Newsletter | September 8, 2022

09.08.22 -- Can You Successfully Grow Your Business Without Using A PSA?
 
Channel Insights
How The Gig Economy Failed Field Service
Submitted by Field Nation

In the wake of COVID-19, we’ve seen a rise in the adoption of on-demand labor. While this might seem unusual, it’s actually a pattern decades in the making.
5 SMB Cybersecurity Trends To Watch
Submitted by Field Effect

Cybersecurity needs for small and midsize businesses (SMBs) have never been more demanding. Threat actors continue to escalate their targets and increase their level of attack sophistication against them. Unfortunately, the economics of cybercrime have advanced to a point where SMBs are profitable, relatively easy targets that face an overwhelming number of cyber threats.
Checklist To Protect Your Client Data From Ransomware Attacks
Submitted by Unitrends MSP

Ransomware attacks are rampant, without any sign of slowing down. This is a growing concern for MSPs and their clients. And with data now living in more places than it did before, protecting the distributed assets is a daunting task.
Vendor Management: Documenting What IT Needs To Know
Submitted by IT Glue

Vendor management in most companies is handled by teams involved in procurement or accounts payable. If you Google “vendor management software,” you’ll see the kinds of enterprise tools they use. However, IT has its own unique interest in vendor management, notably around security risks. We can assure you that the accounts payable team isn’t tracking the cybersecurity risk profile of vendors, nor would you want them to. So, what should vendor management look like when viewed through the IT lens?
Can You Successfully Grow Your Business Without Using A PSA?
 
Submitted by Gradient MSP

After a lot of hard work and dedication, your MSP business is now thriving. In fact, it’s doing so well, it’s time to level up because, let’s face it, very few companies are in business just to get by. Scaling up requires resources, especially of the human variety. But technology can significantly mitigate the need for added staff — and the resulting expenses — by automating a significant chunk of the processes needed to grow your business.
On-Demand Webinar
Building Digital Transformation Success On A Reliable Connectivity Foundation
Submitted by Bigleaf Networks

In this session, we discuss the new connectivity requirements that come with digital transformation. You’ll walk away with practical tactics and techniques for delivering a rock-solid connectivity foundation for all of your digital applications over any available commodity ISPs.
Leadership Lessons
MSPs: How To Understand NIST And Earn New Business Delivering Security Compliance
 
By Lisa Mitchell, NetGain Technologies

For MSPs and MSSPs, honing the expertise and tools to provide cybersecurity within the requirements of the U.S. government’s NIST Cybersecurity Framework is an effective path for winning new clients, including those for which NIST regulations don’t technically apply. NIST offers such comprehensive guidance for cybersecurity best practices, processes, and technologies that the framework has become a recognized standard for organizations regardless of their industry. We’ve seen this firsthand, with more prospects asking how our security stack stands up to the NIST guidelines.
Solutions
VulScan Overview For MSPs
 

Your SMB Clients Are At Risk!