-oriented world. If you’re new to this acronym, an SBOM is a “Software Bill of Materials.” The idea is that any piece of software, or service, should come with the equivalent of an ingredients label, itemizing the component pieces of software included in the manufacture of the product. That way, any vulnerability in a component that you don’t fix becomes visible to your customers. It sounds simple, right? Just write down the software you used in assembling your system!
Just.
“Just” is the most dangerous word in cybersecurity. In any complex system, there is an impulse to use a much simpler model to describe the system. Sometimes, this can be helpful because it makes the system easier to think about. Unfortunately, solutions that apply in simple systems are not usually as easy to apply to—and certainly rarely as effective in—more complex systems.
Meyer Breach Impacts US Employees’ Personal Information
OpenSea Phisher Stole $2m Worth of NFTs
Teen Framed for Cybercrime Files Lawsuit
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Teen sues school and Meta after being arrested and detained over cyber-threats she didn’t make