{"id":60983,"date":"2019-04-24T09:17:55","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T14:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=60983"},"modified":"2019-04-24T09:17:59","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T14:17:59","slug":"superior-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/superior-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Offering and Deploying Superior Protection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As a solution provider, whether it be at a VAR or MSP level, you must ensure you&#8217;re not only offering, but actively deploying the best security solution available.  <a href=\"http:\/\/ https:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/2019\/02\/11\/hackers-demand-millions-from-msp-after-infecting-networks-with-ransomware\/\">This year an MSP&#8217;s network was infected with ransomware<\/a>, leaving not only their files encrypted, but the infection also impacted their clients as well.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A hard pill to swallow&#8230; <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Customers are trusting you to provide them with the best protection for their environments, and you failed.  Not only do you fail one client, but you failed several &#8212; all because your own systems weren&#8217;t fully protected.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a VAR or MSP, you must set an example.  If you&#8217;re protecting your own systems using an archaic solution that doesn&#8217;t block modern threats, why would your clients trust you to provide them with the best solution?  They can&#8217;t.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Offering The Best<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/2019\/04\/23\/cybercrime-billions-losses\/\">FBI just released a report<\/a> confirming the total losses related to cyber crime in 2018 was approximately $2.7 billion.  This number, as well as the reported complaints of cyber crimes continue to increase year over year.  As the client&#8217;s dependence on technology increases, their vulnerability to falling victim to a cybercrime event grow.  Keep them protected.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Various government agencies including the FBI, NSA, DHS, and US-CERT and encouraged the use of application whitelisting to keep systems secure from cyber attacks.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you aren&#8217;t already, you need to protect your own systems with a security solution that utilizes a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/pro\">whitelist <\/a>as its primary method of malware detection.  Then, you should offer your clients the same superior protection.  Modern threats are only advancing &#8212; so should your security solution.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a solution provider, whether it be at a VAR or MSP level, you must ensure you&#8217;re not only offering, but actively deploying the best security solution available. This year an MSP&#8217;s network was infected with ransomware, leaving not only their files encrypted, but the infection also impacted their clients as well. 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