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How to Defend an MSP Against Cyberattacks

CISA (The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) is warning organizations that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could include malicious cyber activity against the U.S. and stated that “evolving intelligence indicates that the Russian Government is exploring options for potential cyberattacks.”

SaaS Applications: the Hidden Threat in Plain Sight

SaaS made business faster, cheaper, and more collaborative—but it also shifted risk into places that traditional perimeter tools can’t see. Most compromises don’t start with exotic zero-days; they start with misconfiguration, excessive permissions, malicious OAuth consent, or a weak help-desk workflow. This rewrite explains why SaaS risk persists and what to do about it now. […]

What NetDiligence, Verizon DBIR, and Cyentia Tell Us About Cyber Risk and Cyber Insurance

The short version• The claims data (NetDiligence) says losses are concentrated in ransomware and business email compromise, with small and midsize firms filing the vast majority of claims.• The breach data (Verizon DBIR) shows third-party involvement and vulnerability exploitation rising fast, with ransomware appearing in nearly half of breaches—but median ransoms trending down as more […]

Getting Cyber Insurance Ready: How MSPs Support Their Clients

As you may know, the cyber insurance market has been hardening due to the recent increase in threats, specifically ransomware attacks. In order to stem losses, insurance carriers  are increasing technical requirements and raising premiums. According to a senior analyst at Forrester, premiums grew 18% in Q1 of 2021 then up to 34% Q4 of […]

Cyber Insurance- War Exclusions?

In today’s digital age, war also means cyber-war.  Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is likely to result in a multitude of cyber-attacks and many cyber coverage battles. Email attacks from Russia are already on a surge and carriers are carefully looking over their coverage and preparing for this cyber-war. “War exclusion” or “hostile act exclusion” generally […]

Earth with network nodes illustrating cross-border cyber risk.

Geopolitical Cyber Risk & Cyber Insurance: A 2025 Buyer’s Guide

Why geopolitics matters even if you’re not a target Recent conflicts show cyber can create regional events with global blast radius—for example, the Viasat KA-SATsatellite attack timed to the start of Russia’s invasion disrupted service across parts of Europe and Ukraine and was formally attributed to Russia by the EU and allies. Spillover like this can affect […]

Is the IKEA hack a Wake-Up Call for MSPs?

As some of you may have heard, IKEA recently experienced an alleged supply chain phishing attack, BleepingComputer reports. This attack targeted internal mailboxes and there are suspicious emails being sent from compromised IKEA organizations and partners. Supply chain phishing attacks can be extremely harmful to an organization’s reputation and credibility because the suspicious emails come from […]

Preparing for your Tech E&O and Cyber Insurance Renewal

When the time comes to renew your tech E&O and cyber insurance, be sure to be sitting down when you receive your renewal terms. When it comes to insuring Managed Service Providers, carriers are taking their gloves off. Over the past 18 months, events like Solar Winds, Kaseya, and Microsoft Exchange, have heightened the concern […]

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