Topic: Managed Services - Page 89

Speakers at the IT membership community’s second-to-last conference for 2021 addressed top-of-mind issues in the SMB channel, with a particular focus on security and cloud computing.

Here are steps MSPs can take to improve their security posture and preparedness if ransomware or a supply chain attack hits.

Follow these fundamentals to architect a security strategy that fits your customer, with room to grow.

A recent MicroAge survey of IT leaders finds MSPs are falling short in three key areas: cloud strategy, security, and IT spending.

This Expert Guide includes tips on building a work-from-home security stack, a look at the IoT security minefield (and opportunity), some best practices for cloud security, and a first-hand account of how one channel pro is expanding the circle of safety for her business, customers, and employers.

This Expert Guide offers some advice on partnering with security service providers to expand the skills and resources needed to keep customers safe, a look at rising threats like “smishing” and deep-fakes, and practical tips for incident response management.

A survey of MSPs conducted in partnership with ChannelPro shows that using fewer security and BDR vendors saves nearly $230,000 on average and that using integrated security and BDR products cuts breach recovery times by an average of five hours.

Outsourcing security provides MSPs access to valuable expertise and technology, but it is still a shared responsibility.

With the VSA ransomware incident behind it, the company is spending heavily on additional penetration testing and best practices endorsed by Jason Manar (pictured), its new chief information security officer.

Everyone else is working from home these days. Why not The King? You know who’s not working from home this week? Rich Freeman. He’s in Las Vegas for Kaseya’s ConnectIT conference and has plenty of news from Kaseya to share. He and Matt also discuss HP’s big new collaboration and conferencing portfolio as well as the challenges and pleasures of running a tech business with your spouse.