5 Cybersecurity Predictions for 2020
the need for automated email security and cybersecurity awareness training by businesses, regardless of size or vertical focus.
Solutions that combine machine learning and big data can make it easier to spot attempts to compromise email and stop them before they cause damage. By learning communication patterns, identifying high-risk users and providing domain fraud visibility, these technologies can help protect customers from threats that are hard for the naked eye to detect.
- MSPs with security skills will grow.
We predict that in 2020 MSPs will continue to come under attack as hackers try to gain access to their customers’ infrastructures. If an MSP cannot protect its own infrastructure, it certainly cannot protect its customers’.
MSPs will need to become security professionals to position themselves for growth and success so they can remain relevant to their customers. Instead of worrying about how to sell or market their MSP business, MSPs need to focus on getting better at security by embracing extended skillsets–for example, increasing their internal training, developing their security offerings and taking a security-first approach.
MSPs should also be in the business of providing solutions that protect their customers for life, and are revisited regularly to ensure are providing comprehensive protection. Conducting regular security assessments is a great way to demonstrate to customers just how quickly the threat landscape is evolving and why new and innovative security solutions can better protect their businesses from cyberthreats.
- MSPs will need to better leverage security to grow and acquire new customers.
Not every MSP can offer managed security and data protection services, but all businesses need them. One of the common misconceptions among SMBs is that if they have an MSP partner, then they’re covered from a security standpoint. MSPs must get smarter about how they leverage security within their business.
And, a vital reminder for MSPs, MSSPs and VARs: Practice what you preach and use the tools you sell. You must protect yourself, too.
Brian Babineau is Senior Vice President and General Manager for Barracuda MSP. In this role, he is responsible for the company’s managed services business, a dedicated team focused on enabling partners to easily deliver affordable IT solutions to customers.
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