The Top 5 Risks of Shadow IT
How Shadow IT Poses Security Threats to Your Organization Shadow IT refers to the practice of using software and other systems outside of, and without the knowledge of, the IT department. As the use of SaaS applications grows exponentially, so has Shadow IT. Employees now have the ability to bypass IT with software that’s available […]
What role do MSPs play in protecting their client’s against cloud app data breaches?
Rule of MSPs in Data Breaches As IT increasingly moves to the cloud, what role should today’s mature MSP play in protecting against data breaches for clients with the aid of vital security policies such as Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)? To gather opinions from across the industry, Augmentt conducted some informal research in November of 2021. […]
A more efficient way to deliver security services — and demonstrate value to customers
For today’s MSPs, providing IT security has become a challenge to remain efficient and comprehensive. Not only must MSPs stay ahead of hackers, they also need to keep pace with accelerating changes to cloud-based infrastructure. To fully grasp this challenge, we might compare securing today’s IT to defending a stone-and-mortar castle. Would the task be easier if the IT castle had a thousand tiny windows to peer through or a single all-encompassing window through which we could see every threat, both near and far? Microsoft 365, for instance, has so many […]
Get Cybersecurity Right From an Employee’s First Day
Cyberattacks are an ever-present danger for organizations across the world. Take just a quick glance at recent news stories and you’ll see that attacks are happening all the time. So it’s not merely likely that an organization will be targeted. It’s inevitable–especially as companies hold larger amounts of potentially lucrative data. It means that the […]
Three of the Most Common Employee Offboarding Mistakes
There’s a famous phrase you’ve probably heard before: to err is human. Those words sum up why your security posture needs to focus on human actions–or the absence of them. When seen from this lens, cybersecurity becomes about much more than cleaning up after mistakes. It’s about proactively putting into place measures to prevent the […]
Why Shadow IT Could Create Major Issues for MSPs
The COVID-19 global pandemic is upending business operations around the world. The sudden and swift shift of millions of workers from on-site to remote work environments challenged and continues to challenge organizations as never before. In the rush to virtually connect remote workers to the workplace, however, employers and MSPs may have overlooked security — […]
How to Ensure Your SaaS Apps are Secure
Businesses are constantly faced with the task of balancing the advantages of productivity gains and lower costs against significant compliance and security concerns as they move their data and applications to SaaS apps. It’s clear which way the pendulum has swung. TechCrunch reported that the COVID-19 crisis has caused a surge in SaaS sales. For […]
How to Find Shadow IT
In the past few years, so much focus has been on the move to the cloud. Not anymore. 2020 was the year of cybersecurity, compliance, personally identifiable information (PII) awareness, GDPR, and remote work. The cloud hype has changed. Now people want to know how to maintain and manage the new SaaS-heavy environment they see […]