Tag: cybersecurity
Unlocking a new opportunity: Selling cybersecurity to schools for MSPs
Managed service providers (MSPs) often overlook schools and other educational institutions, even though they present an excellent opportunity for new business. That is, if one is ready to handle some of their inherent challenges. According to various market research reports,...
2024 by the numbers
The threat landscape is always churning, with new threats emerging while others disappear or fade to irrelevance. Consider ALPHV, a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group that provided the infrastructure, tools, and administrative services to the individual hacker who ransomed $22 million from Change Healthcare...
Experts look back at 2024’s cybersecurity news
The year 2024 was full of cybersecurity news. It was a year of data breaches, ransomware, the rise of quantum computing, and much more. The only constant was change. As ransomware continued to wreak havoc, according to Security Intelligence, ransomware...
Securing clients’ fleets: Unlocking new opportunities for MSPs
The market for cybersecurity services as it pertains to autonomous and non-autonomous vehicles is growing. According to Allied Market Research, the estimated industry size of cybersecurity for the autonomous vehicles market was valued at $356.0 million in 2023 and is...
Why MSPs should prioritize data segmentation
Recent statistics for 2024 indicate that 90 percent of organizations have experienced at least one data breach or cyber incident. Given the growing regulatory scrutiny surrounding cybersecurity, it’s important to implement robust safety measures. One essential practice is data segmentation,...
Cyberthreat predictions for 2025 from Barracuda’s security frontline
Predicting the future isn’t easy, but you can anticipate what is likely to happen by looking at how things have evolved over the past year. This year again, Barracuda asked colleagues who work on the security frontlines about the things...
Supply chain security: A growing threat for MSPs
Supply chain attacks continue to plague the cybersecurity industry and enterprises overall. Gartner predicts that by 2025, 45 percent of organizations worldwide will have experienced attacks on their software supply chains. This is a threefold increase from 2021. Supply chain...
Beyond patches and firewalls: Advanced strategies for cyberthreat defense
Threat mitigation is to managed service providers (MSPs) what preventative medicine is to doctors. In other words, threat mitigation is the first line – and often least expensive – defense against cybercriminals. Of course, some of the basic steps include...
Tips to help your customers master the art of online safety
Strong cybersecurity awareness should be a priority every day, but October serves as a great reminder for all of us to stay vigilant. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Alliance (CISA) recommends the following simple yet powerful tips to boost online...
Tech Time Warp: A seriously cautionary tale of spear phishing
One of the major messages of the #SecureOurWorld Cybersecurity Awareness Month is for computer users to educate themselves on how to recognize and reporting phishing schemes. One of the most insidious forms is spear phishing, which uses social engineering to...
