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Spam filters are tools which identify whether or not incoming emails contain unwanted or harmful content—and it automatically flags and quarantines any emails if so. Therefore, it acts as an additional layer of security, through determining whose messages actually deserve attention, and by controlling whose messages actually arrive at your inbox.Read More…

To learn both what a managed service provider (MSP) is, and why those which are smaller in size are disadvantaged, make sure to check out our previous blog, Why You Should Choose A Larger MSP.

A managed service provider (MSP) is an outsourced IT team who will configure your digital infrastructure, monitor your network, troubleshoot any issues you may have, and so on. Ultimately, employing an MSP is the perfect solution for many businesses when it comes to tackling anything, and everything, IT related. Rather than maintain in-house IT personnel, which is the costly alternative, an MSP provides consistent access to specialized expertise without the high price tag. Employing an MSP enables businesses to eliminate the risk of paying high capital expenditures unexpectedly and, instead, to adopt more predictable operating expenditures.

Not only are cybersecurity threats growing in number, but they’re evolving too. As discussed throughout the cybersecurity series, businesses have to watch out for a variety of tactics which cybercriminals employ, ranging from malware attacks, to eavesdropping, to phishing. Cybercriminals are constantly developing more advanced methods of sneaking into your infrastructure and stealing your data, and unfortunately this means you need to spend more resources on refining your cybersecurity to combat the situation.

Regardless of how many resources you’ve spent building your digital fortress to protect against cyberattacks, there is only one way you can be certain it will hold up to potential threats—by putting it to the test. Specifically what is being referred to is a penetration test, where trusted cybersecurity professionals are authorized to simulate a cyberattack. Here, a variety of tactics are employed which are commonly used by cybercriminals to attempt to gain unauthorized access to the network system. Of course, the cybersecurity professionals don’t actually do any damage by performing the simulation. This is why this procedure is often known as ‘ethical hacking’, or hacking without fraudulent intention. Essentially, by practicing cyber attack scenarios businesses can learn both how their defenses would perform when challenged with a security threat, and whether or not they can actually be confident implementing those same defenses in the real-world. Moreover, they can also keep track of performance statistics, find out where improvements need to be made, and ultimately develop a more secure network system.