For a managed service provider (MSP), answering questions about data governance—specifically data security and privacy—is a vital part of the job. Understanding the complexities of content management systems, automation, and more ensures you are at the top of the data security field. Maintaining file and data security is a fact of life—usually by force of law. However, it’s a subject not many of your clients will ever fully understand.

The global managed security services market was valued at $19.4 billion in 2017 and is forecast to reach $46.1 billion by 2023 at a CAGR of 14.9%. There has been an upward trend seen in the need for threat-intelligence by several sectors today. Due to an increased requirement to fight against the advanced threat landscape, customers today expect managed IT service providers and MSPs to adopt advanced security technologies to detect better and anticipate potential threats well in time.

Today Calligo announces it has completed the acquisition of Cinnte Technologies, a Cavan- and Dublin-based MSP, specialising in managed IT, cloud and security services. This marks Calligo’s eighth international acquisition in three years, and the third in Ireland in 2020, reinforcing Calligo’s position as one of Ireland’s largest IT managed services providers in terms of resources, market share and especially breadth of services.

Many organizations don’t rely on outsourced security solutions such as MSSP. Rather, they prefer building their own SOC to combat nefarious cybersecurity threats and attacks. However, it is vital to know how an effective SOC is built and what should be its essential security ingredients.

IDC recently published the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Managed Security Services 2020 Vendor Assessment, in which primary author Martha Vazquez and team studied 17 organizations that offer MSS globally. The report provides a comprehensive look at the top MSSP vendors, including AT&T Cybersecurity, and how managed security services are evolving to meet the needs of customers today.

When it comes to the security of your organization, you should not take any risks. That is why you should consider getting professional help with your cyber security needs through MSP and MSSP. But what is the difference? Which one should you choose? Keep reading to learn!

Applications support some of the most strategic business processes and access an organization’s most sensitive data. However, application security continues to receive less budget and attention than network security. Thanks to the high-profile data breaches of the past few years, we can’t blame lack of awareness for the lack of investment. Security experts and business leaders alike are now painfully aware that hackers are targeting applications as an entry point.

In late 2016 the Spambrella partner program evolved to better fit the demand of managed security service providers (MSSP’s) and value add resellers (VAR’s) in transition. This is largely due to the broad and varied territories our partners are located. Spambrella now have partner program options available for all eventualities in all continents.