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XDR vs SOAR: comparing functionalities for MSPs

Managed service providers (MSPs) must be prepared to defend their customers against advanced threats and, to do so, they need to keep track of different data sources by deploying solutions that are designed to improve their customers’ security posture through effective detection and proactive responses to potential incidents.

Cybersecurity's Inner Circle Breaks Down the Issue of MSPs Auditing Their Own Work

The cybersecurity realm is a constant battleground where the old and the new continuously clash, and one of the most recent debates centers around Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and their tendency to audit their work. Enter three seasoned cybersecurity mavens - Blake Schwank from Colorado Computer Support, Robert Giannini from GiaSpace, and Ashu Bhoot from Orion Networks - who recently provided an in-depth perspective on this pivotal topic.

How MSPs Can Overcome Common Zero Trust Obstacles

Zero trust is not a new cybersecurity concept, yet it seems everywhere lately. In case you’re unfamiliar with zero trust, it is defined as an approach to security that assumes no implicit trust between users, devices, or networks as a baseline, and once a user has been verified as legitimate, authorized, and trustworthy, access is allowed. Zero trust has been so effective as a cybersecurity strategy that the U.S.

Microsoft Office 365 Secure Score Limitations for MSPs

Microsoft 365 Secure Score is a comprehensive security analytics tool for a single tenant. It uses a score-based approach to provide actionable recommendations to enhance security. However, MSPs should be aware that the scoring process fails to fit the needs of scaling MSPs in terms of business exceptions, managing multiple clients, remediation and alerting, not to mention making an assessment which is independent of MS upselling.

Cyber Threats and Opportunities: What Channel Partners Need to Know to Grow

The cybersecurity landscape is constantly evolving, and channel partners must stay ahead of the curve to successfully defend their customers and grow their businesses. The good news is, according to Canalys, the global cybersecurity market is expected to grow by 13% in 2023, providing channel partners with significant growth opportunities.

Closing the cybersecurity skills gap: How MSPs can help your business stay secure

The constant evolution of technology has led to increasingly sophisticated and frequent cybersecurity threats. As a result, the need for skilled professionals who can effectively handle these threats has never been more pressing. Sadly, there is a shortage of such experts to meet the growing demand. The (ISC)² Cybersecurity Workforce Study revealed that the global cybersecurity workforce gap is 3.4 million people.

How can MSPs capitalize on business in 2023?

The managed service provider (MSP) industry continues to expand, and this trend is not likely to change any time soon. Even in the current economic situation, where recession is in sight, demand for MSPs remains strong, resulting in growth opportunities this year. This is backed by the fact that 58% of participants at WatchGuard's webinar Top 3 Growth Opportunities for MSPs in 2023 and Beyond believe that cybersecurity spending will be maintained going forwards.

Webinar: How XDR Can Help MSPs Scale and Grow Their Businesses

Cyberattacks are becoming ever more sophisticated, leaving MSPs struggling to stay ahead of the game with their limited tools and fragmented views. Join us in this webinar as we explore XDR – a modern approach that helps strengthen cybersecurity capabilities and offers comprehensive protection for customers. Join us in this webinar, where we'll give you XDR essential concepts and the keys to free up overwhelmed security teams trying to triage and identify attacks with only narrow, disjointed attack viewpoints. We’ll be covering the following.

The 443 Episode 239 - MSPs Around the World - Americas

This week's podcast comes from the WatchGuard Apogee partner conference for the Americas where we bring on special guests Kevin Willette of Verus Corporation and Neil Holme of Impact Business Technology to discuss the challenges and opportunities MSPs and MSSPs will face in the coming years. This is the first of a multipart series where we explore similar questions around the world. The 443 Security Simplified is a weekly podcast that gets inside the minds of leading white-hat hackers and security researchers, covering the latest cybersecurity headlines and trends.