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
SBA And CDC Phishing Emails Can Carry Malware
According to Microsoft, its machine learning threat detection models have helped its research teams uncover multiple mal-spam campaigns. These campaigns have been tied together by the common theme of incorporating poisoned disk ...
PC Users Beware Of Downloader For Zoom Created By Hackers
Are you working from home right now? If so, you're certainly not alone. Tens of millions of people are doing the same, and there are untold millions around the world doing likewise. ...
Illegal Movie Downloads Can Give Your Device Malware
If you're like a lot of people stuck at home during the pandemic, you probably ran out of Netflix titles to watch a couple of weeks ago. As a result, researchers have ...
WiFi 6e Should Be A Big Improvement To Crowded Wifi Spaces
If you're like a lot of people, right now, you're doing what work you can from home. If that's the case, you've probably noticed that your home WiFi network is struggling. The ...
Payment Protection And Stimulus Programs Are Being Used By Scammers
Just about everyone in the country has been negatively impacted by the pandemic. That is why the government is sending relief via the Payment Protection Program, the stimulus program, and other programs. ...
Microsoft’s Edge Browser To Release New Features
Microsoft recently re-reinvented its web browser. After finally giving up on bug-plagued Internet Explorer, the company introduced Microsoft Edge, which it hoped would take the internet community by storm. When that didn't ...
Google Is Adding Verification Policy For Online Ads
Recently, Google announced they were making some important changes to their rules governing online ads. They're adding verifications that they normally reserve for political advertisements,. This step is in a bid to ...
Microsoft Stopped Hackers Using GIFs To Access User Data
Microsoft Teams (which is the company's Enterprise chat app) isn't all business. Like most other chat apps, it allows those who use it to send amusing animated Gif images. Unfortunately, that proved ...
Another Text Bug Could Crash Your iPhone
The more things change, the more they stay the same. When Apple released iOS 11 a few years back, the company had a serious issue revolving around text messages and foreign language ...
Trickbot Leads The Pack In COVID-19 Malware
Recently, security companies all over the world have seen a surge in spam, hacking, and scam campaigns that are taking advantage of the fear and confusion surrounding the global pandemic. They're using ...
Some Smart WiFi Linksys Routers May Need A Password Reset
If you have a home network, odds are good that you use a Linksys router. In fact, it's a brand that a great many small and medium sized businesses rely on as ...
Agent Tesla Malware Steals WiFi Passwords From Infected Users
A few new variants of the Agent Tesla info-stealer malware have been spotted in the wild and should be on your radar if they're not already. The new variants are more dangerous ...
