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10 simple games to make sales prospecting fun (seriously)

10 simple games to make sales prospecting fun (seriously)

You’ve probably heard that in sales prospecting, it takes reps 10 “no’s” to get one “yes.” I think that number is outdated. In today’s market, it can take 40 voicemails to reach a live person and dozens of emails to yield a...

/ January 10, 2023 / 7 Comments
Home network security becomes a bigger concern post holidays

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...

/ January 9, 2023
Tech Time Warp: You’ve seen the world’s most famous photograph

Tech Time Warp: You’ve seen the world’s most famous photograph

If you don’t know the story of this week’s Tech Time Warp, this will be one of the coolest bits of trivia you’ll learn all year. Remember the out-of-the-box Windows XP wallpaper? The grassy green hills and the brilliant blue...

/ January 6, 2023
5 cybersecurity takeaways from 2022

5 cybersecurity takeaways from 2022

Last week we revisited some of the most significant data breaches of the year. This week, we are taking one last look at some of the other cybersecurity trends that shaped 2022. “Data breaches grab the headlines, but cybersecurity is...

/ January 5, 2023
Barracuda named a Visionary in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Network Firewalls

Barracuda named a Visionary in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Network Firewalls

Gartner has named Barracuda as a Visionary in the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls. This is the second year Barracuda has been recognized as a Visionary in this report based on Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision. According...

/ January 4, 2023
10 trends for 2023 that MSPs can’t afford to ignore

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...

/ January 3, 2023 / 1 Comment
Tech Time Warp: Ringing in the new year and waiting for Y2K chaos

Tech Time Warp: Ringing in the new year and waiting for Y2K chaos

Do you remember holding your breath on New Year’s Eve 1999, wondering if technological balls would start to drop after the ball dropped in Times Square? After governments and corporations spent an estimated $300 billion to $600 billion worldwide to...

/ December 30, 2022
Top 12 posts from SmarterMSP in 2022

Top 12 posts from SmarterMSP in 2022

It’s safe to say that 2022 was full of both new and old cybersecurity trends and threats. SmarterMSP shared many cybersecurity threat advisories, new security updates and guidelines, marketing recommendations and best practices, and much more. It hasn’t been a...

/ December 29, 2022

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: LastPass’ security incident update

LastPass provided an update to their August incident where an unauthorized access occurred in their cloud storages. The incident involved storages that contain production data and certain metadata of LastPass subscribers.  LastPass recommends businesses to review and update their passwords,...

/ December 28, 2022
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Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Linux Kernel Vulnerability

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Linux Kernel Vulnerability

The Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) has disclosed a new Linux Kernel Vulnerability that could lead to code execution in the context of the kernel. The security flaw is a bug in the new Linux 5.15 SMB3 server, ksmbd. The ZDI...

/ December 27, 2022