TAP Into Technology Blog: MSP/MSSP
MSP Hacks like REvil Highlight Need for Secure Visibility
For some companies, managed services providers (MSPs) can be a godsend—a force multiplier that allows them to support more customers and more employees without the effort and expense of expanding their IT department. MSPs are vendors with...
Benefits of Installing MSSP Sensors Utilizing Network TAP Visibility
Congratulations on the deal closing! You worked it for several months and convinced Customer A to install your MSSP Sensor. This Sensor’s objective is to plug into the customer’s IT network, capture packets, and allow the Security...
MSSPs: The Pros and Cons of Outsourcing Network Security
When firewalls emerged to protect networks in the early 1990s, outsourcing cyber security to a Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) wasn’t even a consideration. However, defending your network from sophisticated cyber attackers today...
Networking News [Tool Sprawl + MSP Credibility]
Here are some snippets of news and stories happening around the technological world and how it can affect the industry as a whole. For the month of October, we will be focusing on what is a tool sprawl, questioning an MSP provider's...
Advanced Persistent Threat Activity Exploiting Managed Service Providers
The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center has been tracking attacks on global Managed Service Providers (MSP) from Advanced Persistent Threat actors since 2016. Targets of these attacks spread across Information...
[Get the Data You Want] Simplify PCI DSS Compliance with an MSSP
For years, the financial services industry was the most targeted industry for sophisticated cyber attackers (and some not so sophisticated). This was never too surprising—attackers often follow the money, starting with the low hanging...