Tag: MSSP
Partner Spotlight: Synergistic partnership generates success for MSSP
Vancord is a leading provider of managed IT services in Milford, CT. Since its establishment in 2005, they have been undeniably devoted to building and protecting the futures of their clients. One trait that distinguishes the managed security service provider...
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....
Cyber insurance carriers exerting greater influence over security services
Providers of managed security services may soon find themselves working more often for cyber insurance companies that are getting involved in cybersecurity both before and after a breach. To begin with, the requirements for renewing cybersecurity policies are becoming more...
The benefits of an MSSP
The managed security service provider (MSSP) business is currently a fast-growing one, thanks to the evolving threats to cybersecurity. Hackers are improving their ability to infiltrate networks, and business leaders that didn’t consider cybersecurity previously are looking for ways to...
Cybersecurity service providers need to band together
Managed security service providers (MSSPs) along with global systems integrators that focus on security have a unique marketing and sales challenge. A recent global survey of 2,404 business decision makers conducted by B2B International on behalf of STANLEY Security, a...
Five steps to building a managed security services offering
The turn of the new decade has been eventful. The global pandemic, the shift to a remote workforce, and the ever-growing number of cyberthreats and cyberattacks has made cybersecurity top of mind for businesses of all sizes. Our Evolving Landscape...
MSSPs need to strike careful economic balance
Justifying the value of cybersecurity has always been a challenge because managed service providers (MSPs) are trying to ascribe a cost to an event they hopefully prevented from occurring in the first place. In effect, defining the savings derived from...
Cybersecurity attacks on MSPs begin to shake customer confidence
The interest in managed security services is on the rise. However, it turns out that it’s not only becoming more difficult to deliver those services, customers of managed security service providers (MSSPs) are also becoming less satisfied. Dark Cubed, a...
Reliance on managed security services will increase in 2020
A survey of 1,536 cybersecurity professionals suggests that 2020 will prove to be a big year in terms of managed security services adoption. The report, published by Cynet, a provider of a platform for managing data breaches, finds that the...
What it really takes to become a Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP)
If an IT solution provider wants to become a managed security services provider (MSSP), they will need the ability to remediate a cybersecurity breach in well under two hours, based on how long it currently takes the average IT organization...
