14 01732 759725 RESELLER NEWS Version 1 helps transform public sector purchasing in North-East Following a successful pilot with Sunderland City Council in June, NEPO has successfully moved 12 local authorities across to its Open procurement platform with the help of digital transformation company Version 1. The strategic procurement partner for public sector organisations in the North-East says the implementation of its Open procurement platform, supported by Version 1 managed services, cloud and application development, will empower public sector buyers and suppliers with smarter, more efficient procurement processes and greater transparency. Adam Smith, Head of Digital and eProcurement, said: “Transitioning all our local authorities to Open has been a major positive step for the way public sector procurement is delivered in our region. The benefits available via the new platform are vast, making the NorthEast a more competitive and inclusive procurement environment for our procurers and suppliers.” The modern, cloud-based system will gradually replace the NEPO Portal, which has supported procurement across the region for more than 20 years. Outsourcing of security operation on the rise across Europe The growing skills shortage combined with regulations’ tendency to increase personal accountability are making the outsourcing of cybersecurity operations to MSSPs an increasingly attractive option for UK businesses, reveals new research from Logpoint. A survey of 1,762 senior IT decisionmakers for the SIEM solution provider’s European Cybersecurity Sector 2024 report suggests that UK businesses are more reliant on third parties than their European counterparts which, while becoming more open to outsourcing, still prefer to have in-house security operations. More than half (52%) of UK businesses already outsource security operations, compared to 48% who manage security in-house. Of the latter, 28% plan to use a third party for cybersecurity operations over the course of the next two years. In Germany, by contrast, only 23% outsource their cybersecurity, compared to 77% who manage it in-house, with 27% of the latter intending to outsource in the next two years. Respective figures for France are 35%, 65% and 23% and for the Nordics 54%, 46% and 14%. Perceived benefits of outsourcing include access to external skills and knowledge; cost efficiencies linked to clear and predictable pricing; and effective security management. More than half (60%) of businesses that outsource security management do so because they lack internal skills and knowledge; 48% are unable to recruit candidates with the right skills/ knowledge; and 30% say they do it to shift accountability. The main selection criteria for choosing an MSSP are the quality of the service offering (46%), followed by the reputation of the provider (19%), price (12%), breadth of offering (11%) and the ability of the customer to influence the technology used (9%). http://www.logpoint.com … Thrive adds Cyber Essentials certification to services offering Thrive, a global technology outsourcing provider for cybersecurity, cloud and IT managed services, has become a Cyber Essentials (CE) and Cyber Essentials Plus (CE+) certification body. In addition to assessing CE compliance using the Integrity 360 adds to services offering and expands into DACH Pan-European cyber security specialist Integrity360 has expanded its services offering with two new additions: a Managed ASM (Attack Surface Management) service to address the growing complexities of securing diverse environments, including IT, OT and IoT; and a unified Managed Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) service to secure multi-cloud environments and protect cloud-native applications against evolving risks. The end-to-end Managed ASM service, powered by the Armis Centrix Cyber Exposure Management (CEM) platform, gives complete visibility into an organisation’s attack surface, including asset discovery and intelligence, continuous threat exposure management, remediation support and threat detection. The CNAPP service provides automated cloud workload protection, visibility into cloud environments, proactive threat and exposure detection and compliance alignment, integrating across multi-cloud setups and providing 24/7/365 protection through Integrity360’s Security Operations Centre (SOC). Integrity360 has also announced its expansion into the DACH region with the acquisition of Adsigo, a European PCI QSA (Payment Card Industry Qualified Security Assessor) and cyber security services company. Serving customers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland from offices in Stuttgart, Hamburg and Zurich, Adsigo will complement Integrity360’s existing PCI practice. Over the next 12 months, Integrity360 plans to turn Adsigo into a regional hub offering the full suite of Integrity360 services supported by a new SOC in Germany that, in combination with existing SOCs in Dublin, Stockholm, Naples and Sofia, will be able to deliver a broad set of managed cybersecurity services including EDR, XDR and MDR. Ian Brown, Executive Chairman at Integrity360, said: “The enhanced group will significantly expand our existing activities and cyber services across the DACH region, as well as offering the wider range of Integrity360 services to the existing customers of Adsigo. With the addition of Adsigo, group revenues in 2024 will exceed €135m, significantly up on 2023, and increase group resources to circa 550 employees.” Ian Brown
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