Tag: AI

Data center
Data center drought: MSPs scramble for capacity

Data center drought: MSPs scramble for capacity

In the months and years ahead, many IT leaders will urgently turn to managed service providers (MSPs) to help them find IT infrastructure resources to run their workloads. An analysis of the data center colocation market was published by JLL,...

/ August 28, 2025
AI
The dark side of generative AI: Unveiling the AI threat landscape

The dark side of generative AI: Unveiling the AI threat landscape

Generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) has unleashed a new threat landscape for cybercrime. Threat actors now weaponize large language models (LLMs), which once served primarily legitimate purposes. Underground forums and dark web marketplaces are buzzing with “dark LLMs” — custom...

/ August 25, 2025 / 4 Comments
AI tools
AI tools spark surge in security service needs

AI tools spark surge in security service needs

The rapid spread of generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) tools has reached a tipping point, raising serious cybersecurity concerns, and creating opportunities for managed service providers (MSPs). A survey of 200 North American security leaders conducted by OpinionRoute on behalf...

/ August 21, 2025
Survey reveals the real IT priorities for 2025: Cybersecurity and cloud take the lead

Survey reveals the real IT priorities for 2025: Cybersecurity and cloud take the lead

A survey of over 1300 IT leaders finds that, while organizations are increasing investment in artificial intelligence (AI), they remain more focused on traditional challenges such as cybersecurity and cloud computing. Conducted by Experis, a managed and professional services provider...

/ August 14, 2025
cybersecurity
Trust starts with empathy: A better way to sell cybersecurity

Trust starts with empathy: A better way to sell cybersecurity

A survey of 200 U.S. cybersecurity professionals suggests that about a third (33 percent) don’t trust third-party providers—not due to doubts about the providers’ expertise, but because of uncertainty about their own capabilities Conducted by Censuswide on behalf of CyXcel,...

/ August 7, 2025
cybersecurity
Closing the cybersecurity gap: Can AI reduce the human risk factor?

Closing the cybersecurity gap: Can AI reduce the human risk factor?

If you’ve ever heard the expression ‘sometimes it’s best to get out of your own way,’ it might as well have been coined for cybersecurity. According to IBM, 95 percent of data breaches involve human error, while just 8 percent of...

/ August 5, 2025
Threat Spotlight: How attackers poison AI tools and defenses

Threat Spotlight: How attackers poison AI tools and defenses

Barracuda has reported on how generative artificial intellegence (AI) is being used to create and distribute spam emails and craft highly persuasive phishing attacks. These threats continue to evolve and escalate — but they are not the only ways in...

/ August 4, 2025 / 4 Comments
Quantum
The quantum horizon: Why MSPs must start preparing now

The quantum horizon: Why MSPs must start preparing now

Remember all the major disruptions over the years? The advent of client/server computing, thin clients, virtualization, everything-as-a-service, and most recently artificial intelligence (AI). Now, the early whispers of quantum computing has surfaced. These are just some of the many new...

/ July 30, 2025
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory
Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Vulnerability in Google’s Gemini for Workspace

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Vulnerability in Google’s Gemini for Workspace

A newly discovered vulnerability in Google’s Gemini for Workspace allows attackers to manipulate artificial intelligence (AI)-generated email summaries. Threat actors embed concealed instructions in seemingly benign emails to bypass traditional email security. Review the details within this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory...

/ July 24, 2025
The cybersecurity gap is real—And MSPs are the solution

The cybersecurity gap is real—And MSPs are the solution

Despite frequent headlines about successful cyberattacks, many small businesses remain unprepared. Small business cybersecurity is still falling short in the face of growing threats. A survey of 1,000 small businesses with annual revenues of less than $100 million finds that...

/ July 17, 2025