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By Subramani Rao,
SCADA operations depend on recoverable servers and workstations as well as protected networks and controllers. A failed supervisory host can extend downtime even when field control remains intact. This guide maps the complete SCADA security stack and shows where PC-based backup and recovery fit without presenting Acronis as a SCADA network security platform. For broader OT and ICS foundations, see Acronis' OT and ICS cybersecurity guide.
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By Acronis
Australian MSPs have no shortage of technology vendors. The difficult part is deciding which relationships will make the business stronger after the contract is signed. A product can perform well and still create friction if the commercial model is hard to explain, enablement is generic or support disappears when an opportunity becomes complicated. A strong vendor relationship connects technology, operations and go-to-market execution.
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By Subramani Rao,
This guide is written for controls and automation engineers, OT infrastructure owners and plant leaders responsible for recovering PC-based SCADA systems, including SCADA servers and clients, HMI and engineering workstations, and historians. It does not cover native backup of PLC or RTU logic and firmware; those assets remain within the automation vendor's engineering and lifecycle-management tools. A SCADA server, HMI or historian cannot be recovered like an ordinary IT workload.
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By Alexander Ivanyuk
With most cyberattacks, the problem announces itself. A service goes down. A user cannot log in. An alert fires. Denial-of-wallet is different. The application keeps working normally while the cost of running it climbs in the background. That is what makes it a security problem and not only a budgeting one. The goal is not to take a system offline. It is to make the system do expensive work that nobody asked for.
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By Subramani Rao,
For MSPs supporting industrial clients, business leaders responsible for operational risk and OT engineers implementing the standard, IEC 62443 is ultimately about securing OT and ICS environments without undermining availability or safety. Unplanned downtime, legacy systems that cannot be patched, air-gapped facilities with limited or no local IT support, and the need for predictable recovery are the day-to-day realities behind requests to demonstrate IEC 62443 alignment.
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By Subramani Rao,
OT ransomware is not IT ransomware with an industrial label. An encrypted HMI, engineering workstation, SCADA server or virtualization host can remove operator visibility and force a controlled shutdown even when PLCs continue running. Recovery ends only when operations, engineering, safety and security agree that restored systems and the physical process are trustworthy.
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By Acronis
A reliable service desk earns confidence. A trusted business partner earns a place in decisions about risk, growth and continuity. For Australian MSPs, that distinction matters because clients increasingly need more than a list of tools. They need clear advice about which risks to address, which outcomes to prioritise and how technology supports the business. Australian Cyber Security Centre guidance encourages organizations to scrutinize the cybersecurity measures used in outsourced ICT services.
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By Acronis
There is no shortage of guidance available to MSPs on how they should secure customer environments. Security frameworks, industry standards, regulatory requirements and insurance obligations all provide recommendations on the controls organizations should have in place. Yet despite this abundance of guidance, cyber incidents remain common and continue to increase. At the same time, requirements are becoming more complex.
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By Acronis
Email remains the primary entry point for cyberattacks, making effective email security more critical than ever. That’s why we’re especially proud that customers ranked Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud in the G2 Fall 2026 Cloud Email Security Grid Report. Because G2 rankings are based on verified customer reviews, this recognition reflects the experience of the organizations and service providers that rely on Acronis to protect their users, data and business communications every day.
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By Acronis
Security teams rarely lack alerts. The harder problem is working out which ones belong to the same attack — and doing it quickly enough to stop the damage. An endpoint tool may flag suspicious activity on a device. An identity platform may record an unusual sign-in. An email security product may spot a malicious message. When those systems operate separately, each one shows only part of the incident.
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By Acronis
Discover everything new in July 2026 update of Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud! This video highlights the latest features and enhancements empowering MSPs to boost security, automate workflows, and deliver stronger protection for clients. Essential updates covered: Like, comment, and subscribe for more Acronis news!
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By Acronis
Unplanned operational technology (OT) downtime can have a significant financial impact, but how much could it cost your organization? In this practical workshop, learn how to estimate the cost of OT downtime using the Acronis ICS / OT Downtime Calculator and build a business case for faster recovery. You'll discover how to apply industry benchmarks, model recovery scenarios, and understand how reducing recovery time can help minimize operational risk and downtime-related losses.
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By Acronis
How is the AI era creating new opportunities for service providers through partner cloud? In this keynote from Acronis Accelerate, technology investor, former Acronis Chairman, and former VMware CEO Paul Maritz explores how service providers can turn local infrastructure into a cost advantage and competitive edge as customers increasingly require partner infrastructure for compliance and data sovereignty. Learn how Acronis Cyber Frame, built specifically for service providers, is a natively integrated solution that enables SPs to deliver infrastructure services (VMs, storage, networking) with integrated backup, DR, security and RMM.
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By Acronis
What should an MSP look for in the infrastructure powering its business? In this session from “Acronis Accelerate: The Journey to Autonomous IT,” Jürgen Weiss, CISO, Sigmavista and Head of Managed Operations, ARES, shares why infrastructure decisions have a direct impact on profitability, customer experience and long-term growth. Hear how Acronis Cyber Frame is helping service providers move beyond infrastructure built for enterprises and hyperscalers to a platform designed specifically for the MSP business model.
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By Acronis
The industry is shifting and Rob Rae, Corporate VP of Community and Partner Experience at Pax, addresses the $700 billion opportunity MSPs have in front of them at “Acronis Accelerate: The Journey to Autonomous IT.” Discover how Pax8 and Acronis are building the future of AI together, giving small and mid-sized businesses the tools, technology, expertise and AI agents they need to offer enterprise-level services.
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By Acronis
What does it take to run an AI-native MSP? In this keynote from “Acronis Accelerate: The Journey to Autonomous IT,” Acronis CEO JJ Jager and Chief Product Officer Yury Averkiev showcase how the Acronis platform turns the foundation of the AI era into a daily reality for MSPs. See how Acronis simplifies the complexity of managing multiple tools with a flexible, unified platform that supports both Acronis and third-party services, while enabling no-code and low-code automation built for modern service providers with AI built in from the start, not bolted on.
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By Acronis
It’s hard and expensive for MSPs to distribute, resell and manage hyperscaler instances, VMware environments, and sub-optimal VMs. See how easy it is to migrate virtual workloads to Acronis Cyber Frame — a platform built with and for service providers with security and management included. In this demo from “Acronis Accelerate: The Journey to Autonomous IT,” Acronis Chief Product Officer Yury Averkiev showcases the Acronis Migration Assistant, designed to help MSPs move from VMware and other hypervisors to Cyber Frame with a fast, automated migration experience.
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By Acronis
Join Acronis for a closer look at the framework for autonomous IT. Discover how MSPs can move beyond manual operations with an AI-native foundation built for infrastructure, integrations, security and operations. Learn how to boost technician productivity, improve margins, deliver stronger SLAs and create new AI service opportunities.
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By Acronis
Discover everything new in July 2026 update of Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud! This video highlights the latest features and enhancements empowering MSPs to boost security, automate workflows, and deliver stronger protection for clients. Essential updates covered: Like, comment, and subscribe for more Acronis news!
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By Acronis
Join Acronis for a closer look at the framework for autonomous IT. Discover how MSPs can move beyond manual operations with an AI-native foundation built for infrastructure, integrations, security and operations. Learn how to boost technician productivity, improve margins, deliver stronger SLAs and create new AI service opportunities. Event highlights: Register for the virtual event to get the opportunity to ask your questions and have them answered live by our experts.
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By Acronis
For managed service providers (MSPs), staying ahead requires more than just adapting to change - it demands a strategic overhaul of your business model. In this white paper, "Un-break your business model: Benchmarks and tools for MSPs," you will learn how to navigate the complexities of the MSP market with confidence and foresight.
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By Acronis
Cyberattackers are using AI to increase the frequency and effectiveness of ransomware attacks and other threats. The number of email attacks has increased by almost 300% in the last year, and a single data breach can cost millions of dollars to resolve and bring your business to a sudden halt. You need a cyber resilience plan that will enable you to both ward off attacks and be able to recover from one with minimal damage. This white paper offers a 12-step plan that businesses can use to protect themselves.
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By Acronis
In the face of the increasingly sophisticated threats targeting small and large businesses alike, advanced security tools are key to keeping your clients secure. Security capabilities can help to attract new clients, and grow and retain existing revenues. Advanced endpoint detection solutions also enhance the trust relationship between you and your clients. That's why it's so important to make the right choice.
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By Acronis
A short regional deepdive marking key cybersecurity trends and year-on-year changes unique to EMEA - Europe, Middle East, and Africa region. Be sure to download the full Acronis Cyber Protection Week Global Report 2022, which surveyed over 6,200 IT managers and IT users from 22 countries across the world. The findings expose some of the most critical shortcomings appearing in cyber protection practices today, examine why they're appearing and offer guidance on how they can be fixed.
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Acronis unifies data protection and cybersecurity, delivering cyber protection that solves safety, accessibility, privacy, authenticity, and security challenges.
Acronis offers antivirus, backup, disaster recovery, endpoint protection management solutions, and award-winning AI-based antimalware and blockchain-based data authentication technologies through service provider and IT professional deployment models. These solutions protect data, applications, and systems in any environment.
- Detection and Response: With Acronis EDR/XDR, MSPs can protect against modern threats, easily comply with modern cyber insurance requirements, all with complete protection spanning the NIST framework and enabling MSPs with data governance/compliance and the ability to identify, protect, detect, respond, and recover from threats. In addition to EDR & XDR, Acronis also offers MDR so that MSPs can offer their clients a fully managed service with minimal resource investment.
- SaaS Security: Detect, block and remediate advanced email and cloud application threats with AI-powered solutions that protect your clients from the #1 threat vector. Acronis Email Security (for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace) and Collaboration App Security (for Microsoft 365) provides the ease of use that MSPs need.
- Backup: Acronis integrates backup with cybersecurity for a complete solution that protects and recovers your data while providing ongoing protection from advanced threats. Learn why Acronis is the gold standard in backup for MSPs and corporate IT.
- Disaster Recovery: Rapidly recover from ransomware, cyber threats, and other unplanned outages with Acronis Disaster Recovery, enabling you to restore operations in just a few clicks and without any upfront investments.
- RMM: Achieve peak MSP performance with a natively integrated, secure, AI-powered RMM. Enhance client satisfaction by delivering superior IT administration and monitoring services while improving security posture for both endpoints and Microsoft 365, and boost technician performance as well with seamless automation of IT management.
- PSA: Simplify success with an easy-to-deploy, adopt and use PSA tailored for modern recurring and cloud MSP business models. It includes service desk, billing and invoicing, contract and quotation management, and stock inventory and project management, as well as providing insightful analytics via KPI reports. Part of Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, it is natively integrated with Acronis RMM, cybersecurity and data protection in a single console and offers comprehensive integrations with third-party RMM and accounting systems.
Natively integrated cybersecurity, data protection, and endpoint management for MSPs.