FAQs: Answering the Most Common Compliance Questions for Businesses
Navigating compliance is not optional for many organizations operating in the United States — and the number of businesses affected by regulations is growing. As it stands, U.S. businesses must adhere to a wide range of federal, state, and local regulations that govern everything from data privacy and workplace safety to tax reporting and employment […]
MSP Compliance in 2025: The Ultimate Guide for Managed Services Providers
In an era defined by relentless cyber threats and increasingly stringent regulations, Managed Services Providers (MSPs) find themselves at the heart of a digital battleground. The frequency and sophistication of cyberattacks continue to surge, while governments and industries worldwide impose tighter compliance requirements to safeguard sensitive data and critical infrastructure. This dual pressure — cyber […]
Quantum Computing and Cryptography: Preparing for the Future
Quantum computing promises breakthroughs in fields like drug discovery and AI, but it also poses an existential threat to modern encryption. As organizations store and transmit sensitive data, compliance teams must understand how quantum advancements could render current cryptographic methods obsolete — and what steps to take now to future-proof their security frameworks. The Quantum […]
Understanding Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Identity and Access Management, or IAM, is a foundational framework of business processes, policies, and technologies that organizations use to manage digital identities and control who — or what — can access specific resources within their systems. At its core, IAM ensures that only the right people, machines, or software components get access to the right […]
Cybersecurity Acronyms: Let’s Talk SOC, SOAR, XDR and More
Some might say cybersecurity has an acronym problem. For the average person, it can seem like everyone in the industry got together and decided to make things as confusing as possible. You can’t go to a single meeting without someone throwing around SOC, SOAR, XDR, and a dozen other letter combinations that make your head […]
What Is an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) in Cybersecurity?
An advanced persistent threat (APT) is a sophisticated, long-term cyberattack in which an intruder establishes an undetected presence within a network to steal sensitive data or disrupt operations over an extended period. Unlike typical cyberattacks — which are often opportunistic and short-lived — APTs are carefully planned, highly targeted, and executed by skilled (and often […]
How MSPs Can Prepare for Evolving US Privacy Laws in 2025
Privacy in the United States is evolving at a breakneck pace, and 2025 is shaping up to be a landmark year. With at least eight new state privacy laws coming into effect, managed service providers (MSPs) are facing a surge of new compliance obligations — not just for their own operations, but for every client […]
Ransomware in 2025 and the Rise of Multiple Extortion
Ransomware has undergone a dramatic transformation over the past decade. In its early days, ransomware attacks followed a relatively simple playbook: threat actors would infiltrate a network, encrypt critical files, and demand a ransom payment in exchange for the decryption key. This “single extortion” model relied on the victim’s inability to access their own data, […]
Operationalizing Compliance: 2025 Guide for MSPs and Enterprises
By this point, we’re all aware that compliance isn’t something you can shove into a filing cabinet and forget about until audits roll around. If you’re still treating it like a box-checking exercise or scrambling to get your act together before regulatory deadlines, you’re doing it wrong — and it’s going to cost you. If […]
The Human Side of Compliance: Mental Health and Ethics
Let’s talk about something nobody wants to admit: compliance work is slowly burning people out, and it’s creating bigger problems than anyone wants to acknowledge. We spend so much time talking about policies, procedures, and regulatory frameworks that we’ve forgotten there are actual humans trying to implement all this stuff. And those humans? They’re cracking […]