Episodes

The conversations and requests coming from MSPs is still about how to get started. Hopefully, this conversation will help you find your path. Join me as Charles Love and I navigate the getting started in Cybersecurity. Eve...

Whether it is a small municipality, a school district, or even your local fire department, there is always a need for 3rd party resources. I sit down with Corey Munson of PCMatic to talk specifically about how MSPs can provi...

Last week was CompTIA's Communities and Councils Forums and I thought who better to bring on to the podcast than Wayne Selk the new VP of CompTIA's ISAO. Join us as we break down the differences between ISACs and ISAOs and h...

I sit down with Stelios Valivonis of onShore Security to talk about cybersecurity and the need for dedicated leadership. People, Process, and Procedures are critical to any organizations quest to improve their cybersecurity...

There is no shortage of questions coming from Cyber Insurance providers that put an MSP in a difficult position to answer the questions truthfully and the intent of the questions. In this episode, I sit down with Aaron Frazi...

Cyber insurance questionnaires are a dime a dozen these days, yet our ability to correctly answer the questions can still be daunting. A Yes/No question doesn't have a Yes/No Answer. You want to answer truthfully, and you a...

Over the years the role of an Account manager has evolved and taken on many different names (vcio, BSM, vCTO etc.). Today I sit down with Mike Stewart of Anchor Networks to discuss how much this role has changed. Cybersecuri...

We all no there is no magic bullet when it comes to cybersecurity but that doesn't mean it has to be complicated either. I sit down with Eric Hanson of Inland Productivity Solutions to talk about Incident Management, Inciden...

Each week we focus on cybersecurity and there is no shortage of topics. This week I sat down with Nelson Gomes of Medicus IT to discuss HIPAA compliance and Mergers and Acquisitions. As we onboard new clients or deal with cli...

Over the past few weeks, Governance, Business Basics, and Vendor Sprawl have had one standard and constant theme... We all feel like we are drinking from a firehose. We all know we need to focus on governance, risk, and compl...

We have all implemented tools with the intent to solve or address all kinds of different challenges. After they have been implemented, are they working as expected? I sit down with Brian Weiss of ITECH Solutions to talk about...

We recently started a journey down a path that talks about Governance for SMB, picking the right tools/software to run your MSP, and of course, don't forget you can only pick just one... This week I had the opportunity to sit...

We often take for granted the products and services we use to help reduce overhead and Full-Time Resources (FTE). I sit down with Ismael Amado of IT Ninjas to talk about starting a new MSP right before a pandemic and how imp...

Almost every time I do a security maturity assessment I find that companies are the least mature in Governance. The areas that seem to need the most attention are Policy and Compliance which is to be expected since that is t...

As we prepare for 2022 and the opportunities and challenges it is sure to bring I thought we should take a minute to focus on people. Consumers vs employees, two sides of the same coin, but very different parameters placed o...

I think everyone at this point has heard someone talk about Log4j. Even my 8th grader has heard about it as it was featured on CNN10. This week we are doing a special episode featuring Ryan Weeks, in-house CISO for Datto. ...

Do you ever wonder if you have too many layers in your security stack? Is it possible you have an overlap between one or more of your existing products? While Charles Love and I might have created more questions than answers ...

In our quest to provide the best services to our staff and our clients, it is easy to get caught up trying to solve very large problems. I think we are programmed that way as we like the feeling when we overcome those big ch...

The month of November has focused on incremental changes that MSPs can make to improve their security posture. I sit down with Jay Tipton to discuss why joining a peer group is one of those incremental changes. If you know Ja...

What if you could only pick three security products/services to include in your offering? I sit down with Charles Love of Showtech Solutions to discuss the three picks. Surprise alert... We don't pick the same three.

We are all dealing with objections when it comes to convincing our clients to take cybersecurity seriously. I sit down with Eric Hanson of Inland Productivity Solutions to discuss the opportunities and challenges of position...

Now that we are in week two of the cybersecurity program we thought it would be helpful for MSPs to have something that they can map their program too. I sit down with Jim Harryman of Kinetic Technology Group to discuss their...

Paralysis Analysis are commonplace among MSPs, Businesses large and small when it comes to taking on Cybersecurity. As we come off Cybersecurity awareness month we are tackling cybersecurity and incremental approach to imple...

After we talked about the pre/post-boom I thought we should cover the security services side of being an MSP. Join me with Joshua Smith of Varonis as we talk about understanding what it is that we are trying to protect. Do ...