MSP 1337

Pax8 Beyond EMEA 2025 is less than a week away, and I wanted to take a minute to talk about the cyber sessions. What Matt Lee, of Pax8, is doing (today's guest), specifically his AI and CTF session. We might drift a bit in our conversation and go down a deep rabbit hole when setting up a home lab on the cheap. Enjoy!

At Channelcon25, I was able to capture a few of our members in some in-person interviews on different topics. Dustin Bolander of Beltex Insurance had some really interesting insights that I wanted to share before we get to cybersecurity month.

Identity is who we are, and it is constantly being subjected to many different threats. I sat down with Kristen Costagliola CTO at Syncro, to talk about the challenges and some of the solutions to help MSPs and their clients make good decisions about protecting their identity.

In the current threat landscape, one can easily become overwhelmed. I sat down with Noam Morginstin, founder of Exigence, to talk about realistic ways MSPs can begin building their Incident Response Plan and how to tackle successful Tabletop Exercises and prepare for resilience.

How do you get your clients to take cybersecurity seriously? I sat down with Ann Westerheim of Ekaru to discuss strategies for helping MSP clients improve their cybersecurity posture.

Getting to compliance... Do you end up with more to do because you have the GTIA Cybersecurity Trustmark Assured? I sit down with Chase Griffin with ShowTech Solutions to talk about their experience and what has transpired since achieving Assured status and how that changed their outlook on improving their compliance to a standard and setting them up to be resilient.

When a client is hit with ransomware, it can be paralyzing. After the tabletop exercises carried out at #ChannelCon25, Jason Comstock of Clarity Technology Solutions explored ransomware and the path to recovery. Stay tuned to the end for Jason's after-action report.

With more than 100 attendees for a full day of networking and learning. The TD preday and another 30+ next door for MSP-Ignite peer group facilitated discussions, it was a learning and growing experience for all. I sat down with Roddy B. of ShureWeb to get his take and perspective. We went off script a few times, and I'll be sure to bring some more insights in future episodes. Insights to be had for sure all the way around.

Cybersecurity Insurance and Risk Management are generally conversations we avoid in the ITSP space, but with recent events, Matt Lee and I sit down to talk about how the two complement each other, the pitfalls, and some tips for protecting yourself through both.

Where does my data go? What data was sent across the API? How do we separate the signal from the noise? Pedro Castillo of Onum and I sit down to talk about what might be the subsequent transformation of data processing since Akamai came on the scene. Onum's mission is to address the challenges in data management and cybersecurity. Enjoy our raw conversation, which just got captured; we agreed to share it immediately.

A fireside chat with George Bardissi of bVoIP and me at the 1Stream by bVoIP Partner Gathering. Mistakes we made, the challenges we overcame, and then we jump into some interesting questions ranging from AI and Insurance to the Cybersecurity Trustmark and how it benefits MSPs. This is a different format and was recorded with a live audience.

Sitting with Henry Tim of Tech Degenerates and Phantom Technology Solutions to talk about GRC platforms. What makes it a GRC platform? How important is a GRC in my MSP? These questions and several others are tackled, and I think we have found some answers.