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NOTE TO MSPs – Business owners and executives often resist making the cybersecurity investments they should, and channel pros often struggle to explain why they need to spend the money on the right amount of cybersecurity to protect their reputations and finances. Here’s a proven way to make the case to your customer for investing in security. Use this article to get both current customers and prospects to understand their risks.

Incorporate the 12 security action steps issued jointly by five countries in your marketing, proposals, and service offerings.

Now that new guidance from the DoD makes that clear, will MSPs run and hide, or achieve compliance to earn bigger profits?

CMMC 2.0 reduces the levels within the program from five to three, but there is still a big opportunity for MSPs.

Helping SMBs implement NIST 800-171’s 110 cybersecurity controls can be very profitable now; whatever comes of CMMC will also provide opportunities.

The new cybersecurity framework will be phased in through 2025, but MSPs can help defense contractors get new contracts now by bringing them into compliance with the DFARS interim rule.

HIPAA Safe Harbor law and DoD’s CMMC interim rule offer huge financial incentives for shoring up cybersecurity—which means cost justification for hiring MSPs.

Don’t make the same “stupid marketing mistake.”

By assuming that workers are trained and following policies, organizations may find out the hard way that they are wrong—and pay the price in penalties for lack of regulatory compliance.

10 risk management strategies to save your reputation, your mind, and your retirement By Mike Semel.