Ideally, it will feel as if your provider of security services is acting as a direct extension of your own in-house operations. But that's not always so simple, and the outsourcing model isn’t without its challenges. Fortunately, there’s now a podcast that aims to break down common barriers that form between MSSPs and their corporate customers.
When finding cyber talent is difficult, end user organizations often turn to managed security providers to fill the void. But then where do MSSPs turn to hire infosec professionals? What are their top strategies for developing and optimizing talent? And for that matter, what makes a quality MSSP infosec pro to begin with? Who's built for this kind ...
Let's play the dating game! When pairing up a company with a fractional or virtual CISO, there are a lot of factors to consider. Personalities count, as do cyber skills and IT background, industry sector experience, geographical limitations, and the company's stated core objectives. The available IT expertise on the client's corporate payroll also ...
For years, artificial intelligence and machine learning were deemed emerging technologies with great promise for security, but with lack of clarity on how. Experts say 2023 could be the year we see it happen at scale.
There is a basic expectation that an MSP should create a single, standardized stack of tools that they will use to service every one of their customers. And while that makes perfect sense for the MSP, it puts the client in a tricky position: either abandon the infrastructure and processes they already have in place and make a big adjustment to alig...
It's becoming increasingly difficult to qualify for cyber insurance. Insurance providers are wary of multimillion dollar payouts resulting from costly ransomware attacks, and so the onus is on companies to prove that they can meet certain minimum cyber hygiene standards. One of the potential paths to reach this objective is by contracting a managed...
If you were to ask most companies right now, "Why you have you hired an MSP?" the answer probably would sound something like: “Resources are strained. Talented is limited. So we’re outsourcing certain security functions to a firm that has the built-in capabilities to manage this for us.” But is the MSSP model becoming more than a convenient economi...
Companies must communicate clear expectations when contracting with pentesters, red teams and vulnerability hunters in order to set key ground rules for what data and systems can be accessed, what’s off limits and who is responsible if something breaks. Of course, if you set too many restrictions and parameters, then how do you really know if you’r...
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