Feature Articles

91. From Prevention To Forensics: What MSSPs Need To Know About IP Address Intelligence Data's Role In Cybersecurity 9/26/2022

    The number of corporate cyber breaches continues to climb. As I write this, cyber breaches are up 14% over this time last year. Ransomware attacks, meanwhile, are growing at even a faster clip, up 71%. Given that the average ransomware payout is $1 million, we see the impact such crimes have on the health of a company, and the urgency to stop them.

92. How Automation Can Help MSPs During Economic Uncertainty 9/22/2022

    As the global economic climate impacts budgets and forces organizations to pause or reevaluate their appetite for hiring IT roles, managed service providers (MSPs) can get stuck with the burden of maintaining systems with less support than in the past. Adding The Great Resignation and manual, repetitive tasks to the mix are surefire ways to burn out employees and leave the remaining ones stretched too thin. 

93. Over 70% Of Organizations Feel They've Wasted 25-75% Of Cybersecurity Budget, According To Survey 9/19/2022

    Recently at the RSA Conference, we (Gurucul) conducted a survey to discover what the attendees felt were the biggest threats to their security operations. We wanted to better understand the key challenges when detecting new and emerging threats, how long it takes teams to detect these threats, where the biggest threats emanate from, and more. Let’s dive into the results.

94. Differentiating Service Offerings And Enabling Customer Growth 9/15/2022

    To survive in today’s highly competitive market, managed service providers (MSPs) need to differentiate from the competition, offering the latest and greatest capabilities to customers. At the same time, they need to find a way to decrease their costs and complexity to remain profitable. They are running a business, after all.

95. A Data-Driven Approach To The Channel: Enabling A Successful Solution-Centric Ecosystem 9/12/2022

    The channel has become data driven. Data provides vendors, resellers, and service providers with a holistic view of customer needs and objectives, which enables smart and successful solution recommendations. According to Forrester, effectively using real-time data leads to improved speed-to-market, increased return on investment (ROI) for all involved, and greater power with actionable insights available at every opportunity stage.

96. The Growing Threat Of Organized Bot Attacks Creates Opportunities For Service Providers 9/8/2022

    Despite the current state of the economy, MSPs still have a tremendous opportunity to grow their businesses by offering cybersecurity services to companies that do not have the right expertise in-house. Let’s face it, there has been a shortage of cybersecurity professionals for years. In fact, amidst a growing threat landscape and expanding attack vectors, there aren’t enough skilled workers to fill open positions with an estimated 2.7 million jobs left unfilled in 2021. Service providers can plug the gaps left by these unfilled positions, expanding their businesses into new vertical markets and new regions.

97. CISA Guidelines For MSPs And Their Customers: An Explainer 9/5/2022

    MSPs are attractive targets to many threat actors, and it’s easy to see why: they’re a treasure trove of information, giving hackers access to tens, maybe hundreds, of businesses’ sensitive data. According to recent research, 90% of MSPs surveyed reported increased attacks since the beginning of the pandemic.

98. Internet Of Medical Threats? Exploring Bluetooth Low Energy Vulnerabilities In Medical Devices 9/1/2022

    The Internet of Things (IoT) has brought about new applications for connected devices. Manufacturers are moving beyond headsets and keyboards. One of these new use cases stands out in particular: applications that rely less on continuous streaming and periodically relay small amounts of data instead. This is especially true in sensor applications where a remote peripheral is relaying information about its surroundings — such as a thermostat, security sensor, or medical monitoring device. At the same time, an advance in the Bluetooth standard is making these new applications possible.

99. What Does Zero Trust Mean For MSPs? 8/25/2022

    Zero trust is sometimes presented as a way of stopping things from happening, for example blocking unauthorized clients. That misses the point. A hidden appeal of zero trust is that it offers the possibility of improving the management of network resources, users, and data in ways that also lower costs and make technology adoption easier.

100. Why You Should Add Managed Security To Your Offerings (And What To Expect When You Do) 8/22/2022

     Field Effect is a global cyber security company specializing in intelligence-grade threat detection, monitoring, training, and compliance solutions. Field Effect’s mission is to simplify the overcomplicated market for MSPs and their customers with a holistic cybersecurity solution that strengthens an organization’s defense from end to end. Who better than to answer questions about the pros and cons of adding managed security to your offerings? Read on to learn ways to add managed security and what to expect when you do.