Every day I have conversations with MSPs that offer insights into their customers’ reservations regarding investing in security. I often hear, “My customers don’t see the critical importance of security,” or “My customers don’t believe they have anything cybercriminals might want.” But here’s an interesting fact: Your customers possess...
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Cybersecurity remains top-of-mind for many managed services providers (MSPs). According to a Kaseya survey, 50% of MSPs said their business is at greater risk of cybercrime than one year ago — an 11% increase from 2021’s data. However, cybersecurity is also a revenue driver for those same MSPs, and ignoring...
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JP KehoeVice President of XDR SalesBarracuda MSP Cybersecurity hygiene best practices require MSPs not just to implement technologies, but also sustainable processes that can be relied upon over time. Today, installing a piece of software and considering the job done will simply not suffice. You would not clean your...
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Companies of every size have realized the importance of business resilience because of a wide variety of disruptions—from cyber-attacks and natural disasters to geopolitical upheaval. They have also evolved their use of the cloud to accommodate remote work using cloud-based applications and other cloud-based services. These companies must also...
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After 20 years, we’re still talking about patching. How is that possible? Recently on The CyberCall, a weekly MSP cybersecurity podcast, we discussed common threats and breaches. An Incident Response (IR) expert said that the majority of the breaches relate back to something being unpatched. We are talking patching!...
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By now, you’ve heard about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This war is being fought on multiple fronts, one of which being cyber. Russian hackers are launching an all-out assault on key Ukrainian government, banking, and infrastructure targets. Experts expect that these attacks will escalate in Europe and in the...
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I recently attended a cybersecurity conference for MSPs in Tampa, FL called Right of Boom. It reminded me a little bit like Schnizzfest, in the sense that it was the result of grassroots efforts, and everybody felt connected by a common purpose. The idea for this event began more...
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In case you haven’t heard, one of the unexpected consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated economic disruption has been a massive number of people quitting their jobs. Dubbed the “Great Resignation,” this mass exodus in the workforce has led to labor shortages in many sectors along with rising...
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Recently on The CyberCall, we talked about dataflow diagrams with Brian Blakley. If you’re not familiar with Brian, he is the founder of Cosant, a cybersecurity firm, and works primarily with MSPs on their cyber strategies. According to him, most MSP customers are not able to attach proper risk...
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MSPs are making cybersecurity sales harder than it needs to be. In fact, I hesitate to use the word “sales” because that is the center of the problem – customers feel like you’re trying to sell them. You shouldn’t be selling customer security enhancements or projects. Instead, you should...
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