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. ...
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Gmail Blocks Millions Of COVID-19 Phishing Emails Daily
Google's popular Gmail service has been busy. In a typical day, the company's email system blocks more than a hundred million phishing emails. During the last week alone, the company reports that ...
Hackers Stopped With Help of Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit
Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) recently played an instrumental role in taking down a botnet made up of more than 400,000 devices. A botnet is a tool that hackers use to invade ...
Apple Announced A New Low-Priced iPhone
Rumors have been swirling for months about Apple and the possibility that they'll release a successor to their iPhone SE. Recently, the company put a pin in all the speculation and unveiled ...
Beware Of Phishing Emails Appearing As From The Federal Government
The Digital Security firm Inky reports that they've discovered a new, disturbing phishing campaign you should be aware of. The company has spotted a disturbing number of scam emails purporting to be ...
New Windows 10 Disk Cleanup Feature Coming Soon
If you're a veteran Windows user, you've almost certainly made frequent use of the "Disk Cleanup" feature, which has been a standard part of the OS for what feels like forever. Recently ...
Hackers Targeting WooCommerce Users To Steal Credit Card Information
WooCommerce is a WordPress-based, free plugin that makes it incredibly easy to sell just about anything online. With more than five million installations, it's clearly a favorite on the web. Unfortunately, its ...
Spread Of COVID-19 Data Available From Google And Apple
Big tech firms are lining up to help us get a better handle on the data concerning this pandemic. Data includes who has Covid-19 and how fast and far the virus is ...
Ransomware Targets Company Working On A COVID-19 Vaccine
It's common knowledge that hackers are highly opportunistic and certainly not above targeting children, the sick and the dying if there's money to be made. Even so, attacking a drug company currently ...
Over Half Of All Calls People Receive Are Spam Calls
If you're like most people, you probably get a lot of calls over the course of a week. They're probably calls that you'd just rather not get at all. How many of ...
Zoom Is Working On Security But May Be Too Late
The popular messaging tool called Zoom is having a tough time. According to a recently released memo that circulated through Elon Musk's "SpaceX" company, the company is banning Zoom's use because of ...
Private Twitter Files May Have Been Cached In Firefox
Are you a regular Twitter user? More specifically, are you a regular Twitter user who also prefers the Firefox web browser? If so, be advised that Twitter recently disclosed a new bug ...
Over 5 Million Marriott Customers Vulnerable In Latest Data Breach
Are you a frequent guest at Marriott hotels? If so, be advised that the company has recently reported a massive data breach that could impact up to 5.2 million guests who have ...
