MSP News - April 1, 2022

Utah Privacy Legislation: What MSPs and MSSPs Need to Know

Utah is poised to become the latest state to jump on the privacy bandwagon. Indeed, the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA) passed both houses of the state legislature in early March 2022. Once Governor Spencer Cox signs the bill, Utah will become the fourth state—after California, Virginia, and Colorado—to enact comprehensive privacy legislation. In fact, the UCPA seems to borrow heavily from its predecessors, and in particular, is very similar to Virginia’s Consumer Data Privacy Act (VCDPA). Businesses serving customers in Utah will need to plan to comply with the law by December 21, 2023. By Patterson Belknap, I Mar 29, 2022 Read More

Phishing Attacks: Malicious URLs may outspace Email Attachment Risks

Secure email gateway (SEG) vendors often position their solutions as blocking 99 percent of malware to arrest phishing emails but in many cases, it’s a marketing claim, said Cofense, an email security specialist, in its newly released 2022 Annual State of Phishing Report. By D. Howard Kass I Mar 30, 2022 Read More

AWS re:Inforce 2022 Cybersecurity Conference: New Dates, City Location

Amazon Web Services has shifted the AWS re:Inforce 2022 cybersecurity conference to July in Boston. Earlier reports suggested the event was set for June 2022 in Houston. Amazon says the conference will focus on cloud security, compliance, identity and privacy. By Joe Panettieri I Mar 31, 2022 Read More