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DirectDefense, Inc. and SCADAfence Partner to Enhance Industrial Cybersecurity and Safeguard OT Networks in the Era of IIoT

Partnership Extends DirectDefense’s Real-Time Monitoring with SCADAfence’s Platform for Superior OT Network Protection DENVER – June 12, 2023 – DirectDefense, Inc., a leading information security services company, today announced its partnership with SCADAfence, the global technology leader in OT & IoT cybersecurity. The SCADAfence Platform enables critical infrastructure and manufacturing organizations with complex Operational Technology (OT)… Read more »

M&A Madness: Overcoming MSSP Integration Challenges Following an Acquisition – Jim Broome – CFH #26

Typically when any merger and acquisition deal occurs, there are bound to be redundancies and overlaps in services, tools and personnel. For MSSPs that find themselves in this situation, it’s important to consolidate and integrate the best of their assets across multiple entities, while maintaining operational consistency. DirectDefense President and CTO Jim Broome shares valuable… Read more »

AI-TechPark Interviews Jim Broome, President and CTO at DirectDefense

“By leveraging AI, we can provide our customers with several benefits. For example, our MDR solution can quickly and accurately detect and respond to threats, reducing the time it takes to identify and mitigate potential security incidents,” said Jim Broome, President and CTO, DirectDefense. Read Jim’s interview with AI‐TechPark, where he discusses how DirectDefense enhances security… Read more »

Enterprise Times News Week of June 5, 2023

Claroty announced the global expansion of its FOCUS Partner Program with the addition of several Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs), including IBM, Rockwell Automation, NTT Data, eSentire, 1898 & Co., Atos, Aveniq, Cabrini Technology Group, DirectDefense, Kapsch TrafficCom, and others. Read the full article on Enterprise Times.

DirectDefense Wins 2023 Fortress Cybersecurity Award

DENVER – May 31, 2023 – The Business Intelligence Group today announced that DirectDefense, Inc. has won the 2023 Fortress Cybersecurity Awards in the Incident Response category. The industry awards program sought to identify and reward the world’s leading companies and products that are working to keep our data and electronic assets safe among a growing… Read more »

Jim Broome, DirectDefense: “Many internal security teams struggle to keep pace with the threat environment”

Re-establishing security visibility and response capabilities is a significant challenge following the transition to remote work. Relying on conventional security measures such as VPNs is a baseline requirement in an evolving digital landscape. Blind-by-design applications and the migration to working from home are leaving organizations open to attack and intellectual theft by ex-employees. A proactive… Read more »