Category: Security
Alert fatigue takes a heavy toll on MSSPs
The average managed security service provider (MSSP) doesn’t want more tools. Their biggest issue arguably is that there are too many tools. Each piece of security hardware and software they deploy generates alerts concerning various security conditions. Most of the...
Threat detection emerges as major opportunity for MSPs
Threat detection appears to be all the rage when it comes to IT security. Both Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google are becoming much more focused on providing threat detection services. In the case of AWS, that means acquiring sqrll,...
Tech Time Warp: The Not-So Happy99 Worm
The email users of January 1999 were an innocent bunch. Fresh from seeing “You’ve Got Mail” at the box office, they received emails with the attachment Happy99.exe and thought nothing about double-clicking. One rather lame “fireworks” display later, most of...
The most telling cyber-attacks and data breaches of 2017
You’re not imagining things if it feels like you saw more headlines in the past 12 months about massive cyber-attacks and big companies being breached than you did in the past. 2017 was a year that saw ransomware become a...
Tech Time Warp: The Not-So-Merry Christmas Tree Exec
As an MSP, you might want to remind clients not to let holiday cheer get in the way of smart Internet use and security best practices. Thirty years ago, users of the European Academic Research Network (EARN) and its U.S....
Cloud Security Alliance publishes GDPR compliance guideline
Compliance with the European Union’s General Data Protection Rule (GDPR) is moving from a theoretical construct to an existential threat as the May 25, 2018, deadline rapidly approaches. To provide service providers and their customers some guidance on how to achieve...
Tech Time Warp: The Confounding Case of Conficker
One of the most insidious worms of all time made its debut Nov. 21, 2008, and it’s still alive and kicking today. Conficker continues to spread, thanks to installations of the beloved but now out-of-support Windows XP. Eleven million devices...
MSPs fight to gain ground with managed security services opportunities
Managed security services clearly represent a significant opportunity for managed service providers of all sizes. The most immediate issue, however, is the timing, not the eventual size of the market. In fact, more organizations than ever are looking to rely...
Managed security services revenues to exceed $18 billion by 2025
A report published this week by ReportLinker forecasts that the global managed security services provider (MSSP) market will grow 17.5 percent on a compound annual basis through 2025 to be worth more than $18 billion. As impressive as that sounds,...
What cyber liability errors & omissions coverages you REALLY need
In representing more than 900 IT clients across the United States, I have personally experienced the fact that many IT business owners think their business insurance covers client data loss situations or network security failures. I have news for you —...
