Secure Connections

Brian talks with the new CEO at Warranty Master, Dan Wensley on the importance of Asset Lifecycle Management and its impact on your cyber security hygiene. We have heard many references to cyber security being a multi headed beast to contend with. Dan talks about a fundamental service which all MSPs need to adopt in […]

Brian talks with the new CEO at Warranty Master, Dan Wensley on the importance of Asset Lifecycle Management and its impact on your cyber security hygiene.

We have heard many references to cyber security being a multi headed beast to contend with. Dan talks about a fundamental service which all MSPs need to adopt in order to better service and protect their customers.

A 100% transparent and consolidated stance on hardware deployment and associated warranties allows MSPs to take a proactive approach with their customers allowing asset refresh costs to be planned ahead and effectively budgeted. ‘Properly maintained assets equals reduced support tickets on aging out of warranty equipment allowing you to sell more and service less’ states Dan Wensley.

Having a clear picture and understanding of what the warranties entail and the result of their expiration allows the MSP to flag equipment that is no longer receiving vital security patches making the network vulnerable to intrusion. Should there be a security incident, this puts the client at risk of the insurance company not answering a claim due to out of date patching and the network devices not being properly maintained.

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#warrantymaster #assetlifecyclemanagement #warrantyrenewal #SecureConnections #IoTSSA

 

Brian talks Dark Web with Matt Solomon VP Biz Dev at ID Agent and how your customers are impacted and not even aware. We see this continually in the IoTSSA community where SMBs think that you the IT Service Provider are monitoring and keeping them safe from the bad guys, even if it is a […]

Brian talks Dark Web with Matt Solomon VP Biz Dev at ID Agent and how your customers are impacted and not even aware.

We see this continually in the IoTSSA community where SMBs think that you the IT Service Provider are monitoring and keeping them safe from the bad guys, even if it is a service they aren’t paying for. These assumptions hammer home the importance of needing to have these discussions with your clients.

Matt gives a long list of great ideas and tools to help you have these sometimes difficult conversations along with the business opportunities they present for you.

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#darkweb #darkwebmonitoring #IdAgent #SecureConnections #IoTSSA

 

IT Service Providers are equally exposed to the risk as their SMB clients if they don’t properly frame these tough (many times unwanted) discussions with their clients.

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Many conversations we have with IT Service Providers circle around the SMB and how to break through and get them to understand the importance of cyber security. Where are all of these industry growth dollars the stats speak of because many SMB clients aren’t listening.

The reality is, the message is starting to break through…As they say Rome wasn’t built in a day.

Brian discusses the business and success factors with Art Gross, CEO of Secure Now!, Cameron Stone, Channel Account Manager with Webroot and Zak Karsan, CEO of Vault America

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#Cybersecurity #Cybersecurityrisk #securenow #webroot  #Vaultamerica #IoTSSA

 

‘Show me, don’t tell me’ states Justin Kallhoff when talking about navigating the many cyber security product offerings available to IT Service Providers.

Join Brian in a frank conversation with Infogressive CEO, Justin Kallhoff.

Are all of the acronyms we use working for us or against us? BS Bingo is a term coined at Infogressive to describe the alphabet soup we use to describe just about everything in technology. With training being one of our biggest challenges, does the BS Bingo actually help us or make our jobs even more difficult?

Always an entertaining and engaging discussion with Justin, in fact we are contemplating renaming his podcasts ‘What Grinds Justin’s Gears’.

 

The panel discusses current MSP vulnerabilities and what we can expect in the near future. As Justin Kalhoff states ‘We are right in the middle of it and it is going to get worse before it gets better’…. and it scares the hell out of him.

Join Brian as he hosts this Virtual Expert Panel with Stephan Tallent, CISSP, Sr. Director, MSSP at Fortinet, Justin Kallhoff, CEO at Infogressive and Miles Jobgen, Director Member Communities at CompTIA. The panel discusses current MSP vulnerabilities and what we can expect in the near future. As Justin Kalhoff states ‘We are right in the middle of it and it is going to get worse before it gets better’…. and it scares the hell out of him. As IT service providers what steps can we take today in order to secure our business and our clients today as these bad actors are real and constantly evolving.

Watch panel here.