by Richard Barrus | Jan 31, 2022 | Third Party Risk Management
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Anything web-connected that hackers can use to target your brand is part of your attack surface—and that includes the attack surfaces of your critical vendors. But gaining visibility into your own...
by Richard Barrus | May 11, 2021 | Third Party Risk Management
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It’s hard enough for outsourcers to choose the right Managed Service Provider (MSP). But how do MSPs go about finding the right customers? To inform the MSP industry on everything from customers to trends to standards, a recent...
by Richard Barrus | May 10, 2021 | Third Party Risk Management
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If you’re shopping for an MSP, what do you have to go on besides promotional copy, seat-of-the-pants research and maybe some peer recommendations? Is there an objective way to evaluate an MSP’s technical capabilities, business...
by Richard Barrus | May 6, 2021 | Third Party Risk Management
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Managed Service Provider (MSP) business models have evolved from onsite, break-fix services to your-IT-department-as-a-service. Many MSPs now fulfill CIO/CTO type roles for their SMB clients, as well as covering all tactical IT...
by Richard Barrus | May 5, 2021 | Third Party Risk Management
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The stampede to cloud brings with it a new lexicon, new technology options and new ways for SMBs to mix and match vendors and service providers. How does today’s managed service provider (MSP) role fit into the evolving cloud...
by Richard Barrus | May 4, 2021 | Third Party Risk Management
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There’s no question that the DoD’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is impacting more organizations than any information security framework in history. For MSPs that want to do business with the US federal government...
