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The cybersecurity landscape is constantly evolving. Criminals are always searching for new ways to compromise enterprise systems, looking for weaknesses in their security.

The rise in working from home has popularized remote access to the company workplace. Although remote work increases productivity and facilitates some operations, it may also be the gateway that cybercriminals have been waiting for. According to the latest 2022 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, misuse of remote access is the fourth most common initial attack vector.

We’re thrilled to share that WatchGuard has been recognized in the 2022 TrustRadius Best Software List! The first-ever TrustRadius Best Software List celebrates products that support the evolution of self-serve buyers by sourcing and using customer reviews. To make the list, products must have 40+ reviews from the past year and have maintained a trScore of 7.5 or higher. These characteristics demonstrate a commitment to transparency, improvement, and user insights.

The WatchGuard team is thrilled to share that technology analyst firm GigaOm recently recognized WatchGuard as a market leader in endpoint detection and response (EDR).

Halloween is when the creatures of the night come out to play. It’s also spooky season for cybercriminals and scammers. Below are a few quick tips to avoid getting haunted this Halloween (and good ideas to keep in mind all year round).

Cybersecurity is an issue that’s becoming more and more difficult for SMBs to manage on their own. As a result, MSPs are on the rise. Data from Canalys indicates that the cybersecurity managed services business grew by 18% in 2021, driven by the combination of the increasing sophistication of cyber threats and the shortage of dedicated cybersecurity personnel, which makes the situation unscalable for SMBs and midsize companies who often hire an external MSP to help solve these issues.

Unpatched software vulnerabilities continue to be the most widely used attack vector. There are several factors behind this: SMBs are implementing new software applications in their infrastructure more than ever to simplify business operations and be more efficient. But this reality is changing their organizational landscape, adding more complexity to their security posture.

Cybercriminals are increasingly agile and organized – exploiting new technologies and tailoring attacks. The increasing complexity of cyber threats has driven the trend toward outsourcing one or more of an organization’s security operations.

The theme of this year’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month theme – “See Yourself in Cyber” – focuses on how both individuals and organizations can better protect themselves from cybercrime. One of the most important steps we can all take is learning to recognize and report phishing attempts.

MSPs are being targeted by cybercriminals, as a single successful attack opens the door to multiple victims. This puts additional pressure on cybersecurity partners to step up the security services they offer their customers. The figures are worrying, as 9 out of 10 managed service providers state they have suffered a successful cyberattack since the start of the pandemic. This means MSPs are overtaking end users as the main target of malware, ransomware, phishing and other threats.