MSP 1337 | Cybersecurity Education and Security Guidance

What is the correlation between Insurance and Ransomware?  Are Insurance companies and Threat Actors in cahoots?  Find out as we explore the challenges faced by MSPs.  I am joined this week by Frank Bauer of Vade Secure and together we journey back to the days of Zenith and the earlier days or less challenge days of being an MSP when it comes to security.  Insurance was loosely goosey and largely anyone could get insurance.  Shout out to Mike Semel and his timely article ""MSP Sued" with some relevant tips to avoiding the ransomware nightmares and making sure you will have the coverage you need from your insurance provider.

What does 1337 mean? How did MSP 1337 come about? and more of shiny object syndrome.  Join me with our returning guest Joshua Smith as we talk about the mistakes we made when we ran Untangled Solutions and how to avoid our pitfalls as you evaluate Security solutions to implement in your organization.

As a former MSP and a consultant to many MSP and MSSPs I wanted to take a few minutes to talk about "Shiny Object Syndrome".  Many of you who know me know that I have always struggled with what I refer to as the shiny object syndrome which can cause some serious company problems and while historically it was tied more to business improvements and solving problems I didn't know existed until I found that shiny object.  

Today it's a bit different as the shiny objects are tied more to the idea that there is a tool, widget, service of some kind that can help me and you the listener become better at security.  We will talk about SIEMs, SOC as a service, and other tools and widgets that might be a great fit but at what cost.  Do I have the resources to implement? Is it replacing something that already does it? Does it overlapping with another product but I need to keep both?  These questions and many more... Together we will step through how to make decisions in a space that is evolving faster than we can keep up with scalpel-like tools and services showing up every day.

How do you secure your assets if you don't know what assets you have?  Join us today as we talk to Lenny Giller of RTS and discuss implementing CIS Top 20 Control one that focuses entirely on Hardware Asset Management (HAM).  

With work from home becoming the new normal how do we ensure that we have secured the endpoint.  What was once an office of 20 employees might now be 20 offices of 1.  Let's explore some tips and recommended best practices to keep what's important secured in a manner that doesn't overburden IT.

In this episode, we will be discussing the woes of getting phished.  How to educate your staff and clients about phishing so that they don't get hooked by those looking to inflict damage to the company or person.