MSP Technology News Headlines for the week of 2/16/2026
TinyPilot MSP’s new partner program leads this week’s headlines, but Ooma’s POTSTracker announcement and ProofPoint’s updated partner network program also warrants a look from channel pros everywhere. Plus, there are many other interesting news tidbits, stories, reports, and insightful data from all over the industry. If you’re ready for a quick rundown of this week’s MSP news and partner program updates, scroll on down!
Introducing the TinyPilot MSP Partner Program
New program offers structured pricing, evaluation access, and clear support expectations for service providers standardizing on TinyPilot for out-of-band recovery.
Key details from the blog post include:
- The TinyPilot MSP Partner Program is designed for service providers and infrastructure teams managing environments on behalf of others, with predictable pricing, evaluation access, and defined support expectations.
- Program elements include structured multi-client pricing, evaluation units for testing and documentation, clear warranty/support terms, and direct communication for operational questions.
- TinyPilot positions the program around standardizing out-of-band recovery in heterogeneous client environments, where mixed server vendors and varying BMC/firmware create inconsistent recovery procedures.
- Voyager 3 is highlighted as purpose-built for repeatable deployments, offering BIOS-level KVM over IP, virtual media, and an integrated console server in a single device with no licenses.
Ooma Launches POTSTracker.com to Help Organizations Track and Manage POTS Line Discontinuance
AI-powered monitoring platform gives enterprises visibility into legacy voice service retirement and risk planning.
Key quote from the press release:
“The retirement of copper-based voice services is no longer a future concern—it’s a present-day operational risk for organizations that depend on POTS for critical systems. Many organizations don’t realize they are in a discontinuance path until they receive notice or experience a disruption. With POTSTracker.com, we’re giving enterprises the visibility, intelligence, and confidence they need to stay ahead of carrier discontinuance activity, protect essential services, and plan transitions on their own terms—before outages and surprises occur.” — Chris Burgy, senior vice president, corporate development, Ooma
Proofpoint Launches Proofpoint Partner Network to Accelerate Partner Growth and Profitability
New global partner program offers stronger incentives, deeper protections, and expanded services to help partners capture demand in human- and agent-centric security.
Key quote from the press release:
“Partners play a critical role in helping reduce risk, simplify security, and drive measurable outcomes for customers. The Proofpoint Partner Network reflects how the market is evolving, built to help our partners win with stronger economics, clearer protections, and the tools they need to build successful, long-term practices around the most trusted human-centric security platform in the market. By aligning our investments to partner growth, simplifying engagement, and leading together in the agentic security era, we’re delivering a program that helps our partners win today and well into the future.” — Stan de Boisset, senior vice president of global channels, Proofpoint
CyberFOX Welcomes Joe Panettieri as Strategic Advisor
Industry veteran joins CyberFOX to support partners and help navigate the evolving MSP software market.
Key quote from the press release:
“I joined CyberFOX as strategic advisor for several reasons. I deeply respect the founders. I’ve known David and Adam for more than a decade. We have similar views about the MSP software market, and the partner opportunities ahead. In my role as strategic advisor, I hope to help CyberFOX’s partners further accelerate their businesses, mitigate risk for customers, and successfully navigate the AI hype cycle.” — Joe Panettieri, strategic advisor, CyberFOX
Arctic Wolf Threat Report Highlights 11x Growth in Data Extortion Incidents and Continued Dominance of Ransomware
New 2026 Arctic Wolf Threat & Predictions Report shows massive increases in data-only extortion, remote access abuse, and the ongoing prevalence of ransomware activity.
Key findings from the report include:
- Ransomware, business email compromise (BEC), and data incidents made up 92% of Arctic Wolf IR cases, with data incidents jumping from 2% to 22% as attackers increasingly focused on data theft and extortion.
- Pre‑ransomware activity accounted for 5% of cases, showing that earlier detection and faster response frequently stopped attacks before encryption.
- In 77% of ransomware cases, organizations did not pay. When they did, professional negotiation reduced demands by an average of 67%. Sixty‑five percent of non‑BEC intrusions stemmed from abuse of RDP, VPN, and RMM tools—up sharply from two years ago—as attackers favored easy remote access over exploits.
- Phishing drove 85% of BEC incidents, rising significantly as AI made fraudulent messages more convincing and scalable.
Kaseya’s Greg Jones Launches ‘The Best of 1 Minute Wednesday’ Book to Support MSP Community and Charity
New book compiles 150 practical MSP growth tips from industry leaders, with 100% of profits donated to Alder Hey Children’s Charity.
Key highlights from the book launch:
- The book features insights from 100 MSP leaders and industry guests drawn directly from live “1 Minute Wednesday” interviews, along with 50 additional lessons from Greg Jones.
- It delivers 150 practical tips designed to help MSPs grow, improve operations, and strengthen business performance.
- All profits from the book are being donated to Alder Hey Children’s Charity / Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, with no complimentary copies issued to maximize charitable impact.
Barracuda Managed XDR Global Threat Report Shows 90% of Ransomware Incidents Exploit Firewalls
New data highlights how attackers are leveraging firewall vulnerabilities and weak security hygiene to accelerate ransomware attacks.
Key findings from the report include:
- 90% of ransomware incidents exploited firewalls through a CVE (a classified software vulnerability) or vulnerable account. Attackers can use this to gain access and control over the network and bypass its protection, hiding malicious traffic and activity.
- The fastest ransomware case observed involved Akira ransomware and took just three hours from breach to encryption. Such compressed timelines can leave defenders with minimal opportunity to detect and respond.
- One in 10 detected vulnerabilities had a known exploit. Attackers are actively weaponizing software bugs, often in the supply chain — and the importance of identifying and addressing unpatched software cannot be overstated.
- The most widely detected vulnerability dates to 2013. CVE-2013-2566 is a flaw in an outdated encryption algorithm that can be found in legacy systems such as old servers or embedded devices or applications.
StorONE Introduces 9x ROI on Flash Program to Break the Flash Bottleneck
New program leverages intelligent auto-tiering to increase effective flash storage capacity up to nine times without sacrificing performance.
Key quote from the program announcement:
“As the founder of StorWize, we were the first to bring real-time, inline compression to enterprise storage. I know both worlds extremely well. Data reduction has its place, but it is inherently dependent on the data itself. Auto-tiering works on every type of data and delivers certainty. That’s why it’s the more resilient and correct architectural approach. The 9x ROI on Flash Program is about breaking the flash bottleneck, providing organizations with a way to grow capacity intelligently without paying the all-flash tax.” — Gal Naor, CEO, StorONE
State of Ransomware 2025 Report Finds Record Attacks and First AI-Led Campaign
Report reveals a historic rise in ransomware incidents, emergence of AI-driven attacks, and ongoing under-reporting of breaches.
Key findings from the report include:
- Publicly disclosed ransomware attacks increased 49% year-over-year in 2025, reaching a record 1,174 incidents.
- The report identifies a first-of-its-kind AI-led ransomware campaign where threat actors hijacked Anthropic’s Claude model to autonomously perform reconnaissance, exploitation, and data theft.
- A significant majority (86%) of ransomware attacks in 2025 were never publicly disclosed, highlighting continued under-reporting.
- Healthcare organizations remained a persistent target, and ransomware activity continued to be heavily concentrated in the United States.
Securonix Introduces Agentic Mesh and the First Productivity-Based AI Model for the SOC
New AI-driven operating model equips security operations centers to scale productivity with governed, explainable AI under human oversight.
Key quote from the press release:
“We built Sam and Agentic Mesh to solve two problems CISOs face every day: unscalable workloads and unprovable AI value. By tying AI directly to analyst productivity and governing it by design, Securonix gives security leaders a practical, defensible way to scale operations that stands up to board and regulatory scrutiny.” — Simon Hunt, chief product officer, Securonix
Compliance Scorecard Launches Version 10 with Governed AI for GRC
Version 10 introduces an AI system purpose-built to reason about governance, risk, and compliance rather than operate as a generic chatbot.
Key quote from the press release:
“Most AI tools don’t understand GRC. They can’t distinguish which security controls apply to a healthcare client versus a defense contractor, or map which tools in an MSP’s stack address specific CMMC requirements. We built an AI system designed to reason about governance – not another chatbot. And the system works with or without AI enabled, because we aren’t forcing a black box onto anyone.” — Tim Golden, founder and CEO, Compliance Scorecard
Brinqa Introduces AI Agents to Power Confident Continuous Exposure Management
New AI-native agents aim to reduce exposure risk through transparent, explainable automation built into Brinqa’s platform.
Key quote from the press release:
“As attack surfaces expand and security tool sprawl grows, leaders find themselves with more data and less confidence. That’s a trust problem. This release addresses it head-on with AI-native agents built into a platform architected for AI from the ground up. Deduplication, ownership attribution, and SmartFlow automations – all transparent, all explainable, all designed to turn exposure management into a trusted and disciplined, continuous system for reducing real risk.” — Dan Pagel, CEO, Brinqa
As ChannelPro’s online director and tech editor for over a decade, Matt Whitlock has spent years blending sharp tech insight with digital know-how. He brings more than 25 years’ experience working in the technology industry to his reviews, analysis, and general musings about all things gadget and gear.
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