Three Steps MSPs Can Take to Reduce Cyber Risk and Liability
Summary
The article advises MSPs to maintain current asset inventories, define security responsibilities in customer contracts, and prepare incident response plans to reduce cyber risk and limit damage.
Key points
- MSPs should periodically update network diagrams and inventories of devices, software, systems, and people to understand potential exposure.
- Customer agreements can define security responsibilities, including timely patching and security education, and address cyber insurance and financial liability.
- MSPs should prepare incident response plans covering attack assessment, roles, communications, response steps, and customer priorities.
- Early detection and response can help limit the impact of cyberattacks and ransomware.
- The article promotes Huntress Ransomware Canaries as a way to detect ransomware on protected endpoints sooner.
Article Details
- Topic
- Managed threat detection and response practices for reducing cyber risk and liability for managed service providers and their SMB clients.