Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Quick definition Data security is the practice of protecting digital information from unauthorized access, corruption or theft across its entire lifecycle, from creation and storage to transmission and disposal. It combines technical safeguards such as encryption, administrative safeguards such as policy and training, and physical safeguards such as facility access control.

Omdia once again named Acronis a Champion in its Global Managed BDR Leadership Matrix for backup and disaster recovery. Acronis was one of only four vendors in 2026 to retain its Champion status from the previous edition of the matrix. For managed service providers (MSPs), the honor provides recognition from an independent analyst firm of Acronis’ consistency, continued innovation and sustained commitment to partner success. Analyst report Omdia Global Managed BDR Leadership Matrix.

Power and energy organizations are a prime target of cyberattacks. They face cyberthreats that can disrupt generation, transmission and distribution. And as they introduce more connected digital technologies alongside legacy and connectivity-restricted OT systems, their cyberattack surface becomes more complex. That is why cyber resilience has become a critical operational requirement for the power and energy sector. The U.S.

The threat landscape facing health care organizations and their managed service providers (MSPs) in 2026 is constantly becoming more dangerous. Businesses and service providers in the field are increasingly popular targets for attackers. The attack perimeter for health care organizations is rapidly expanding beyond internal threats to involve third parties, especially MSPs.

For MSPs serving health care clients, HIPAA compliance is a line item with consequences. Get it wrong and the downside is a six- or seven-figure Office for Civil Rights (OCR) settlement, a corrective action plan and a client base that loses confidence overnight. Get it right and health care becomes one of the highest-margin verticals in the channel.

Backups are often the last line of defense when ransomware reaches business-critical systems. But modern ransomware attacks do not target production data alone. Attackers may also search for backup repositories, compromise backup administrator accounts, change retention policies or delete recovery points before encrypting the live environment. When clean backup copies are no longer available, recovery becomes slower, more expensive and less predictable.

Heath care organizations are under attack. That's not news. But how serious is the threat? Consider these numbers from the IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025: Health care organizations need help, and managed service providers (MSPs) can drive revenue and grow their businesses by providing it. But working in health care isn't like working in other industries.

In the March / April 2026 AV-TEST Advanced Threat Protection evaluation, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud once again earned Advanced Approved Endpoint Protection certification with a perfect 35 out of 35 protection score. The result was achieved in testing against advanced ransomware and infostealer attacks on Windows 11, where Acronis successfully defended against all 10 attack scenarios evaluated by AV-TEST.

A practical comparison of the leading OT backup and recovery platforms for plant security leads, OT engineers, industrial CISOs and the system integrators who serve them, plus the OT security platforms most often evaluated alongside them.

Twenty of 27 EU member states had transposed the NIS2 Directive into national law by January 2026 (Wavestone, NIS2 transposition status, 2026). The remaining seven are under formal infringement proceedings from the European Commission. If you run an MSP serving health care clients in the European Union, NIS2 compliance is no longer a regulatory horizon problem. It is the operating environment.