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By WatchGuard
LONDON, May 20 2026 -New research from WatchGuard Technologies, a global leader in unified cybersecurity for MSPs, reveals that while most businesses believe they are adequately staffed, the complexity, speed, and scale of modern threats - especially those powered by artificial intelligence - have outpaced what internal teams can realistically manage. The result is a fundamental shift away from do-it-yourself security toward externally delivered, always-on protection models.
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By Tracy Hillstrom
For years, managed service providers (MSPs) have played a critical role in helping businesses maintain and support their IT environments. But today, the market is demanding something fundamentally different. Cybersecurity has become a continuous operational challenge, one that many SMB and midmarket organizations can no longer manage alone.
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By Kim Maibaum
For MSPs, patching has evolved beyond a routine maintenance task into a core security service that directly impacts client protection, helping reduce risk, improve operational efficiency, and create scalable recurring revenue opportunities. Unpatched vulnerabilities remain one of the primary exposure vectors for organizations today.
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By Martin Lethbridge
Cybersecurity is no longer something only large enterprises need to worry about. In 2026, it affects every organization, from small businesses and managed service providers to global companies and individual users. What has changed is not just the number of cyberattacks. It is how quickly they happen, how far they can spread, and how much damage they can cause.
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By The Editor
MSPs are managing more customers, more environments, and more tools than ever before. At the same time, customer expectations keep rising -- faster response times, clearer reporting, and consistent service across every client. All of that pressure lands on already‑lean teams. That’s the reality Rai was built for.
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By Mick McCarter
If you ask any MSP what they use to protect their clients’ cloud environments, you will get one of two answers. Either they’ll point to the native security tools built into platforms like Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace. Or they’ll describe a patchwork of different products stitched together to cover identity, configuration, and SaaS visibility. Neither approach is ideal. But both reflect the reality MSPs are working with today.
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By Iratxe Vazquez
The NIS2 Directive has officially shifted from being a conversation for the future to an operational reality across Europe. Regulators are now activating mandatory registries, launching process supervision, and most importantly, laying the groundwork for enforcement actions against non-compliant organizations. For many companies, this is the period of highest risk. What was previously perceived as a complex or distant requirement now has a direct impact on the business.
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By The Editor
MSPs today face growing security demands alongside increasing operational complexity. Disconnected tools and manual processes create noise, slow response times, and limit scalability. The solution? Automation and integration. By connecting security platforms with PSA and RMM tools, MSPs can streamline workflows, reduce alert fatigue, and improve service delivery, turning reactive processes into proactive, efficient operations.
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By Linda Kerr
Many managed service providers (MSPs) recognize the value of managed detection and response (MDR) services, both for their clients and for their own business. However, they run into a recurring obstacle that slows adoption: how to structure a pricing model that is clear, sustainable, and scalable.
James McMillan explains how AI can help defenders spot anomalies faster, while also giving attackers new ways to scale their tactics.
Recorded at WatchGuard’s EMEA Partner Conference, in Dubrovnik, Croatia, this episode of 443 – Security Simplified features Peter Johnson from Schwartz GmbH for a conversation on how cybersecurity priorities are evolving across Europe. Peter discusses the increasing complexity organizations face when balancing security, compliance, and operational efficiency, along with the challenges of supporting customers and partners with varying levels of cybersecurity maturity.
MSPs are under pressure to deliver stronger security across a growing customer base without adding more tools or people. Despite this, many still rely on approaches that don’t scale, leading to gaps, alert overload, and missed opportunities to grow their security business. The goal of this 30-minute session is to help MSPs take a step back and assess how they’re delivering security today. We’ll walk them through the most common pressure points, help identify where their current approach is falling short, and guide them toward the next conversation based on what matters most to their business.
In this episode of The 443, Marc Laliberte and Corey Nachreiner speak with James McMillan, CTO of Redinet Limited, about what it really takes for MSPs to help customers stay ready, responsive, and secure. From AI’s role in security operations to the human trust behind every strong customer relationship, this conversation goes beyond tools and into what resilience actually looks like in practice.
Marc Laliberte and Corey Nachreiner recorded a special episode from WatchGuard’s EMEA Partner Conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia, featuring James McMillan, CTO of Redinet Limited. They discussed the evolving cybersecurity landscape for MSPs and businesses across Europe. James shares insights from his journey in IT and cybersecurity, the growing challenges organizations face as threats become more sophisticated, and why cyber resilience requires more than just technology.
This week on the podcast, we discuss a recent warning from the FBI about hacking leading to stolen shipments. Before that, we cover the Vercel software supply chain incident before discussing the Vect Ransomware-as-a-service turned accidental wiper.
A firewall is essential, but it’s no longer enough. Today’s attackers slip past perimeter controls, hide in encrypted traffic, and move fast once they get inside. Network Detection and Response (NDR) delivers always-on network visibility, earlier threat detection, and faster response, enabling you to see and stop what firewalls miss.
Cyber risk is not one size fits all In LATAM, organizations face evolving threats, uneven security maturity, and AI-driven challenges. Paul Harris breaks it down on The 443 Podcast.
This week on the podcast, Marc and Corey sit down with Paul Harris, CEO of BGLA and Futurity Corp at WatchGuard's Impact Partner Conference in Tulum, to explore the evolving cybersecurity landscape across Latin America. Paul shares his journey from early days in cybersecurity to leading organizations in the region, while breaking down the biggest concerns facing LATAM SMBs today. The conversation also covers how AI is reshaping cybersecurity, the challenges of securing partners across diverse markets, and practical advice for business leaders looking to stay ahead of cyber risk in LATAM.
Corey and Marc break down RedSun, a researcher-disclosed vulnerability that can escalate privileges to full system access, plus a major DDoS-for-hire takedown and Microsoft’s latest RDP security updates.
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By WatchGuard
Ransomware is one of the most talked about and publicized security threats in the modern era. What started as a few high-profile attacks caused by a handful of malware variants has developed into a virulent threat landscape in which increasingly unskilled attackers are able to execute highly effective ransomware campaigns against organizations of all sizes and levels of complexity. Small-to-midsize businesses disproportionately fall victim to ransomware, as they often lack the technical skills and tools needed to prevent infection.
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By WatchGuard
Risk-based authentication both enhances security and user experience by allowing you to rank the resources you want to protect based on risk level and type of user. This gives you the power to create rules that are unique to the security structure in your organization, therefore enabling more flexibility or higher protection only when necessary.
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By WatchGuard
Cyber attacks grab headlines almost daily. WatchGuard's award-winning network security platform not only provides one of the most complete suites of unified security controls on the market today to detect and prevent these attacks, but our strategy of sourcing the best scanning engines to integrate with our built-in defenses boosts security in critical attack areas. Take a closer look at the WatchGuard security platform's all-star team of best-in-class threat management services.
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By WatchGuard
In this eBook we provide you with suggestions on how to start providing some basic but vital security services that will improve the security posture of your customers while increasing your Average Revenue (ARPU), such as endpoint security set-up and monitoring.
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By WatchGuard
If you are in the retail or hospitality industries, it's important to know exactly how your network security solution maps to PCI DSS standards. This white paper presents a straight-forward review of PCI requirements and how the WatchGuard platform delivers the capabilities you need to ensure mandates are met.
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By WatchGuard
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed business continuity inadequacies at many organizations, and highlighted the slow pace of progress in digital transformation. This new reality necessitates a departure from a traditional network-centric security model that assumes every device and user within the network should be trusted. In this eBook we will explore how the dynamics of COVID-19 have impacted security, outline the importance of a zero-trust approach, and discuss how WatchGuard can help your business deliver the security you need during these trying times.
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By WatchGuard
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed business continuity inadequacies at many organizations, and highlighted the slow pace of progress in digital transformation. This new reality necessitates a departure from a traditional network-centric security model that assumes every device and user within the network should be trusted.
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By WatchGuard
Respected PCI-Qualified Security Assessor Coalfire recently completed a technical assessment of the WatchGuard Threat Detection and Response (TDR) solution, validating it for PCI DSS anti-malware use cases. Download the whitepaper to learn more!
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WatchGuard has deployed nearly a million integrated, multi-function threat management appliances worldwide. Our signature red boxes are architected to be the industry's smartest, fastest, and meanest security devices with every scanning engine running at full throttle.
For 25 years, WatchGuard has pioneered cutting-edge cybersecurity technology and delivered it as easy-to-deploy and easy-to-manage solutions. With industry-leading network and endpoint security, secure Wi-Fi, multi-factor authentication, and network intelligence products and services, WatchGuard enables more than 250,000 small and midsize enterprises from around the globe to protect their most important assets including over 10 million endpoints.
The WatchGuard Difference:
- Intelligent Protection: Effective protection against today’s vast number of evolving threats requires multiple services working intelligently together. Prevent, detect, and instantly respond to cyber attacks with automated policies.
- Simplified Management: Managing security across your organization has never been simpler. Use out-of-the-box tools to quickly and easily deploy, configure, and maintain your security with the granularity of your choice.
- Actionable Visiblity: Monitor and report on the health of your IT infrastructure. Actionable visibility tools enable you to proactively identify threats, while providing corrective action against known issues.
In a world where the cybersecurity landscape is constantly evolving, and new threats emerge each day, WatchGuard makes enterprise-grade cybersecurity technology accessible for every company.