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Yahoo
01-08-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
LevelBlue Completes Acquisition of Aon's Cybersecurity and IP Litigation Consulting Groups
Strategic deal enhances LevelBlue's cybersecurity offerings, solidifying its position as the world's largest leading independent, pure-play MSSP DALLAS & DUBLIN, August 01, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LevelBlue, a global leader in cloud-based, AI-driven managed security services, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Aon's (NYSE: AON) Cybersecurity and Intellectual Property (IP) Litigation consulting groups, including the renowned cybersecurity firm, Stroz Friedberg, and Elysium Digital. With this completion the consulting group will operate as Stroz Friedberg, a LevelBlue company. This strategic acquisition adds elite cyber and high-tech IP litigation consulting expertise to the LevelBlue portfolio, which includes a globally recognized platform of approximately 300 technology professionals with deep relationships across Fortune 500 companies, 80 percent of the Am Law 100, and most of the UK's top 20 law firms. As a result, LevelBlue will significantly fortify its incident response and advisory capabilities, while expanding its footprint within the legal sector. LevelBlue is also redefining cybersecurity by integrating Stroz Friedberg's expert consulting with its 24/7 managed detection and response (MDR) services. LevelBlue's MDR offerings will benefit from real-time threat data coming from incident response team engagements, using machine learning to continuously feed new threat indicators, while helping auto-detect and auto-respond to threats. This unified, AI-driven approach enhances the company's ability to protect against digital threats and quickly manage incidents. These integrated capabilities position LevelBlue as the largest global independent pure-play Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP). "The close of this acquisition enables LevelBlue to deliver an unmatched breadth of cybersecurity services and expertise to customers on a global scale," said Robert McCullen, Chairman and CEO of LevelBlue. "Capitalizing on the Stroz Friedberg consulting expertise along with our AI-driven managed security services, we are empowering organizations to proactively manage digital risk and respond to incidents with greater speed and precision. Our combined strengths will set a new standard for cyber resilience in the industry." With the close of this transaction, Aon and LevelBlue will work collaboratively to deliver comprehensive cybersecurity solutions to clients. "Cybersecurity challenges are becoming increasingly complex and urgent for our clients, demanding more integrated and adaptive solutions," said Christian Hoffman, Global Specialty & Financial Products Leader at Aon. "Aon will continue to deliver leading cyber brokerage capabilities through our Cyber Solutions group, CyQu platform and Cyber Risk Analyzer, while deepening our collaboration with providers like LevelBlue to enhance our clients' protection and resilience in an evolving threat landscape." Santander served as financial advisor and Kirkland & Ellis LLP served as legal advisor to LevelBlue. Lazard served as financial advisor and Latham & Watkins LLP served as legal advisor to Aon. In addition to this deal, LevelBlue recently announced an agreement to acquire Trustwave, a global provider of cybersecurity and MDR services from the MC2 Security Fund (MC2). Together, these acquisitions further solidify LevelBlue's position as the largest, independent pure-play MSSP in the industry. For more information on LevelBlue and its managed security, consulting, and threat intelligence services, please visit About LevelBlue We simplify cybersecurity through award-winning managed services, experienced strategic consulting, threat intelligence, and renowned research. Our team is a seamless extension of yours, providing transparency and visibility into security posture and continuously working to strengthen it. We harness security data from numerous sources and enrich it with artificial intelligence to deliver real-time threat intelligence; this enables more accurate and precise decision making. With a large, always-on global presence, LevelBlue sets the standard for cybersecurity today and tomorrow. We easily and effectively manage risk, so you can focus on your business. About Aon Aon plc (NYSE: AON) exists to shape decisions for the better — to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world. Through actionable analytic insight, globally integrated Risk Capital and Human Capital expertise, and locally relevant solutions, our colleagues provide clients in over 120 countries with the clarity and confidence to make better risk and people decisions that protect and grow their businesses. Follow Aon on LinkedIn, X, Facebook and Instagram. Stay up-to-date by visiting Aon's newsroom and sign up for news alerts here. View source version on Contacts Media Contact LevelBlue Media Contact Jessica BettencourtInkhouse for LevelBluelevelblue@ (774) 451-5142 Aon Media Contact Will Dunnmediainquiries@ (312) 381-3024
National Post
01-08-2025
- Business
- National Post
LevelBlue Completes Acquisition of Aon's Cybersecurity and IP Litigation Consulting Groups
Article content Strategic deal enhances LevelBlue's cybersecurity offerings, solidifying its position as the world's largest leading independent, pure-play MSSP Article content DALLAS & DUBLIN — LevelBlue, a global leader in cloud-based, AI-driven managed security services, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Aon's (NYSE: AON) Cybersecurity and Intellectual Property (IP) Litigation consulting groups, including the renowned cybersecurity firm, Stroz Friedberg, and Elysium Digital. With this completion the consulting group will operate as Stroz Friedberg, a LevelBlue company. Article content This strategic acquisition adds elite cyber and high-tech IP litigation consulting expertise to the LevelBlue portfolio, which includes a globally recognized platform of approximately 300 technology professionals with deep relationships across Fortune 500 companies, 80 percent of the Am Law 100, and most of the UK's top 20 law firms. As a result, LevelBlue will significantly fortify its incident response and advisory capabilities, while expanding its footprint within the legal sector. Article content LevelBlue is also redefining cybersecurity by integrating Stroz Friedberg's expert consulting with its 24/7 managed detection and response (MDR) services. LevelBlue's MDR offerings will benefit from real-time threat data coming from incident response team engagements, using machine learning to continuously feed new threat indicators, while helping auto-detect and auto-respond to threats. This unified, AI-driven approach enhances the company's ability to protect against digital threats and quickly manage incidents. These integrated capabilities position LevelBlue as the largest global independent pure-play Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP). Article content 'The close of this acquisition enables LevelBlue to deliver an unmatched breadth of cybersecurity services and expertise to customers on a global scale,' said Robert McCullen, Chairman and CEO of LevelBlue. 'Capitalizing on the Stroz Friedberg consulting expertise along with our AI-driven managed security services, we are empowering organizations to proactively manage digital risk and respond to incidents with greater speed and precision. Our combined strengths will set a new standard for cyber resilience in the industry.' Article content With the close of this transaction, Aon and LevelBlue will work collaboratively to deliver comprehensive cybersecurity solutions to clients. Article content 'Cybersecurity challenges are becoming increasingly complex and urgent for our clients, demanding more integrated and adaptive solutions,' said Christian Hoffman, Global Specialty & Financial Products Leader at Aon. 'Aon will continue to deliver leading cyber brokerage capabilities through our Cyber Solutions group, CyQu platform and Cyber Risk Analyzer, while deepening our collaboration with providers like LevelBlue to enhance our clients' protection and resilience in an evolving threat landscape.' Article content Santander served as financial advisor and Kirkland & Ellis LLP served as legal advisor to LevelBlue. Lazard served as financial advisor and Latham & Watkins LLP served as legal advisor to Aon. Article content In addition to this deal, LevelBlue recently announced an agreement to acquire Trustwave, a global provider of cybersecurity and MDR services from the MC2 Security Fund (MC2). Together, these acquisitions further solidify LevelBlue's position as the largest, independent pure-play MSSP in the industry. Article content For more information on LevelBlue and its managed security, consulting, and threat intelligence services, please visit Article content About LevelBlue Article content We simplify cybersecurity through award-winning managed services, experienced strategic consulting, threat intelligence, and renowned research. Our team is a seamless extension of yours, providing transparency and visibility into security posture and continuously working to strengthen it. Article content We harness security data from numerous sources and enrich it with artificial intelligence to deliver real-time threat intelligence; this enables more accurate and precise decision making. With a large, always-on global presence, LevelBlue sets the standard for cybersecurity today and tomorrow. We easily and effectively manage risk, so you can focus on your business. Article content About Aon Article content Aon plc Article content (NYSE: AON) exists to shape decisions for the better — to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world. Through actionable analytic insight, globally integrated Risk Capital and Human Capital expertise, and locally relevant solutions, our colleagues provide clients in over 120 countries with the clarity and confidence to make better risk and people decisions that protect and grow their businesses. Article content Article content Article content Article content Article content Contacts Article content Media Contact Article content Article content LevelBlue Media Contact Article content Article content Jessica Bettencourt Article content Article content Article content Article content (774) 451-5142 Article content Aon Media Contact Article content Article content Will Dunn Article content Article content Article content
BBC News
29-07-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Bereaved parents ‘horrified' by Leeds maternity services report
There are "significant'' concerns about the safety and quality of maternity services at an NHS trust, a new report has with staffing, a "challenging'' culture and a lack of learning from previous incidents were identified at Leeds Teaching Hospitals (LTH) NHS England published its findings following a visit to the trust in March this year. It made 101 recommendations to improve the quality of care and ensure the "wellbeing'' of mothers and response, LTH said making urgent improvements was a "priority''. Over the past six months, the BBC has spoken to 67 families who said they experienced inadequate care at the trust, including parents who said their babies suffered avoidable injury or death. We also talked to five whistleblowers who have raised safety months after our initial report, NHS England placed the trust under its national Maternity Safety Support Programme (MSSP). Its teams work to improve services where serious concerns have been of concerns the MSSP report highlighted included:Staff describe safety concerns being de-escalated without resolution, and learning from incidents was not robust which meant there was a continuation on previously identified of cardiotocography (CTG) machines to enable women to be effectively and safely with escalation process especially out of hours with no clinical or midwifery management on in responding to families who have experienced harm and poor communication and staffing issues with maternity leadership needing improvement. Leeds maternity units downgraded to 'inadequate''17 hours birthing my dead baby': More families call for maternity inquiryDeaths of 56 babies at Leeds hospitals may have been preventable, BBC told An NHS whistleblower told the BBC there were "still huge concerns about the lack of progress" on some of the recommendations in the MSSP report, as some of the points had already been identified in January during a Rapid Quality Review Meeting, which the NHS holds to profile risk and make action whistleblower said "many areas of concern had not been rectified" since January and that the trust would also have seen the MSSP report before it was published, as early as May.A group of Leeds bereaved families said the MSSP report, which also highlights good practices, is "truly shocking and horrifying reading"."As bereaved and harmed families this most recent report, yet again, totally vindicates what we have been saying for years. The culture of denial, the failure to listen and the absence of real accountability are systemic and persistent," a spokesperson said. The MSSP report comes a month after LTH's maternity services at two hospitals were downgraded from "good" to "inadequate" by the Care Quality Winser-Ramm, whose daughter Aliona died in 2020 after what an inquest found to be a number of "gross failures", is among dozens of families calling for an independent inquiry into the maternity services to ensure accountability for the deaths or injuries of their trust's CEO Phil Wood announced this month, just days before the report was published, that he would retire at the end of the has led the trust since February 2023, but has been at LTH for more than a decade, including as chief medical officer from May 2020 until his appointment as families said the timing of Mr Wood's departure was "concerning" given the ongoing issues with maternity services and worried there was a lack of accountability given that he was at the trust when dozens of mothers and babies faced potentially avoidable harm. Rabina Tindale, chief nurse at LTH, said: "This report has highlighted significant areas where we need to improve our maternity services, and my priority is to make sure we urgently take action to deliver the recommendations."I would like to apologise to all the families who have received maternity care with us which has fallen short of the high standard we aim to provide."The trust was committed to delivering the "highest standard of care" to everyone, she added, and was taking steps to deliver "safe", "high-quality" and "compassionate" Wood said: "My intention was to retire in the next 12 to 18 months, but with the changes taking place within the NHS nationally, this feels like the right time for me to hand over to a new leader."I am committed to making sure our robust maternity improvement plans, already developed with the CQC and NHS England, are fully embedded, and that we engage constructively with the Rapid National Investigation into Maternity and Neonatal services as it develops." Do you have more information about this story?You can reach Divya directly and securely through encrypted messaging app Signal on: +44 7961 390 325, by email at or her Instagram account. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
Globe and Mail
29-07-2025
- Business
- Globe and Mail
Radware Expands U.S. Presence with New Managed Security Service Provider Partnerships
MAHWAH, N.J., July 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Radware ® (NASDAQ: RDWR), a global leader in application security and delivery solutions for multi-cloud environments, today announced it signed managed security service provider (MSSP) agreements with Epcom World Industries, Inc., GLESEC, North Atlantic Networks and Tech Pro. The four U.S. based companies are adding Radware's Cloud Application Protection Services to their managed services portfolios to scale their businesses and expand their security offerings for customers. North Atlantic Networks is also offering Radware's Cloud DDoS Protection Services. 'MSSPs are constantly looking for more innovative ways to defend customers as they deal with growing budget constraints, limited in-house security staff, and bigger more complex cyber threats,' said John Eisenbarger, vice president of carriers and service providers for Radware. 'Applications are facing increasing exposure from bots, API abuse, web-layer DDoS attacks and credential misuse. To enable MSSPs to respond where customer risk is expanding fastest, Radware offers a fully managed AppSec-as-a-Service platform that is ready to quickly deploy, scale, and monetize, without having to build a backend.' Epcom World Industries, GLESEC, North Atlantic Networks, and Tech Pro add to the growing list of MSSPs that have chosen Radware's cloud network and application security solutions to speed time to market, scale their businesses, and deliver high-value services. 'We selected Radware as our partner because of its comprehensive offering, overall excellent product design, support, and customer first approach. The partnership process with Radware has been seamless. They listened, understood, and supported our needs. Together we are equipping clients—whether they be in healthcare, finance, pharmaceutical, non-profit, or government—with mission-critical security tools that not only defend networks, web assets, and environments, but also comply with strict regulatory requirements.' - Rudy V. Pancaro, CEO, Epcom World Industries 'Becoming an MSSP partner is a natural extension of our long-standing collaboration with Radware and a key milestone in delivering our SKYWATCH™ Cybersecurity Operating System. By fully integrating Radware's industry-leading application protection into our Device-Centric Model and real-time risk management workflows, we deliver a unified, fully managed solution that reduces exposure, accelerates remediation, and ensures compliance. This partnership enables us to protect mission-critical environments—especially in healthcare, finance, and government—with the agility, intelligence, and depth of defense they require.' - Sergio Heker, CEO and founder, GLESEC 'Our mission is to deliver best-in-class managed security services that are both proactive and adaptive. By integrating Radware's solutions into our MSSP stack, we're able to offer our clients deeper protection against increasingly complex cyber threats—especially in the areas of DDoS attacks, application-layer security, and zero-day threats. This partnership enhances our ability to deliver scalable, intelligent protection without compromising performance, helping our clients stay ahead of the threat landscape while supporting their digital transformation and cloud migration goals.' - Carolyn Smith, senior vice president, strategic accounts, North Atlantic Networks 'Radware's technology aligns with our commitment to deliver secure, resilient, and high-performing digital experiences to our clients, especially in today's increasingly complex threat landscape. By integrating Radware's solutions into our offering, we increase the value proposition to our customers: stronger protection, smarter automation, and peace of mind. Together, we bring a synergistic approach that helps organizations not only defend against threats but also accelerate their growth safely and confidently.' - Lidia Israyelyan, CEO, Tech Pro Radware offers a variety of cloud network and application security solutions and services that cater to the needs of pure play MSSPs and ISPs. This includes a fully branded and managed AppSec-as-a-Service platform that can be deployed without added infrastructure investment, operational lift, or headcount requirements. The platform offers: Rapid market entry without a technical buildout. Managed services that align MSSPs to areas where cyber threats and client risk are expanding fastest (i.e. bots, APIs, SaaS-layer abuse). The monetization of application layer threats as an alternative to flat service bundles. An expanded security portfolio that fills gaps in protection in competitive solutions that clients often assume are already covered. Radware has been recognized by numerous industry analysts for its application and network security solutions. This includes Aite-Novarica Group, Forrester, Gartner, KuppingerCole, and QKS Group. About Radware Radware ® (NASDAQ: RDWR) is a global leader in application security and delivery solutions for multi-cloud environments. The company's cloud application, infrastructure, and API security solutions use AI-driven algorithms for precise, hands-free, real-time protection from the most sophisticated web, application, and DDoS attacks, API abuse, and bad bots. Enterprises and carriers worldwide rely on Radware's solutions to address evolving cybersecurity challenges and protect their brands and business operations while reducing costs. For more information, please visit the Radware website. Radware encourages you to join our community and follow us on: Facebook, LinkedIn, Radware Blog, X, and YouTube. ©2025 Radware Ltd. All rights reserved. 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Business Wire
25-07-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
VerSprite Achieves Prestigious CREST/CIS Accreditation
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VerSprite, a leading cybersecurity company, is proud to announce that it has received the CREST/CIS accreditation. This certification underscores VerSprite's commitment to maintaining the highest standards in cybersecurity and delivering exceptional services to its clients. VerSprite has always been a globally focused firm that focuses on elevating beyond standards. "VerSprite has always been a globally focused firm that focuses on elevating beyond standards. The CIS Security Controls certification reflects a suite of controls that are a baseline that we truly believe in, and receiving this formal certification reflects our decades-long expertise to conscientiously building out controls that support resiliency security programs and product/service environments. We are thrilled to receive this designation as part of our existing membership alliance to CREST ( and now Center for Internet Security in an ongoing effort to be informed global partners to our multi-national clients." – VerSprite CEO, Tony UcedaVelez The CREST/CIS accreditation is recognized globally as a benchmark for cybersecurity expertise and best practices. With this accreditation, VerSprite is well-positioned to provide even greater value and assurance to its clients. For more information about VerSprite and its services, please visit our website or contact our media relations team. About VerSprite: VerSprite is a global leader in operational risk management, managed security, and advisory services, and serves as a Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP). Guided by a holistic risk management philosophy, VerSprite delivers tailored security solutions that help organizations protect critical assets, ensure compliance, and proactively manage risk. As an MSSP, VerSprite specializes in Pen Testing as a Service (PTaaS), Threat Modeling as a Service (TMaaS), virtual CISO services, virtual Security Operation Center (vSOC) services, Threat Vulnerability Management (TVM), and other customized managed service models. Their managed detection and response (MDR) offerings further distinguish their portfolio, providing continuous threat monitoring and rapid incident response. A pioneer in threat modeling, VerSprite co-developed the Process for Attack Simulation and Threat Analysis (PASTA) methodology alongside Marco M. Morana. This risk-centric approach enables organizations to identify, assess, and mitigate threats based on business impact, helping clients prioritize security investments and address real-world attack scenarios. With a focus on innovation, integration, and superior client experiences, VerSprite empowers businesses to navigate beyond risk and achieve stronger, more cost-effective security outcomes.
