MSP News - February 18, 2022

MSPs struggle with all of the cybersecurity documentation, processes, and policies that can overload their lead operators/teams, limit their business growth, and REALLY stress them out. Omnistruct serves as an MSP’s partner for the critical policies, processes, and documentation needed to keep high-value clients, win new ones—and make sure all of that data and revenue is well protected against all outside threats.

SentinelOne Data Analytics Counters Splunk, Extends Beyond Security Use Cases

SentinelOne has released DataSet, a cloud-based analytics solution that allows users to process large amounts of live or historical data in real time and at petabyte scale. The launch suggests SentinelOne may be seeking to push beyond cybersecurity use cases while competing head-on against Splunk, among other potential rivals. By Dan Kobialka I Feb 16, 2022 Read More

CISA Advisory Cautions MSPs: Beware More Ransomware Attacks

Nearly every sector of U.S. critical infrastructure was hit by a ransomware attack in 2021, including the defense industrial base, emergency services, food and agriculture, government agencies and information technology organizations. In total 14 or the 16 sectors absorbed cyber hijacking incidents last year. By D. Howard Kass I Feb 16, 2022 Read More

Poor Security Hygiene Organizations and Ransomware Attacks: Painful Math

In a new study, RiskRecon, a security best practices specialist, investigated 600+ cyber hijacks to determine if companies victimized by a “detonation” had poor cybersecurity hygiene at the time and which factors, such as web encryption, application security and email security, are key gaps in coverage. By D. Howard Kass I Feb 16, 2022 Read More