Executives are drowning in cyber alerts and starving for decisions. If you want their support, your job isn’t to forward every CVE — it’s to…

When ransomware hits a city, it stops being an IT story and becomes a public safety problem. In 2025, St. Paul, Minnesota gave us a…

Most MSPs don’t have a language problem with security; they have a translation problem. The Blacksmith Free Risk Assessment gives you a single, reusable grammar you can use to…

Artificial intelligence is exploding into every corner of business, but most organizations are still treating AI risk like a side quest instead of part of…

We’re fast approaching a time when most of your prospects will never land on a site you manage — and that’s a security problem you…

Blacksmith was again awarded the Channel Program’s Category Leader badge, a distinction reserved for the top-rated vendors in the IT channel across more than 80…

Ransomware is increasingly about stopping a business from functioning, not just stealing or encrypting files. The sectors feeling this most acutely are healthcare, manufacturing, managed…

Stop chasing every CVE headline; build a KEV-first, risk-based patch playbook If it feels like you’ve been living in a permanent “drop everything and patch” sprint…

We’ve said it (and you’ve heard it) many times now: digital trust has become table stakes for doing business. At its core, digital trust is…

Compliance Is the New Growth Engine For years, most MSPs treated compliance like an annoying side quest: something you help with begrudgingly when a client’s…

What’s the full story when it comes to AI-powered cyberattacks? Blue teams are not suddenly fighting alien TTPs; they are fighting familiar kill chains with…

Security culture beats security tools because tools only amplify the behavior you already have. A great stack in the hands of a rushed, over‑pressured organization…

Green IT has shifted from “nice to have” to a buying criterion, especially for younger, growth‑minded SMBs. Sustainability is now showing up in MSP trend…