Newsletter | May 26, 2022

05.26.22 -- The Cloud Applications Playbook: Success Strategies For SaaS Vendors And Solution Providers
 
Channel Insights
A Guide To Active Directory & Active Directory Management
 
Submitted by IT Glue

Providing employees with the right level of access is a significant challenge even in today’s digital world. When you give too many people access to critical information, you are putting your data security at risk. However, you also need to delegate work to the lowest level in your organization to ensure higher productivity. You can achieve that with the help of Active Directory.
All Together Now! It’s Time To Rock With The Flock
Submitted by Gradient MSP

Support is key in any relationship. We firmly believe that MSPs deserve top-tier service from every vendor. We’re staffed with people who’ve been-there-done-that and know how critical support is to a business’ success. It’s not easy, but we’re here to make it work better together.
Survey Results: Key Areas Of Focus For MSPs
Submitted by The ASCII Group

The ASCII Group is an IT community, and we asked our MSP members what areas they are focusing on. Are you planning the same type of internal investments and revenue generating activities? See the responses from our IT MSP community here!
SD-WAN In Action: Bringing Consistency And Management To Network Performance
Submitted by Bigleaf Networks

For managed service providers, streamlining and scaling network performance management has become an essential part of their business. However, many have found it’s difficult to ensure reliable internet connectivity and even more difficult to get visibility into issues. This leads to support tickets and senior engineers trying to fix things that should just work.
Creating A Portfolio Of Profitable Vulnerability Management Services
Submitted by RapidFire Tools

Delivering Vulnerability Management-as-a-Service (V-MaaS) is a straightforward exercise. Set up your internal and external vulnerability scanner to run at a desired frequency; review the alert reports as they come in and determine which issues need to be immediately addressed, which should be investigated, and which should be ignored; then update your scanner settings as needed to further refine and optimize your false positive reporting.
Incident Response Planning For MSPs
Submitted by Unitrends MSP

Every second matters for MSPs when responding to a security-related incident. Why?  The stakes are high for service providers since even a minor security slip up has a ripple effect on your clients. The negative impact of a lengthy or incomplete incident response (IR) will be massive on the MSP business and stakeholders.   
The Cloud Applications Playbook: Success Strategies For SaaS Vendors And Solution Providers
 
Submitted by CompTIA

The world is changing, and technology is leading the charge. Digital transformation, long a buzzword, is now in full effect. As a result of the pandemic, many more companies support a distributed workforce and are rapidly transitioning to cloud applications, also known as Software as a Service (SaaS), to provide anywhere access at any time.
Leadership Lessons
MSP Best Practices Securing Against Ransomware
 
By Jon Murchison, Blackpoint Cyber

Ransomware attacks are now considered a risk to national security following the sweeping uptick in cyberattacks. In March 2022, President Biden released a statement urging private sectors to take immediate action on shoring up their defenses against potential cyberthreats. This is the latest and most urgent warning we have seen yet, following a series of regular reminders to implement robust cybersecurity measures since the fall of 2021.