Category: Security
First NIST update in a decade: What MSPs need to know
Managed service providers (MSPs), chief information security officers (CISOs), and IT professionals have long relied on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for roadmaps and best practices in cybersecurity. The NIST framework was first released in 2013. Still,...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Microsoft .NET vulnerability
This Cybersecurity Threat Advisory highlights a patched security flaw in Microsoft .NET and Visual Studio products that has been cited for active exploitation. To mitigate this vulnerability, users are advised to apply security updates as soon as possible. What is...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Microsoft zero-day exploit
This Cybersecurity Threat Advisory highlights a high-severity Microsoft Office and Windows HTML remote code execution vulnerability, CVE-2023-36884, with a base CVSS score of 8.3 has been discovered. Through this vulnerability attackers can execute arbitrary code on affected systems, leading to...
Tip Tuesday: Optimizing multi-cloud network management
Multi-cloud strategies are quickly becoming the norm for businesses today. Managed service providers (MSPs) offering cloud-based services can benefit from these architectures more than most, as their scalability and reliability create convenience for end users. However, managing multi-cloud networks can...
MSSPs need to stage cybersecurity interventions
A pair of reports conducted separately by Google and Cado Security make it clear that when it comes to cloud security, the biggest issues are mundane lapses that cybercriminals have learned to exploit easily. The Google report, for example, finds...
Insider threats continue to raise concerns
Much of the attention in cybersecurity has focused on overseas threats, such as the war in Ukraine and other robust cybercriminal activities in China and Iran. However, data shows that sometimes the most significant danger isn’t from some faraway hacker...
An important layer to your security service offering: Cyber warranty
Today’s small-and-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are faced with an increasingly challenging cyberthreat landscape. The combination of hybrid work, evolving IT environments led by cloud migration, and generative AI-powered cyberthreats, require SMBs to harden their cybersecurity posture and prepare for the worst...
Biggest obstacle for MSSPs is customer overconfidence
One of the biggest issues any managed security services provider (MSSP) regularly encounters is, despite all evidence to the contrary, many IT and cybersecurity professionals remain convinced they have all the tools and processes needed to secure their IT environments....
Will AI be the next big thing?
As many a marketing or salesperson will attest, trying to flog the same old, same old becomes troublesome after a while. Something is needed to excite the market – and luckily, technology is an area where there is always something...
ATOs are on the rise, and MSPs can help
Recently, a catering company owner in Kettering, Ohio started receiving odd emails: a package she ordered from Amazon had been delivered, but she couldn’t remember ordering anything. Following the Amazon incident, she received an email notifying her that her life insurance premiums...
