For the second year in a row, TrustRadius has recognized WatchGuard in its 2021 Tech Cares Awards! This prestigious awards program celebrates companies that have gone above and beyond to provide strong Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). TrustRadius CEO Vinay Bhagat had this to say about the honor: “We’re excited to announce our second annual Tech Cares Award winners. The past two years have tested the tech community.

The coronavirus pandemic has forced a transformation in working practices and with it, the way MSPs manage customer cybersecurity. The possible return to the physical workplace and lingering economic uncertainties pose new challenges for tech leaders. These behavioral changes are measured in this Pulse report, which analyzes IT priorities and budgets in this area for Q2 of 2021. What do IT leaders expect the coming months to look like in terms of IT spending and priorities in their departments?

Managing customer security is always a challenge for MSPs as they seek to balance efficiency, cost, and high levels of protection. In this area, security managers are faced with the choice of using a single interface or switching between different solutions.

Credential leakage on the dark web is constantly growing, which reveals a painful reality: a significant proportion of organizations still don’t protect employee data properly. A report published by Arctic Wolf highlights that the number of corporate passwords that have been leaked to the dark web has shot up by 429% since last March. Thus, on average and for each organization, up to 17 credentials (including username and password) are available on the dark web.

Advanced cybersecurity is now the baseline of complex IT environments that include computers, servers, laptops, and other devices that may be used within the corporate network but also outside the office. It is also critical to face the growing threat landscape of advanced, silent, and targeted attacks. But how can you make sure you meet each of your customers’ specific requirements and deliver a cutting-edge IT approach in a way that is sustainable for your business?

APTs (Advanced Persistent Threat) have more serious consequences than conventional cyberattacks. The explanation for this lies in the fact that, on the one hand, the perpetrators spend much more time and effort (often promoted by government organizations), and on the other, the victims are also more high profile.

Recent cybersecurity incidents and ransomware attacks are driving companies to apply for cyber insurance. Meanwhile, over the last 12 months the rate of ransomware attacks has skyrocketed in both frequency and severity, driving significant changes in the cyber insurance marketplace. In years prior, cyber insurance submissions were simple and it was easy to obtain bindable quotes from multiple vendors.

Accenture has acknowledged that it was the victim of a ransomware attack on July 30 in what it described as a "security incident." As reported by Cyberscoop, the hackers (a gang known as LockBit) began leaking stolen data and threatened to release further compromised information. LockBit first emerged in 2019 and its ransomware cyberattacks primarily target large corporations, from which it hopes to extort large sums of money.