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In the past year, not only have many of our worlds been turned upside down, but the MSP community continues to grow and mature. The last year has brought on many new challenges forcing small businesses to innovate, perhaps more than larger businesses.
With 30.7 million small businesses in the U.S. accounting for 99.9 percent of all U.S. businesses (SBA, 2019) it is safe to say that small businesses are the heart of North America. If you look around your community small businesses are made up of our neighbors, friends and family, but most important are the pillars of our community.
Industries are constantly changing, and staying current with the latest developments, skills, and new technologies required can be hard. With our world changing at what feels like light speed it is more important than ever to stay abreast of these changes so you do not lag behind.
In May of 2021 the Center for Internet Security (CIS) released it 8th iteration of the CIS Critical Controls. Previously, these 20 controls aimed at best practices to assist in defense, where reorganized to 18 controls taking into account more of a focus on cloud services. This framework set up by the CIS affects everyone from home users, to organizations and even the
Kaseya announced that it had become the victim of a cyberattack on July 2. It appears that the attackers carried out a ransomware attack by leveraging a vulnerability in Kaseya's VSA software. According to Kaseya CEO Fred Voccola, less than 0.1% of the company's customers were included in this incident.
Technology plays a roll in every business. No matter the size, or profession, technology is incorporated in business operations today. In the last two decades, technology has changed the way we do business, from how we shop, do research, communicate and operate our businesses.
What is going on with the executive table at Microsoft. With the recent changes in the executive team (Phil Sorgen, Eric Martorano, David Willis, and now Gavriella Schuster) some have come to wonder what is going on at Microsoft and what is next for these individuals. We chat with Howard Cohen to get his thoughts on the changes.