SolCyber: Building the modern MSSP, from incubation to investment

Looking back 20 years, the security industry was vastly different. With so few entry points, organizations needed a two-tier firewall and an intrusion protection system to secure the perimeter of their network. Small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) could outsource their IT needs to a managed service provider (MSP), and they would receive an alert anytime an issue was detected. Managing security was a breeze. Then came the cloud, smart phones and IoT devices and the threat landscape expanded—enormously. The move […]

SMEs have little wiggle room regarding cybersecurity. Smaller budgets and fewer dedicated security resources mean that cyberattack attempts are more likely to penetrate an SME’s defenses than those of a larger company.  Forty-three percent of all cyberattacks are aimed directly at small to medium businesses, and only 14% of SMEs are ready to defend against those attacks, according to a study by Accenture. Aside from being extremely inconvenient, these data breaches also get expensive. The cost of data breaches to […]

Phishing remains one of the most prominent attack vectors in use today. According to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), over 90% of all cyber attacks begin with phishing. Two core reasons for phishing’s prominence are: By the end of Q4 2022, the number of phishing attacks worldwide spiked to over 1.35 million. Phishing is often the first step in far more sophisticated attacks, such as: Investing in fortifying your business against phishing attacks is one of the more […]