Month: October 2022
An MSP’s guide to the ‘switchers’ buyer’s journey
Many small-and-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have had experiences with managed services providers (MSPs) in some capacity. Whether it’s through break/fix or via managed services contract, today’s SMB buyers are no longer a first time MSP buyer, but more likely an MSP...
Pioneers in Tech: The answer to the security question is “Fernando Corbáto”
This year’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month theme—“See Yourself in Cyber”—encourages computer users of all types to focus on the personal role they play in protecting themselves online. After all, if your go-to password is “password,” no mitigation measure will be effective.
Downturns drive digital business transformation opportunities
In the face of a global economic slowdown, the one thing for certain is that necessity is about to become the mother of invention yet again. While there is no shortage of organizations that to varying degrees have already embraced...
It’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month – Join an association!
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month and according to experts, one of the things MSP owners should consider doing to mark the occasion it to join an association or trade organization. “One of those most overlooked aspects of cybersecurity is the...
How to keep your customers happy and profitable
To paraphrase Jane Austin, it is a truth universally acknowledged, that an MSP in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of happy customers. The fact is, happy customers tend to be more profitable than those who are...
Defending government and education organizations against cyberthreats
Every organization and individual is a potential target for cyberattacks, but the SLED (state, local, and education) market faces heightened risk. State and local government agencies and educational institutions are high-profile targets with tons of sensitive data and typically very...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Fortinet vulnerability CVE-2022-40684
Fortinet has identified a critical vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-40684. Upon a successful exploitation, a threat actor can remotely log into devices with FortiGate firewalls or FortiProxy web proxies using an authentication bypass on the administrative interface. Barracuda MSP recommends customers...
Tech Time Warp: Multi-factor authentication is more secure, but who invented it?
The theme of this year’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month is “See Yourself in Cyber,” focusing on all the ways the human touch is needed for true cybersecurity. One focus for the month is multi-factor authentication (MFA), which keeps technology secure by...
MSPs need to focus on cloud services that matter most
There’s no doubt that cloud computing services can be overwhelming to navigate, but a new survey suggests that the actual number of services regularly used by organizations is rather narrow. Civo, a provider of cloud services, recently surveyed IT leaders...
Make the most of Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Since 2004, October has been recognized by the United States government as Cybersecurity Awareness Month (CAM). You can read the most recent presidential proclamation of CAM here. For those of us whose roles require us to be aware of cybersecurity year-round,...
