Security News
Why is a web filtering important and what are the main features necessary for MSPs? Managed service providers have been struggling with finding the right web filtering solutions. Web filtering is necessary for businesses because it prevents the staff from accessing malicious and harmful content while using the corporate network or while working from home, besides offering other advantages like monitoring their performance and keeping it to the maximum to ensure productivity.
NIS is the main law controlling security practices in the UK today. Currently a straight copy of the EU NIS Directive, one of the benefits of Brexit leapt upon by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is the new ability to amend NIS's reporting thresholds.
A government crackdown on British MSPs' security practices is drawing ever closer after the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport floated plans to make Cyber Assessment Framework compliance mandatory. Digital Minister Julia Lopez said in a canned statement: "We are taking the next steps in our mission to help firms strengthen their cyber security and encouraging firms across the UK to follow the advice and guidance from the National Cyber Security Centre to secure their businesses' digital footprint and protect their sensitive data."
Russia's Nobelium group - fingered as being a Russian state actor by both the United States and Britain - has massively ramped up phishing and password spraying attempts against managed service providers and cloud resellers, Microsoft's security arm has warned. The Windows maker said the group's targeted attacks against "Resellers and other technology service providers that customize, deploy and manage cloud services and other technologies on behalf of their customers" had trebled over the past three months.
The survey found that even satisfactory MSPs are falling short in certain key areas: cloud strategy, security, and IT spending. MSPs and their clients falling behind as remote workforce evolves.
As cyber threats keep on increasing in volume and sophistication, more and more organizations acknowledge that outsourcing their security operations to a 3rd-party service provider is a practice that makes the most sense. Cynet 360 Autonomous Breach Protection platform offers a multitenant security solution for MSSP/MSP, providing automated, all-in-one products that include a robust SOAR layer, on top of attack prevention and detection.
As cyber threats keep on increasing in volume and sophistication, more and more organizations acknowledge that outsourcing their security operations to a 3rd-party service provider is a practice that makes the most sense. Cynet 360 Autonomous Breach Protection platform offers a multitenant security solution for MSSP/MSP, providing automated, all-in-one products that include a robust SOAR layer, on top of attack prevention and detection.
Based on an independent survey of more than 1,800 MSPs worldwide, the report reflects how MSPs are evolving as their small and medium business clients fully transition to the cloud and prioritize cyber resilience. "The global pandemic forced businesses to rethink operations and explore new avenues for managed services. Over the last year and a half, MSPs were the unsung heroes for SMBs, enabling them to run their business while the MSPs themselves faced many of the same challenges of remote/hybrid work and economic uncertainty. This accelerated MSP and SMB digital transformation," said Rob Rae, SVP Business Development, Datto.
Acronis announced a new advanced protection pack for its service provider solution, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud. The new Advanced File Sync and Share pack builds on the essential file-sharing capabilities included in Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, layering additional data security capabilities such as blockchain-based data notarization and electronic signatures so service providers can strengthen their workplace collaboration services.
Cofense launched Cofense Protect MSP, a phishing protection solution that's designed for managed services providers tasked with protecting small and medium businesses against phishing attacks. With 96% of all cyberattacks starting with phishing, and 1.5 million phishing websites created every month, MSPs need a solution that is easy to deploy, requires no ongoing maintenance, offers monthly billing, offers a single interface for training and protection technology, and is designed with multi-tenancy functionality - that's Cofense Protect MSP. Cofense Protect MSP pairs Computer Vision that simulates how humans see, with Cofense PhishMe's real-world simulation training.