There’s nothing new or especially significant about the remote work concept. Students and employees have been doing it in increasing numbers over the past decade. What changed the game was the recent immediate mass exodus from workplaces and classrooms to home offices or even the living room table as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue reading
If you are an MSP or use the services of one, you should be aware that the level of cyberthreat for MSPs has increased dramatically over the last year.
As we’ve previously pointed out, the range of threat vectors faced by the average MSP is now huge, from social engineering attacks to cryptojacking, alongside the ever-present threat of phishing. Continue reading
As the cybersecurity market grows, it has become increasingly difficult for managed service providers to assess the value of third-party vendors. Typically, MSPs must now assess hundreds of different products, even within a fair niche product category, and each with different features and price points. In this article, we’ll take a look at a basic set of practices for assessing different cybersecurity vendors for MSPs, and show you how to get the most out of your interactions with them. Continue reading
Sometimes, it can feel as if half the job of running an MSP is working as an unpaid cybersecurity consultant to clients. Speak to anyone in the industry, and they can tell you scary stories about clients who wanted passwords disabled, encryption “turned off”, or backups “made invisible”. Continue reading
Cloud services are shaking up every industry on a global scale. From mid-market to large organizations, the cloud’s popularity is gaining, due to big data, privacy concerns, and other safety and security issues.
According to a recent study by Gartner, the public cloud services market will grow another 17 percent in 2020, reaching $266.4 billion, and this growth is picking up speed. Continue reading
It’s no secret that data breaches and all kinds of cybercrimes have become the norm these days. In the past few years, data breaches have resulted in major fines and legal fees for discount retail chains, a few banks, and several entertainment networks from around the world. Continue reading
Managing one server can be complicated enough, but what if you have multiple platforms to protect? Multi-server platforms are more common as we transition to an environment of highly distributed, cloud-based platforms. As we move further, multi-tenancy is becoming the new black when it comes to digital ecosystems. Continue reading
Working via a remote desktop is more popular than ever. Unfortunately, that also means that remote desktop connections are a major target for hackers looking to intercept and steal commercially sensitive information. Continue reading
If you run a small business, you might not think that you are a priority target for hackers. But you'd be wrong.
Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (SMBs) are among the most frequent target for cyber attacks. Even the smallest business holds a wealth of personal information on customers, employees, and other businesses. In addition, SMBs are at greater risk for cyber attacks because they tend to be easier targets, and don’t always have the resources that larger organizations can deploy to protect themselves. Continue reading
When you think of a modern-day hacker, chances are you picture a shady character camped out behind a sea of monitors, working all day and night to infiltrate networks and systems through fancy coding and password cracking.
Cyber attacks aimed at breaking through network monitoring defenses and raiding Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and mangling the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is nothing new.
These kinds of attacks have been around since the first company website was launched. From stealing data to altering information to shutting down software and hardware, the threats are there and growing more sophisticated every day. Continue reading
Just a few short years ago, virtual private networks (VPNs) were a novel technology to the masses. The advanced security and anonymity they offered were only for paranoids and dissidents. Fast forward to today’s internet with its daily headlines of massive data breaches, government snooping, and a Dark Web with an endless appetite for your personal information. Continue reading
