Month: October 2019
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: LastPass Bug Leaks Credentials From Previous Site
Advisory Summary: LastPass is a very popular and widely used password manager – software designed to save user passwords, create secure passwords, and automatically fill in usernames and passwords on websites. Recently, security researchers have discovered that JavaScript embedded in...
MSP provides comprehensive network and email security
NoctisIT has been serving the Austin, Texas area since 2013, providing technical help desk support, computer support, and consulting services to small and mid-size businesses. The service provider’s security expertise has contributed to its demand, not only in protecting highly...
What it really takes to become a Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP)
If an IT solution provider wants to become a managed security services provider (MSSP), they will need the ability to remediate a cybersecurity breach in well under two hours, based on how long it currently takes the average IT organization...
Getting the highest return on your marketing dollars
As we move speedily into the fourth quarter of the year, it’s time to look toward the year ahead and start planning our goals, and more importantly, how we’re going to achieve them. A recent consultation with a client for...
The vulnerability of VPNs
Forget using the public WiFi at the airport or poaching the McDonald’s signal in the parking lot. You’ve installed a VPN for your client. Now when they travel out of the office for remote work, their data will be safe,...
Spending survey indicates MSPs are holding, but not gaining, ground
One of the first IT spending forecasts for 2020 contains both good and somewhat disappointing news for managed service providers (MSPs). Based on a Spiceworks survey of 1,105 IT leaders in the U.S. and Europe, spending driven by the need...
Customization can help your clients overcome software limitations
When the Model T Fords came out, Henry Ford used to say, “You can have any color you want, as long as it’s black.” Ford, who was among the first to mass produce cars on an assembly line, was apparently...
