The end of the year is an exceptionally busy time for the retail sector. November and December are key months for retailers thanks to dates like Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Christmas... The current pace of digitization and growth in the retail industry and the upcoming shopping season means cybersecurity concerns are rising. According to data from Online Dasher, 24% of cyberattacks reported in 2022 came from retailers, which makes them one of the prime targets for malicious actors.

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Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks have been around for a long time. However, the sophistication and scale of these threats has grown in recent years. Cybercriminals are employing amplification techniques that exploit vulnerabilities in misconfigured services or network protocols to increase the traffic they can generate and maximize the impact of their attacks.

Companies are increasingly aware of the importance of creating detection and hunting capacities that help to keep their business’s future from being put at risk. The popularity of threat-hunting services is a consequence of detecting ever more persistent attacks, which also last longer and longer. On top of this, cybercriminals also have ever more tactics to avoid traditional defense measures.

MSPs are under pressure to maintain business continuity while ensuring that their clients’ security capabilities are not diminished in the face of growing cyber threats and IT staff shortages. So, what if you don’t have the staff or expertise to do it all? MSPs can save on security capabilities by using a security vendor’s managed services. This allows you to focus on your core competencies while outsourcing higher-level security management to the experts.