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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 [...]

Managed Service Providers (MSPs) have a responsibility to their clients to protect their infrastructure and data from cyberthreats with their security stack. With many MSPs being directly targeted, this responsibility can be difficult to live up to. A layered approach to protection is required to address as many threat vectors [...]

Over 67% of ransomware attacks against MSPs were carried out through social engineering.   Such attacks – now profoundly commonplace – often compromise an IT provider’s entire client list, leading to the reputation and financial damages that managed service providers are now all-too familiar with.   Cybersecurity has become just as much [...]

The average U.S. citizen has at least 70 passwords for everything from email to online banking to social media. People who use a lot of technology and software in their work can have hundreds of passwords to keep track of.  Any cybersecurity professional will tell you that every one of [...]

The CyberFOX version 5 release includes a long list of new and updated features making this the Best CyberFOX yet.  New and updated features include Industry Leading Password Sharing Recycle Bin Built-In 2FA Authenticator Windows App login Custom Fields ConnectWise Control Extension Remote Server Login Seamless integration with Terminal Services, TeamViewer, [...]

Nearly three months after detecting a mammoth data breach, Marriott finally came clean last week. Marriot has admitted that hackers have had access to a system containing the personal information of up to 500 million guests since 2014. That makes it the second largest data breach in history after Yahoo’s [...]

Despite your best efforts, cyber breaches happen. And if experts are right, even businesses with the best security technologies and practices can expect more of same in 2019. One of the main reasons for the expected uptick of cyber-events is the increasing sophistication of hackers, who continue to create more [...]