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Cyber Liability

What a New Lawsuit Can Teach Us About Cyber Liability and Documentation

When a cyber insurance provider sues vendors after a ransomware incident, it’s not just about fault—it’s about proof. In Ace American Insurance Co. v. Congruity 360 and Trustwave, we see how courts allocate responsibility—and why the side with the best ...

Why Plaintiff Attorneys Are Watching Your Breaches—And Why You Can’t Hide

Managed Service Providers (MSPs) sit at the heart of their clients’ IT and cybersecurity. But when it comes to data breaches, MSPs often underestimate who’s paying attention. It’s not just regulators and customers—it’s also plaintiff attorneys eager to file class-action ...

Your Clients Don’t Have a Cyber Playbook—And That Makes You the Scapegoat

Why MSPs Keep Taking the Fall If you are an MSP owner or operator, here is the hard truth. When your client experiences a cyber incident, you are going to be blamed. It doesn’t matter if the breach happened because ...

Shadow IT Just Went Legal—and It's Coming for Your MRR

Earlier this year, a quiet courtroom in the Central District of California made noise the entire cybersecurity industry should be hearing: for the first time ever: a federal judge used the term “Shadow IT” in a legal ruling. And just ...

The Dangerous Assumptions You’re Making

Your clients are making assumptions about you right now. They assume you’ve got their security handled. They assume you’re gathering the evidence. They assume you’ve already written their incident response plan. But here’s the problem: they’re wrong. I was on ...

AI Is About to Cost You More Than You Think

Here’s the thing nobody wants to say out loud:  Your employees are already using AI tools—whether you’ve approved them or not.  And some of those tools? They’re fantastic productivity boosters.  Others are ticking legal, compliance, and PR time bombs that ...

The Policy That Could Save Your MSP from a Lawsuit and Why You're Likely Ignoring It

Most MSPs think cybersecurity starts with tools—firewalls, MDR, backups. But there’s a silent killer in your stack: the lack of an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). You probably have one. Maybe it’s buried in your documentation platform. Maybe your client signed ...

AI Acceptable Use Policy: The Shield Every MSP Must Build Before AI Builds a Case Against You

Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant experiment reserved for Silicon Valley. It’s here, woven into the daily workflows of businesses large and small. AI helps teams write reports, analyze data, answer questions, generate code, and even draft marketing campaigns. ...

Lawsuits, Loopholes, and Liability: The Cyber Insurance Disaster Waiting to Bankrupt Your Business

Why Didn’t the Chicken Cross the Road? Because it was stuck litigating whether the crosswalk was closed on January 1. The punchline’s cute, but the lawsuit is real—and the stakes are no joke. In December 2024, Harrison Poultry Inc. suffered ...

You’re Not Selling Security. You’re Selling a Defense Strategy.

Let’s have a come-to-Jesus moment. Your clients think they’re secure because they’ve got antivirus, backups, and a firewall that hasn’t been patched since the Obama administration. You know they’re not. But they don’t. And that’s your biggest opportunity. Enter Cyber ...

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