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Time to appreciate the thin line of cybersecurity defense maintained by MSPs
One of the toughest, and often thankless, roles in all of IT is that of the managed security services provider (MSSP). Most MSSPs know cyberattacks tend to come in waves. Cybercriminals like to mix up their attack vectors to avoid...
The MSP experience at Navigate 2019
Last week we were at the Navigate Conference in Melbourne. Navigate is a two-day event dedicated for managed IT services providers. It was great to see many MSP partners from Melbourne and other states flocking to the show, eager to...
Making sense of sensors
From pacemakers, to industrial thermostats, to traffic regulation devices, sensors are becoming as ubiquitous as the human population itself. Experts predict that 1 trillion networked sensors will be transmitting data around the world by 2022, emitting information from the mundane to the meaningful....
Four MSP opportunities to keep an eye on in 2019
Four months of 2019 are in the rear-view mirror, and after talking to MSP owners and security experts on a daily basis, there are some trends are emerging that I thought I’d share. AI is one area that seems to...
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Mylobot Malware Brings New Sophistication to Botnets
What is the Issue? Researchers have discovered a New Windows malware whose origin traces back to the ‘Dark Web.’ The malware, dubbed Mylobot, pulls together a variety of strategies and techniques to gain a foothold on its targets and remain...
Human vulnerability is the biggest cybersecurity threat
The culture of cybersecurity has been training its weapons in the wrong direction, according to Dr. Arun Vishwanath, the chief technologist at Avant Research Group and a former professor at the University at Buffalo. While ransomware, spearphishers, and general hackers...
Managed services could be the answer to backup woes
After years of reluctant uptake and cautious optimism, modern businesses have finally placed the proper level of importance on digital transformation efforts and the cloud. As a result, many of these modern businesses are soaring in productivity and profit.
The rise of malspam
If you are like me, you are probably finding it hard to believe that the first quarter of 2019 is almost over. It seems like a good time to stop and take a breath and look at what some of this...
Ask an MSP Expert: Is 24/7 monitoring necessary for MSPs?
Q: I’m the President of a small MSP in Wisconsin and I’m proud of our customer-service and problem-solving skills. However, my last tech goes home for the night at 11 p.m. and if a customer’s servers crash after that point,...
Coming to terms with offering managed security services
Cybersecurity has increasingly become table stakes for not just new projects, but also retroactively existing ones. Many managed service providers (MSPs) are now being required by customers to layer additional cybersecurity services on top of both new equipment and a...
