A Managed Service Provider (MSP) is a valuable resource for meeting fluctuating IT infrastructure needs. According to data from Statista, the value of the IT managed services market is expected to grow to $356.24 billion by 2025. In this article I’ll outline the benefits of an MSP vs in-house IT staff and how an MSP can help your organization transition to a remote workforce.
The latest edition of the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Global Risks Report once again highlights cyber threats as one of the greatest risks worldwide: 19.5% of respondents identified cybersecurity failure as a "critical short-term threat" to the world. The report specifically points out that the growing dependence of organizations' physical systems on the digital realm could jeopardize the continuity of many businesses or services.
Proofpoint Essentials MSP services leverage the same enterprise-class security that powers some of the world’s largest and most security-conscious companies for SMBs. This visibility and security give them the protection for their greatest security risk—their people. Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are targeted with the same attacks as large enterprises but they often lack the personnel and financial resources to purchase and operate security solutions aimed at large enterprises.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly important role in cybersecurity. This is confirmed by a recent Pulse survey of 191 senior executives from companies on four continents: two out of three organizations (68%) say they are using tools that use AI technologies and among those who are not yet using AI, 67% are considering adopting it.
In recent weeks a critical vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) has been discovered in Log4j2, a popular logging library for Java applications. Attackers can exploit this flaw by performing Remote Code Execution (RCE) on any systems where it is implemented.
Organizations of all sizes are struggling to keep up with the increasingly complex and evolving cybersecurity landscape. Threat actors aren’t just hunting large corporations, they’re aggressively targeting small and midsize businesses, too. As networks become more porous and cyber threats rise, organizations that lack in-house security expertise will increasingly become targets of attack and their losses will grow.
