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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
Ask an MSP Expert: How AI can help you personalize outreach and repurpose content

Ask an MSP Expert: How AI can help you personalize outreach and repurpose content

Artificial intelligence (AI) excels at spotting patterns and automating workflows, but what about the messy, one-off challenges that arise in real sales conversations? This is where skepticism can creep in. However, with the right approach, AI can still serve as...

/ July 16, 2025
Tech Time Warp
Tech Time Warp: The slide rule becomes obsolete

Tech Time Warp: The slide rule becomes obsolete

“150 Extra Engineers.” This 1952 IBM advertisement for the IBM Electronic Calculator is not dissimilar from today’s marketing for the latest artificial intelligence (AI) innovations: “An IBM Electronic Calculator speeds through thousands of intricate computations so quickly that on many...

/ July 11, 2025
AWS MSSPs
AWS sets higher standard for MSSP partners

AWS sets higher standard for MSSP partners

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is raising the bar for managed security services providers (MSSPs) by adding a range of specialized certification requirements. An update to the AWS MSSP Competency program introduces specific categories, including infrastructure security, workload security, application security,...

/ July 3, 2025
AI
Should you be worried about copyr(AI)ght?

Should you be worried about copyr(AI)ght?

In previous articles, I’ve covered much of the good and evil around artificial intelligence (AI). An area that I haven’t covered is the impact of copyright on the use of AI. UK and EU tackle AI copyright In the UK,...

/ July 2, 2025
LLMs
Unmasking the next wave: LLMs and evolving cyberthreats

Unmasking the next wave: LLMs and evolving cyberthreats

This week, we bring you additional interviews with experts on the cybersecurity dangers posed by large language models (LLMs) such as Claude, DeepSeek, and ChatGPT. With the rapid rise in the use of these services comes an increasing set of...

/ June 24, 2025