Episodes

I have had multiple conversations around backup vendors and the shift to solutions that are direct to cloud and other feature requirements that we didn't even consider 6-10 years ago. Remember the world before the data actors...

As 2023 comes to a close and you I thought in traditional fashion, we share with you our outlook for 2024. Joshua Smith of Reliaquest and I have a few optimistic observations that might have been shadowed by some Sky Net refe...

CJ and Matt Lee of Pax8 discuss control 8, which pertains to audit logs. Some of the safeguards are easy to satisfy... just turn the logging function on and set to 90 days. Others will require more effort but all are reasonab...

From tools and breaches to LLM, IoT and OT we talk about it all. Where we have been and how far we have come with Charles Love of ShowTech Solutions, and Joshua Smith of Reliaquest.

We all know the dangers of connecting to Airport Wifi... Join Sarah Goffman and I as we discuss the dangers of connecting even your cellphone to public wifi.

What does future growth and sustainability look like in the MSP space? Acquisitions abound, SMBs and micro-SMBs bounce from one MSP to another... What is the future yield especially when we start discussing cybersecurity chal...

Deep dive into control 7 with some influences of other controls. We know that OS patch management, change management, Third Party App management and third party app patching aren't always prioritized the way it should be cons...

I sat down with Matt Fisch of Fortmesa to discuss observations and highlights from ITN Connect. From new vendors in the pavilion tackling niche cybersecurity challenges to conversations with Solution providers that show our i...

Maybe we have talked about this before? At any rate Business email compromise is a constant threat. We do Phishing simulations and other security awareness training to help our staff and clients make good choices, but we aren...

What are insider threats? Tim Schnurr and I discuss the importance of cybersecurity in protecting digital assets and preventing insider threats in organizations. There is a overwhelming need for employee education, the use of...

Thinking back ten-plus years on the industry conferences we have attended in person and online. With vendor mergers and acquisitions it is hard to determine which shows you should still attend and every day it seems there is ...

As we go through the CIS controls we try to stay in sequence but as a result of some discussions at recent events, we decided to jump to Malware Defenses. Hopefully, Matt Lee's insights and my humor will be enough for you to ...

We talk about frameworks, compliance, cybersecurity, and many things in between but we haven't discussed getting assessed against a framework or even the new CompTIA Cybersecurity Trustmark. I sat down with Omer Kasim Aslim o...

In recent years we have seen Solution Providers begin offering services that are showing a shift in our industry around our client and client prospect needs. Five years ago very few solution providers would be comfortable tal...

From the trenches... I sit down with Jim Harryman of Kinetic Technology Group to discuss their progress through the new CompTIA Cybersecurity Trustmark. What are the significant challenges and what are the easy wins. A glipse...

Fireside chat with Matt Lee brings us control 6. Access Management goes hand in hand with Account Management but if you have been following along we coverd control 5 last month. Join Matt Lee and I as we deep dive into each s...

Each day we are bombarded by cybersecurity threats and this episode adds another vector you should be looking at as you address your asset inventory. Are you looking at the asset that controls your thermostat? How about the I...

There is no question that CMMC is here to stay. It is a much-needed maturity model for measuring companies that cater to the Defense space and are doing what is needed to protect Confidential Unclassified Information (CUI). I...

In Cyber we often focus only on the events that come from the ether, the dark web, and we forget that disasters can come from all sorts of events. With a hurricane less than 24 hours from making landfall, I sit down with Char...

I am a big fan of Scott Augenbaum's book, "The Secret to Cybersecurity." Specifically, the 4 truths that we talk about with Tye Male, Senior Pastor of Wellspring church. Suspicious email, inconvenient timing, stress-inducing,...

We are 1/3 of the way through the CIS Top 18 and I think Control 5 might be my favorite. Matt Lee joins me as we dive into all six safeguards and how important they are in the journey toward cyber resilience.

I remember the days when Joshua Smith and I decided we should build our own MSP. It was simpler times and Cybersecurity was defined largely by firewalls and antivirus. Today starting an MSP or even being a small MSP trying to...

There are lots of frameworks to choose from and some are more complicated than others. What is important is that you use some set of controls/safeguards or standards that are measurable and can be aligned with. I sit down wit...

Over the past few months we have spent time on policies, how to tackle controls and safeguards in CIS Top 18, and we have even pointed out cybersecurity areas that might be overlooked. In this episode, as we all look at matur...