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If managed service providers (MSPs) are going to grow as 2026 rolls on, they’re going to have to overcome both new and familiar obstacles in a tough environment. But there is good news for MSPs that are ready to adapt their business models to new market realities. A recent report from Omdia, MSP Trends and Predictions 2026, lays out clearly why MSPs are more likely to struggle to grow in 2026 than they have in past years.

This Lunar New Year marks the Year of the Horse, a symbol of speed, endurance and clear direction. These traits carry relevance in today’s cybersecurity landscape. For MSPs, these characteristics aren’t just symbolic, but they’re essential to navigating rapidly changing cyberthreats. As we celebrate Lunar New Year, it’s also a moment to reflect on our own origins.

For MSPs, vulnerability assessment and patch management are challenging primarily because of scale. Every new customer adds another tenant to configure, monitor and maintain, which multiplies operational overhead and increases the risk of inconsistency. The newly released cross-tenant, partner-level vulnerability assessment and patch management in Acronis RMM is designed to break this pattern.

Cybercriminals are spending less time using AI to develop new kinds of cyberattacks. Unfortunately, that’s not good news. According to the Acronis Cyberthreats Report H2 2025, cybercriminals are focusing on using AI to scale and refine the attacks they’ve already developed. As a result, they’re working more efficiently. The Acronis Cyberthreats Report H2 2025 delves into many more cybersecurity trends and goes into much deeper detail on the evolving impact of AI on cyberthreats.

Acronis has earned a spot on CRN’s 2026 Security 100 list in the Identity, Access And Data Security category, marking its fifth consecutive year on the annual ranking. The program highlights channel focused security vendors that help organizations address a rapidly evolving threat landscape across categories such as endpoint and managed security, identity and data security, network security, security operations, and web and application security.

Many operational technology (OT) environments depend on Windows 10 systems. In October 2025, Microsoft ended support for Windows 10. That doesn’t mean manufacturers have to immediately replace their systems, but it does change the risk profile related to unsupported operating systems. In OT environments, operating systems commonly reach end of support long before the industrial assets they control.

Valentine’s Day is all about perfect pairs, and in cybersecurity, nothing creates more operational harmony than natively integrated services working together. That’s where unified cyber protection shines. Whether it’s the synergy of RMM and EDR, RMM and backup or email security and security awareness training, natively integrated cyber protection delivers efficiency and resilience that standalone tools can’t match.

In 2026, an antivirus solution may seem old-fashioned at first glance, like something from the era of floppy disks and dial-up. But that thought couldn’t be further from the truth. Today’s threats to your home network have evolved beyond classic malware.