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An ineffective cybersecurity strategy is like putting out a welcome mat for hackers. With remote work proliferating and cyber threats on the rise, it’s critical that MSPs educate and support their clients with effective cybersecurity plans. But that’s sometimes easier said than done. Clients may not understand the various strategies [...]

ChatGPT is making waves in a multitude of industries right now. From marketing, to tech and everything in between, it’s clear to see the disruption that will happen as these AI solutions continue to grow and learn. We wanted to test the skills and accuracy of ChatGPT on it’s knowledge [...]

In 2022, the average cost of a data breach rose by 12.7% over the previous year, according to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach report. Attacks have increased both in frequency and potential for damage, with small and mid-size businesses being the most affected. In this era of escalating cyber [...]

Is your organization safe from data breaches, data leaks, and other cyber security threats? You might not be as well protected as you think. Certainly, measures like two-factor authentication, single-sign on, and active directory group policies are important ways to reduce password breaches. But they can’t control how a person [...]

Did you know that over 90% of Microsoft security vulnerabilities could be eliminated simply by turning off admin rights and using a PAM tool? It’s true. According to a study conducted by global cybersecurity firm, the overwhelming majority of threats come down to one simple problem: admin rights hand over [...]

Does your privileged access management (PAM) tool have what it takes to protect you from serious security threats? Unknown or ineffectively managed privileged accounts drastically increase your vulnerability to cybercriminals, malware, and other risks. According to a 2020 report from Gartner, 75% of security issues will be related to poorly [...]

Walls and locks can be built very strong, which is why the weakest link in security tends to be a human being. Defenses are easily compromised when someone leaves the door wide open – or worse, willingly lets in an intruder.  This is no less true in cybersecurity situations when [...]

Why would we start an article about a complex information security topic like insider threats with a story about a castle built in the 11th century? It’s simply because history can be an incredible teacher, as you’re about to see.  We only need to look at Corfe Castle in the [...]

As an MSP, your reputation hinges on your ability to keep your clients and your own infrastructure secure. While you’re almost certainly taking steps to protect, monitor, and remediate your clients’ networks, there’s always a dark cloud hanging overhead: passwords.  Creating secure passwords seems easy enough, right? We know that [...]

Cyber attacks have been on the rise for years and are expected to continue increasing in severity well past 2022. The recent damage caused by high-profile supply chain attacks (think SolarWinds and the like) carried a lot of risk both for MSPs and their clients.  Managed service providers should be [...]