MSPs have an opportunity to be the peacemakers of cloud security
One of the core issues with cloud security that nobody wants to admit is how many issues stem from a simple lack of trust between application developers and internal cybersecurity teams. Developers have historically been much more concerned about how...
MSPs can capitalize on rising cloud costs
A survey of 326 IT executives conducted by the market research firm Omdia on behalf of Canonical, finds only 6 percent are relying on a managed service provider (MSP) to manage cloud infrastructure. However, the same survey also finds that...
Rise of multi-cloud computing bodes well for MSPs
The management of cloud computing environments is becoming a bigger opportunity for service providers as more organizations begin to consume services from multiple providers.
Software supply chain security improving
The threat to software supply chains appears to be worsening in the wake of two substantial breaches. First, Slack discovered suspicious activity on its private GitHub repository for building software that consisted of a limited number of employee tokens being stolen and...
Home network security becomes a bigger concern post holidays
One of the biggest cybersecurity challenges that has emerged in the last two years in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic is the number of people regularly working from home. Most of those individuals are relying on consumer-grade networking gear...
10 trends for 2023 that MSPs can’t afford to ignore
The past year was like no other, beginning with a recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic that wreaked havoc for more than two years, only to see a sharp rise in inflation limiting economic growth. Heading into 2023 it’s hard to...
Cybersecurity stays at the top of the IT priorities list
As another year comes to close, most managed service providers (MSPs) are already squarely focused on the next. After all, there is little to be done now that could have a meaningful impact on financial results for 2022.
Cloud security will finally be in the spotlight for 2023
After more than a decade of varying levels of irrational exuberance in terms of deploying application workloads in the cloud, there is now a greater appreciation for cloud security. In fact, a survey of 350 IT leaders from large enterprises...
MSPs need to lean into zero-trust IT
There’s a lot of hype surrounding zero-trust IT as a buzzword, but at the most fundamental level it’s all about ensuring security based on a known identity of an end user, application, or device. Forrester Research analyst John Kindervag is...
Software Bills of Material (SBOM) – the next managed services opportunity
There’s a lot of focus these days on the security of open source software that is shining a spotlight on how dependent organizations have become on code created by third-parties that finds its way into multiple applications. Most of that...
