Customer trust is the biggest success indicator for MSPs. And yet, it’s only achieved with the right vendor partnerships. MSPs and MSSPs need to choose cybersecurity vendors with tailored and strategic portfolios that can cater to the emerging needs of each customer. Therefore, MSPs need a cybersecurity vendor that both understands this approach and delivers it to offer the greatest possible value. When vetting a cybersecurity vendor, MSPs should look for the following seven features.

The Metaverse is defined as a network of connected virtual worlds that use virtual reality (VR) and/or augmented reality (AR) technologies to offer a more immersive experience for users.

In the case of small businesses, it is well known that employees are even more important as the first line of defense in cybersecurity, as small businesses often do not have the specialized personnel or the resources of large organizations to invest in training them. The available data confirms this: in the United Kingdom alone, 38% of SMEs suffered a cyberattack in 2021, according to a report by the UK Government.

With flexible work environments now the norm, the use of endpoint devices has increased – whether your organization allows work-from-home days, hires freelancers, and collaborates through email and phone calls. Many employees require access to the corporate network to carry out their daily responsibilities, and endpoint devices allow employees to do just that. That said, endpoints have become one of the biggest attack vectors for cybercriminals since they are easier to target.

In the early 2000s, Lockheed Martin defined the cyberattack chain framework to identify what adversaries must complete in order to achieve their objective. Today, we look at how the growing sophistication of adversaries and sheer number of threats is intensifying pressure on CISOs and IT teams and is increasing their workloads, which all has negative impacts on businesses and organizations.

WatchGuard has obtained OPSWAT's GOLD distinctive insignia as a certified provider, demonstrating that its applications are powerful, reliable, and efficient. Products that receive the OPSWAT GOLD certification, such as WatchGuard EPDR, are highly compatible with the industry's leading NAC and SSL-VPN solutions, such as Citrix Access Gateway, Juniper Host Checker, F5 FirePass, etc. Gold-certified products can be detected by these solutions, and some remediation and evaluation actions are supported.