RESEARCH
Part 1: For the Price of Coffee, You Can Avoid Buying a Hacker a Yacht
It always starts like a normal day. You grab coffee, drop your lunch in the fridge, skim through tickets and emails, maybe ...
Cyber Compliance
New California Audit Law Just Put Your MSP on the Hook. Here’s How to Turn It Into Recurring Revenue
If your clients process sensitive data, your MSP is now part of the legal conversation. On July 24, 2025, California finalized new rules that require businesses processing high-risk personal information to undergo annual, independent cybersecurity audits. This isn’t just for ...
Why You Might Want to Reconsider Your WISP for Every Single Client
Why This Isn’t Just About Checking a Compliance Box If you’re running an MSP, you’ve probably heard about Written Information Security Plans (WISPs). Maybe you’ve even created one—for certain clients, in certain industries, under certain regulations. But here’s the question: ...
The Dangerous Compliance Shortcut That Could Put Your MSP on the Hook for Negligence
Imagine sitting across from your best client. They tell you they’ve found a company that can build out their entire HIPAA compliance program in under three days. No heavy lifting. Fully automated. ...
Cyber Liability
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 ...
Insurance & MSP Liability
You’re Not Insured. You’re Just Hopeful.
So there I am, wrapping up a conference session—over 1,000 MSPs in the building—and one guy comes up clutching a fresh copy of Standardized like it’s a fire extinguisher in a server room. He’s nodding along, clearly rattled in all ...
Your MSP Carries More Risk Than a Magazine Stand—and That’s a Problem
Let’s talk about airport gift shops for a minute. You know the ones—tiny kiosks with $14 neck pillows, expired jerky, and three copies of Men’s Health no one’s ever going to read. Now, tell me—how much sensitive data do you ...
If You Don’t Own the Security Stack, You’ll Be Replaced
There’s a quiet shift happening in the cyber insurance world—and if you’re not talking to your clients about it, someone else is. That someone is their insurance provider. And they’re not just selling policies anymore. They’re selling cybersecurity solutions too. ...
More Articles
New Powerful Malware Is Targeting Windows-Based Machines
Researchers have discovered a devilishly clever new stain of malware currently in use by hackers around the world. The new strain is appropriately called "Lucifer," and has been making life quite difficult ...
Microsoft Changing Their Physical Retail Stores And Flagship Locations
Eleven years ago, Microsoft embarked on a bold experiment to emulate Apple. They opened a number of brick and mortar retail stores. Unfortunately, their stores never caught on quite the same way ...
Mac OS Will Get Some Big Changes Soon
Big changes are in the works for Apple's venerable MacOS, as the company prepares for a future where the desktop OS shares increasing amounts in common with both iOS and iPadOS. A ...
Hackers Attacking Exchange Servers In New Warning From Microsoft
Recently, Microsoft's Defender ATP Research Team issued guidance relating to defending against attacks that target Exchange servers. They are coming under increasing attack based on the latest Microsoft statistics, which show a ...
Update Your Webex Desktop App To Avoid Security Threat
Do you rely on Cisco's Webex Meetings app for video conferencing? If so, be advised that the company found and addressed a pair of high severity security flaws that could allow hackers ...
Google Meet Now Available On Gmail Using Mobile Devices
Google recently published a blog post that didn't get much attention, but that outlines a major change to the way the company's video collaboration tool "Meet" works. The blog post reads in ...
Survey Shows How Employees Working Remotely Affects Business
Tens of millions of workers have been forced to work from home as the COVID-19 virus rampages around the globe. That has naturally increased reliance on internet connectivity and disrupted a number ...
Microsoft Issues Update To Fix User Printing Problems
Microsoft hasn't had great luck with its Windows 10 updates in recent months. Often, in their quest to improve the OS in one area, they inadvertently break something else. The company's June ...
Major T-Mobile Outage Was Not A DDOS Attack
Rumors were recently swirling around cellphone carrier T-Mobile. Fears were running rampant that a massive DDOS attack may be underway on the heels of a major outage. The rumors spread like wildfire ...
Intel Steps Up Game With CPU-Level Malware Protection
Tech companies both big and small are always looking for new ways to protect their customers from the threat of malware.While that's not something that hardware vendors are known for, Intel has ...
Update Fix For VLC Media Player Security Bug Now Available
Do you use the VLC Media Player to watch downloaded movies and other videos? If so, be aware that researchers have discovered a serious security flaw in the code that allows for ...
Credit Card Data Breach Affects Popular Jewelry And Accessory Store
Claire's Jewelry and Accessories is the latest company to fall victim to hackers. According to a recent disclosure made by the company, both the retail giant's main website, and the website of ...
