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Three things to know today

• When lawmakers… sound like customers.  

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/weekly-cybersecurity/2021/03/15/capitol-hill-angry-over-microsofts-security-upcharge-793983

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-microsoft-exclusive-idUSKBN2B713L

https://www.crn.com/news/security/crowdstrike-ceo-we-re-seeing-a-crisis-of-trust-within-the-microsoft-customer-base-?itc=refresh

• How easy it is to hack SMS

https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3g8wb/hacker-got-my-texts-16-dollars-sakari-netnumber

AND

• Data and analytics go mainstream

https://www.ciodive.com/news/data-and-analytics-gartner-trends-2021/596829/

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Three things to know today

• How do tech workers feel about their companies?

https://www.protocol.com/policy/tech-employee-survey/tech-employee-survey-2021

• Microsoft and Google clash

https://www.thurrott.com/google/248056/microsoft-testifies-at-house-hearing-google-lashes-out?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=microsoft-testifies-at-house-hearing-google-lashes-out

https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/12/22327306/google-microsoft-attack-open-web-online-news-australia-laws

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-12/microsoft-warns-of-new-threat-against-unpatched-networks

https://www.wsj.com/articles/icrosoft-probing-whether-leak-played-role-in-suspected-chinese-hack-11615575793?mod=djemalertNEWS

AND

• Who might disrupt the MSP market?

https://www.channele2e.com/technology/management/tanium-salesforce-it-service-center/

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About Business of Tech: The daily MSP news and analysis podcast for managed service providers and IT services leaders. Host Dave Sobel covers AI for MSPs, MSP pricing and profitability, MSP M&A and private equity, vendor partner programs, MSP cybersecurity and liability, and MSP operations — and answers the question every story raises: Why do we care? Produced by MSP Radio.

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Three things to know today

• How do tech workers feel about their companies?  

https://www.protocol.com/policy/tech-employee-survey/tech-employee-survey-2021

• Microsoft and Google clash

https://www.thurrott.com/google/248056/microsoft-testifies-at-house-hearing-google-lashes-out?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=microsoft-testifies-at-house-hearing-google-lashes-out

https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/12/22327306/google-microsoft-attack-open-web-online-news-australia-laws

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-12/microsoft-warns-of-new-threat-against-unpatched-networks

https://www.wsj.com/articles/icrosoft-probing-whether-leak-played-role-in-suspected-chinese-hack-11615575793?mod=djemalertNEWS

AND

• Who might disrupt the MSP market?

https://www.channele2e.com/technology/management/tanium-salesforce-it-service-center/

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Two things to know today

• How are we doing with that cloud spend?

https://www.ciodive.com/news/cloud-computing-delusion-mckinsey/596663/

https://www.bvp.com/atlas/state-of-the-cloud-2021

AND

• The US government is moving on infrastructure -- broadband

https://www.engadget.com/accessible-affordable-internet-for-all-act-introduction-100024228.html?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the_morning_after

https://protocol.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e257ecc70e801f57e3e6a9cd&id=727ebd1b83&e=4c3f42bb43

https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/12/22327246/tim-berners-lee-world-wide-web-internet-access-basic-right

Huntress hack_it. http://www.huntress.com/hack_it_2021

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About Business of Tech: The daily MSP news and analysis podcast for managed service providers and IT services leaders. Host Dave Sobel covers AI for MSPs, MSP pricing and profitability, MSP M&A and private equity, vendor partner programs, MSP cybersecurity and liability, and MSP operations — and answers the question every story raises: Why do we care? Produced by MSP Radio.

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Two things to know today

• How are we doing with that cloud spend?

https://www.ciodive.com/news/cloud-computing-delusion-mckinsey/596663/

https://www.bvp.com/atlas/state-of-the-cloud-2021

AND

• The US government is moving on infrastructure -- broadband

https://www.engadget.com/accessible-affordable-internet-for-all-act-introduction-100024228.html?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the_morning_after

https://protocol.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e257ecc70e801f57e3e6a9cd&id=727ebd1b83&e=4c3f42bb43

https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/12/22327246/tim-berners-lee-world-wide-web-internet-access-basic-right

Huntress hack_it. http://www.huntress.com/hack_it_2021

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A conversation with John Ayers of Nuspire. What is threat modeling, how do you do it, and what does it mean? How do you combat an enemy with infinite resources, and are we actually winning this war?

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Two things to know today

• Market Data shows the future of providers

https://channelbuzz.ca/2021/03/covids-impact-on-the-channel-in-canada-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-36151/

https://rcpmag.com/articles/2021/03/11/microsoft-gains-on-aws.aspx

https://rcpmag.com/articles/2021/03/11/gartner-manual-service-desk.aspx?oly_enc_id=5467J2023134F6Y

AND

• This Week in … nation state breaches

Three new ransomwares: https://redmondmag.com/articles/2021/03/05/microsoft-drops-solorigate-for-nobelium.aspx

https://threatpost.com/microsoft-fireeye-malware-solarwinds/164512/

https://www.govinfosecurity.com/researchers-disclose-more-malware-used-in-solarwinds-hack-a-16118

Threat actor: https://therecord.media/attacks-on-solarwinds-servers-also-linked-to-chinese-threat-actor/

Retaliation: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/07/us/politics/microsoft-solarwinds-hack-russia-china.html

https://www.itnews.com.au/news/eset-says-at-least-10-hacking-groups-using-microsoft-software-flaw-562002

https://fcw.com/articles/2021/03/10/cisa-approps-exchange-hack.aspx

https://www.businessinsider.com/molson-coors-stop-making-beer-cybersecurity-breach-2021-3

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Two things to know today

• Market Data shows the future of providers

https://channelbuzz.ca/2021/03/covids-impact-on-the-channel-in-canada-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-36151/

https://rcpmag.com/articles/2021/03/11/microsoft-gains-on-aws.aspx

https://rcpmag.com/articles/2021/03/11/gartner-manual-service-desk.aspx?oly_enc_id=5467J2023134F6Y

AND

• This Week in … nation state breaches

Three new ransomwares: https://redmondmag.com/articles/2021/03/05/microsoft-drops-solorigate-for-nobelium.aspx

https://threatpost.com/microsoft-fireeye-malware-solarwinds/164512/

https://www.govinfosecurity.com/researchers-disclose-more-malware-used-in-solarwinds-hack-a-16118

Threat actor: https://therecord.media/attacks-on-solarwinds-servers-also-linked-to-chinese-threat-actor/

Retaliation: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/07/us/politics/microsoft-solarwinds-hack-russia-china.html

https://www.itnews.com.au/news/eset-says-at-least-10-hacking-groups-using-microsoft-software-flaw-562002

https://fcw.com/articles/2021/03/10/cisa-approps-exchange-hack.aspx

https://www.businessinsider.com/molson-coors-stop-making-beer-cybersecurity-breach-2021-3

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Three things to know today

• Physical security gets a hard look

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/03/10/verkada-hack-surveillance-risk/

https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/11/22324876/surveillance-camera-firm-verkada-breached-hacked-super-admin-access-employees

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-access-surveillance-cameras-at-tesla-cloudflare-banks-more/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/ovh-data-center-burns-down-knocking-major-sites-offline/

• IDC revises their projection for this year

https://www.crn.com/news/mobility/pc-demand-expected-to-continue-surging-in-2021-idc

AND

• The UK joins in on the right to repair

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56340077

https://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/right-repair-set-become-law-uk

https://uspirg.org/blogs/blog/usp/half-us-states-looking-give-americans-right-repair

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About Business of Tech: The daily MSP news and analysis podcast for managed service providers and IT services leaders. Host Dave Sobel covers AI for MSPs, MSP pricing and profitability, MSP M&A and private equity, vendor partner programs, MSP cybersecurity and liability, and MSP operations — and answers the question every story raises: Why do we care? Produced by MSP Radio.

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