The Most Valuable Player (MVP) award. Every year since 1957, the NFL has delivered this honor to a player for his outstanding contributions - someone who has set himself apart and dominated the game. Cybersecurity is a vastly different game than football, and it doesn’t nominate...
MSPs are grounded in their technical acumen, with deep knowledge and expertise in the tools, services and products required to keep their customers’ IT systems humming. But for MSPs to grow and flourish they’ll need more than networking know-how and savvy security skills. Leveling up an...
Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) are the cicadas of malware; they lie dormant for extended periods of time, invisible to everyone. They bide their time while quietly sucking valuable data from the network. Unlike cicadas, however, APTs do a lot more damage than weakening trees before filling...
When a business purchases cyber insurance, they typically assume they’re now covered in the event of a cyber attack, data breach or other incident. However, insurance companies are paying out only a fraction of the time. MSPs are uniquely positioned to both educate customers and prospects...
Although most cybersecurity breaches are the work of bad actors penetrating corporate defenses, they aren’t the only threats to worry about. Just like in horror movies, sometimes it’s coming from inside the house. To protect your house from internal threats, you must know your weak points...
With nearly 18 months of living in a GDPR world under our belts, we now have a little clearer picture of what it all means. To recap, the EU General Data Protection Regulation went into effect in May 2018 and mandated that any company doing business...
Operating Systems are the engines that drive the modern world as we know it. Not much can be done without them in most circumstances, and they are the reason computer hardware (usually) functions properly. If the OS fails, the machine may as well be a...
Companies are rightfully fearful of cyberattacks. Breaches, malware, bots, viruses and ransomware make regular appearances in the headlines and cost companies millions of dollars while damaging reputations and shaking consumer confidence. Billions of accounts have been compromised in recent years, and the costs keep adding up....
More than 20 million businesses fall under PCI rules, either accepting credit cards or having a merchant account. That makes cross selling PCI services a no brainer. Once you are entrusted with something as critical as PCI compliance, and prove your mettle, customer churn will...
By the RapidFire Tools’ Staff We’re facing a new year in the age of HIPAA Compliance. If any MSP thinks, however, that governing bodies like the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will reduce the amount of HIPAA penalties to be levied in the future, that’s simply...