Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Modern cyberattacks rarely arrive in a simple, obvious form. Attackers hide malicious code inside files that look legitimate, chain multiple tactics together and use techniques designed to bypass traditional endpoint defenses. For businesses, that makes independent security testing especially valuable.

Microsoft 365 is great for sharing, creating and collaborating on data. Protecting data, however, is something else altogether. It’s not so easy. Many organizations assume Microsoft fully protects their information, only to discover gaps when something goes wrong. That’s why data retention, backup and archiving are so important. The three concepts have some similarities, but they serve very different purposes. More importantly, you can’t substitute one for another.

Generative AI is no longer emerging. It is already embedded in how businesses work. From content creation and research to customer support and internal productivity, AI tools are rapidly becoming part of everyday workflows across SMBs and the MSPs that serve them. But this shift comes with a hard reality: As GenAI adoption accelerates, so do the risks.

While it is not technically required, the Cyber Essentials 3.3 set of standards is quickly becoming a necessity for organizations that need to ensure public sector contract, insurance and supplier assurance in the U.K. That’s good news for managed service providers (MSPs), who now have an opportunity to build both trust and revenue by guiding clients toward Cyber Essentials certification. Acronis recently surveyed U.K. partners about Cyber Essentials.

QR code phishing is a social engineering attack that embeds malicious URLs inside QR code images delivered through email. Because the payload lives inside an image — not in a clickable link or plain text — legacy secure email gateways (SEGs) never see it. The email passes inspection. The user scans the code with their phone. And the attack moves from a protected corporate desktop to an unmanaged mobile device outside your security perimeter.

Generative AI and sophisticated social engineering have reshaped the cybersecurity landscape in 2026. Traditional "castle-and-moat" defenses centered on the Secure Email Gateway (SEG) are increasingly pressured by machine-scale attacks designed to bypass static filters. As organizations shift toward Integrated Cloud Email Security (ICES) models, a new technical and psychological barrier appears: the "black box" problem of defensive AI.

Managed service providers (MSPs) are operating in an environment defined by growing attack surfaces, rising customer expectations and increasing pressure to scale efficiently. With MSPs managing more than 20 tools on average, integrations are no longer a backend convenience but are a strategic requirement for reducing complexity, accelerating response and improving margins.

Acronis Independent testing continues to matter because security teams need more than vendor claims — they need repeatable, third-party validation under realistic conditions. That is why the latest AV-TEST results for business Windows endpoint protection stand out for Acronis.

Acronis has earned new recognition from Info‑Tech SoftwareReviews, with Acronis Cyber Platform named a leader in the Endpoint Protection – Midmarket Data Quadrant. This recognition is based entirely on feedback from verified end users, highlighting the value MSPs and their clients see in Acronis endpoint protection capabilities. Unlike awards driven solely by analyst opinion or market presence, SoftwareReviews’ recognition reflects real‑world experience.

Email remains the primary communication channel in healthcare, carrying patient records, referral notes, billing data, and administrative correspondence that frequently contains electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI). For Managed Service Providers (MSPs) serving healthcare clients, HIPAA-compliant email archiving is no longer optional. It is a foundational requirement for supporting regulatory compliance, responding to audits, and protecting against data loss.

Cybersecurity has entered a new operating reality. Threats are scaling faster, attack chains are becoming more complex and AI is accelerating both their frequency and sophistication. For MSPs, this creates a structural challenge: clients expect enterprise-grade protection, but most service providers don’t have the internal resources to operate a 24/7 SOC at scale. That’s where MDR comes in. But not all MDR services actually solve the problem.

When organizations think about regulatory compliance, they typically focus on where production data lives. What they often miss is that every backup copy, every replicated snapshot, and every disaster recovery failover target carries the same legal weight as the original data. As governments tighten data sovereignty laws across the EU, APAC, and beyond, backup and disaster recovery infrastructure has become a compliance minefield — and most IT teams don't know they're standing in it.

For many businesses and MSPs, Synology is not just “a NAS box.” It is where shared files live, branch office data accumulates, backups land and teams expect fast local access to critical information. Synology itself positions its portfolio squarely around NAS and data protection for business use, and its Package Center supports both Synology-developed and third-party applications.

Operational Technology (OT) security safeguards the industrial systems, networks, and physical processes that power modern society. Unlike Information Technology (IT), which prioritizes data confidentiality, OT security focuses on the availability, reliability, and safety of physical operations, protecting the technology behind turbines, robotic arms, pumps, and pipeline valves.

Your backups survived a ransomware attack. Your team restored everything within hours. And three days later, the same malware is back, encrypting the same files, because nobody checked whether those backups were clean before putting them into production.

Windows 11 is better protected out of the box than older versions of Windows, but that does not solve the biggest problem most users face: recovery. If a phishing page slips through, ransomware starts encrypting files, or your SSD fails during an update, built-in protection can only take you so far. That is why the best antivirus for Windows 11 is no longer just the one that blocks malware most aggressively. It is the one that fits how you actually use your PC and what happens if something goes wrong.

As cyberattacks on industrial systems escalate and supply chains grow more complex, cyber resilience for operational technology (OT) isn’t optional — it’s a business imperative. But with budgets under pressure and resources stretched thin, many manufacturers are left pondering a difficult question: How can we strengthen OT defenses without incurring downtime or breaking the bank? Virtual conference OT resilience.

The first time I helped support a control server recovery at a packaging facility, someone asked "How long will this take?" We did not have a good answer. The backup existed. The process to restore it safely in a live production environment did not. We had carried IT assumptions into an OT problem, and it cost the plant an entire shift. IT/OT convergence created a gap that most backup vendors were not built to close. Production systems need continuous uptime.

OT Data Protection & Resilience is the practice of securing industrial control system data, such as PLC logic, HMI configurations, and historian archives, against loss or cyberattack, while ensuring fast recovery to maintain safety and production continuity. In modern industrial environments, the traditional concept of"security as a barrier" is no longer sufficient.