BSN Seeking MSP
Everyone is doing it, right? It seems every day we see one successful match-up after the other on our newsfeed from Instagram to Facebook, and everywhere in between. And since it is now February, the month known for celebrating perfect partnerships, we thought, hey, let’s put ourselves out there!Â
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Breach Secure Now (BSN) makes cybersecurity and HIPAA compliance training easy for managed service providers (MSP) so that automating, supporting, and empowering their clients is simple.
Using a Cybersecurity Assessment to Test General Team Knowledge
Assessment Overview
Our recent launch of the Baseline Employee Cybersecurity Assessment provides MSPs with a new tool to add to their prospecting and baseline risk detection efforts. As an MSP it gives you the opportunity to show prospects and clients that human security plays a key role in protecting their organization and that without proper ongoing training, employees are an easy entry point for cybercriminals.
While a security risk assessment will identify any gaps in a business environment, the human element should never be overlooked or assumed to be foolproof.
Do Your Healthcare Clients Need an Annual Checkup?
Do Your Healthcare Clients Need an Annual Check-Up?
As a Managed Service Provider, you’re in the business of keeping other businesses running. Which vertical they are in, or what products and services they provide may not be the most pressing detail.Â
Unless you’re talking about healthcare. There are two common views when it comes to supporting clients in the healthcare industry and those are: support their network and leave HIPAA out of it, or to avoid taking on those clients altogether because of the complexity of HIPAA.
Reasons to Perform a Security Risk Assessment
Performing a Security Risk Assessment (SRA) is one of the things that Managed Service Providers can utilize as a way to solidify their client relationships and grow their business. Offering it to existing clients is a way of showing your value as well as helping them to strengthen their security posture. You can engage with potential clients by offering to do an assessment for them.
Additionally, businesses that are in healthcare and fall under HIPAA compliance are required to perform an assessment annually, so it can be used as a tool to strengthen and build those relationships. However, doing so with all of your clients should be a part of your plan regardless of the industry that they work within.
NY DFS Enforcing Cybersecurity Requirements
If you are a New York Financial Services organization and have not complied with the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) Cybersecurity Regulations (23 NYCRR 500) you probably received a notice over the weekend. The notices were sent from Maria Vullo from the DFS with the subject: Failure to File Certification of Compliance. The below is an image of the actual email:
Infographic: SMB Security Checklist
NYT: No Business Too Small to Be Hacked
The New York Times has a very good article titled: No Business Too Small to Be Hacked. We have been saying for the past few years that businesses of all sizes are vulnerable to cyber-crime. The more examples of real-life, documented cyber-crime the more awareness will be raised. Awareness of risks is critical because many small businesses incorrectly believe they are too small to be a victim of cyber-crime.
SEC Investment Management Division Issues Cybersecurity Guidance
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Investment Management has issued cybersecurity guidance (PDF) to registered investment companies (“Funds”) and registered investment advisers (“Advisers”). The SEC has identify cybersecurity as an issue for both Funds and Advisers.
Managed Security Market to Reach $33B in 2020
Market intelligence from ABI Research estimates the current global market for managed security services will be around $15.4 billion by the 2015. They state that there is a big push by businesses to use managed security service providers (MSSP) to help with outsourced security. ABI Research estimates the market for MSSPs will be around $33 billion by 2020.
Hackers impersonating IT staff on the rise
Research by security company FireEye reveals that hackers are becoming much smarter in their methods to gain access to networks that they are trying to break into. According to ZDNet
Fresh FireEye research suggests that today’s cyberattackers are becoming smarter about the systems they seek to break, and are commonly using impersonation and social engineering to tap into the most common weakness in the security chain — employees.