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The nine-city MSP Success Summit kicked off in Houston, with a 2022 agenda designed to improve MSPs’ security posture, as well as their general sales and marketing strategies.

Erick and Rich size up the strategic alliance between Nodeware and SOCSoter, explain why leading with security is a winning sales strategy these days, and suggest the perfect gift for next year’s Valentine’s Day: cologne that smells like French fries.

The new functionality enables joint partners of the two companies to receive immediate assistance with vulnerabilities identified by Nodeware from SOCSoter’s security operations center.

If you thought your customers have bigger threats to worry about these days than ladders, you’ll be thinking again by the end of this episode featuring Matt, Rich, and their returning guest host, certified ethical hacker and MSP Michael Cocanower. You’ll also hear their thoughts about the latest revisions to Dell’s partner program, the new security executives at ConnectWise and NinjaOne, the latest developments in ransomware as a service, and the latest headaches associated with cyber insurance.

Field Effect’s Covalence platform provides managed detection and response for the entire IT infrastructure—network, devices, and cloud-based applications.

Mike Arrowsmith, whose role combines the traditional duties of a chief information security officer, a chief privacy officer, and a chief risk officer, is now responsible for the security of NinjaOne’s products and the integrity of data within those systems.

ChannelPro’s in-person, six-city tour offers IT integrators, managed services providers, consultants, and VARs two days of educational content designed to help drive business growth.

Under a revamped organizational structure, four general managers responsible for key portions of ConnectWise’s portfolio report in to CEO Jason Magee (pictured). Patrick Beggs, meanwhile, steps in to lead security operations for the company.

Hybrid workforces with distributed employees have a wider range of locations to keep backed up and continuously operational.