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MSPs are managing more assets than ever before and often without a complete picture of what’s actually in their clients’ environments. Every unmanaged device, every unknown application, every blind spot increases exposure and limits how quickly teams can respond. The reality is simple: Asset visibility is the foundation of cybersecurity, resilience and growth. But visibility without action leaves MSPs stuck reacting instead of proactively protecting.

Author: Umair Ahmed, Product Marketing Manager, Security Microsoft 365 attacks do not always start with a dramatic zero-day. Many begin with something simpler: a stolen password, a malicious Office file, a user approving the wrong application, or a tenant setting that was left too permissive. For an MSP technician, the urgent question is: Even if Microsoft patched the vulnerabilities inside the platform, are my tenant configurations still exposing my clients to risk?

Anthropic’s announcement of Claude Mythos Preview may end up being remembered as the moment the cybersecurity industry had to stop talking about agentic AI as a future concept and start treating it as a present security variable. The reported results are serious. Anthropic says Mythos Preview identified and exploited zero-day vulnerabilities across major operating systems and browsers during testing.

AI-enabled systems are becoming more common in operational technology (OT) environments. What many industry analysts call “Physical AI” refers to AI systems embedded in physical environments — such as industrial cameras, robots and edge systems — that can perceive, interpret and act on real-world conditions. In industrial settings, this includes machine vision systems, predictive maintenance models, robotics optimization and edge analytics operating close to production assets.

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.