Category: Security
Zen and the art of cyber defense maintenance
In my previous article, I looked at how, like a motorcyclist, security providers and managed service providers (MSPs) can employ the SIPDE methodology as part of their ongoing cybersecurity services. In this piece, I am taking a look at the parallels between motorcycle...
Cybersecurity economics to increasingly favor MSPs
As the economics of cybersecurity continue to evolve, the number of organizations that can effectively manage cybersecurity on their own will continue to decrease. A survey of 1,917 IT security practitioners conducted by Ponemon Institute finds only 43 percent claimed...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: AnyDesk production system breach
AnyDesk confirmed that a cyberattack on their production systems has taken place. This has caused AnyDesk users to become vulnerable to data breaches, phishing attacks, and malware. Barracuda MSP recommends updating to the latest version of Windows (8.0.8) immediately and...
Five healthcare cybersecurity trends to monitor in 2024
We’ve looked at the cybersecurity trends in store for 2024, but trends will differ by discipline in the months ahead. For instance, industrial settings have their own set of vulnerabilities, as do finance, education, government, and healthcare. Hackers especially covet...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Ivanti alerts of new high-severity flaws
During Ivanti’s announcement of their fixes for the recent critical zero-day vulnerabilities, the software vendor alerts of two new high-severity flaws in its Connect Secure and Policy Secure products. One of which is said to be under targeted exploitation in...
Focus on cybersecurity to uplevel your MSP business
What matters most to an organization? The security of the devices that its platform operates on, or the data and information that is held on and moved across that platform? If you think they are both important, think again. A...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Glibc root access vulnerability
A critical security flaw in the GNU C Library (glibc) has been disclosed, tracked as CVE-2023-6246. It allows malicious attackers to gain full root access on Linux machines. Read this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory to learn how to mitigate the risks...