Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Your manufacturing environment might be compliant, but that doesn't mean it's protected against a cyberattack. Even compliant systems can fall victim to cybercrime. And the consequences can be devastating. The SANS Institute sends a clear message in its 2025 State of ICS/OT Cybersecurity Survey: Regulatory compliance alone is no longer enough in operational technology (OT) environments.

MSPs often rely on managed detection and response (MDR) integrations, which provides enterprise-grade security capabilities without the need for in-house analysts or complex infrastructure. As MSPs grow into medium-sized businesses, they typically expand into extended detection and response (XDR) integrations, giving greater visibility across multiple security layers (endpoints, networks and cloud) and more control over how they manage and respond to threats.

Blocking every attack is impossible. The real question is this: how fast can your clients recover when one gets through? The reality is that cyberattacks are no longer a matter of “if” but “when.” For managed service providers (MSPs), this shift has redefined client expectations. While strong cybersecurity measures are essential, they are no longer sufficient on their own. What clients need is cyber resilience. Cyber resilience moves beyond prevention to ensure continuity.

Modern businesses run on software. That software generates data, and that data is often the most valuable part of your entire business. Businesses rightfully understand that they need to protect that data, but they don’t necessarily know what that really means. If you ask any executive whether they need to invest in cybersecurity, they’ll tell you, of course, they do.

In software engineering, the deployment process is not just about running a script and hoping it sticks. A big part of it is automation, not as a luxury, but a necessity. And that’s where Azure Pipelines steps in. The software provides a robust CI/CD engine embedded in the Azure DevOps ecosystem. Developers and DevOps engineers working with version control systems, containers, or even legacy monoliths can leverage Azure Pipelines.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) isn’t new, yet many organizations still struggle to meet its requirements. Why? It’s in part, at least, because GDPR is just plain hard to follow. As it turns out, meticulously protecting the personal data of 450 million citizens of the European Union (EU) isn’t easy. Most IT professionals, managed service providers (MSPs) and business leaders know what GDPR is. Many know what it requires.

Today, data is the engine of modern business. Yet, the threats to that engine — from sophisticated ransomware attacks and cloud misconfigurations to simple hardware failures — have never been greater. For organizations of all sizes, a reliable server backup strategy is more than an IT task — it’s a foundation for survival. Without truly reliable server backup solutions, a single incident can lead to catastrophic downtime, regulatory fines and permanent damage to your reputation.

Your backup system is supposed to be your safety net. It’s the insurance policy that lets you sleep at night knowing that even if disaster strikes, your business can recover. But there’s a problem: ransomware attackers know about your backups too. And they’re coming for them first. According to data shared in our recent webinar with Pellera, 89% of organizations that experienced ransomware attacks saw clear indications that attackers specifically targeted their backup infrastructure.

The benefits of offering managed services to health care organizations are obvious. The problem? Health care disaster recovery (DR) creates a complex web of compliance requirements that can quickly turn profitable clients into costly liabilities. Health care data breaches average $10.93 million per incident — that's more than double the cost of breaches in other industries. For MSPs serving health care clients, disaster recovery isn't just about getting systems back online.

When Amazon Web Services’ US-East-1 region went down recently, a long list of global apps and services went with it. For most companies, that meant a few hours of frustration. For APRA-regulated financial institutions in Australia, an outage like that is something much more serious — a compliance and operational-resilience test under CPS 230, which is now in force as of July 2025.