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April 25, 2025  — 11 min read
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April 25, 2025  — 11 min read
How do patch management solutions increase MSPs and ITs operational efficiency?
In this article, we will cover in detail what patch management software is, why it is essential, what benefits it offers, how it works, and how it improves your business. Whether you already use patch management software and want a better solution or have not equipped your organization with such a tool, this article will answer your most important questions.
November 24, 2020  — 4 min read
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November 24, 2020  — 4 min read
Cybersecurity for SMBs Is the Herculean Task of MSPs
Yet in an article originally published by DarkReading, Acronis VP of Cyber Protection Research Candid Wüest detailed the significant cyber protection challenges that lie ahead for small and mid-sized companies in 2021. For managed service providers (MSPs) who step up to the plate, they’ll uncover tremendous opportunities in the year ahead. We’re reposting it here so our partners can benefit from his insights.
November 20, 2020  — 3 min read
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November 20, 2020  — 3 min read
Acronis acquires CyberLynx, a leader in security audits, pen-tests, cyber forensics, and training services
In our mission to deliver strategies, services, and solutions that provide comprehensive cyber protection, Acronis has been actively looking to develop new data protection and cybersecurity capabilities. Some of these are developed by our team, while others are gained through strategic acquisitions. Today, we’ve added a powerful set of new services and technical expertise by acquiring CyberLynx, a leading cybersecurity consultancy that provides proprietary training, IT security audits, penetration testing, and post-event cyber forensic services.
November 05, 2020  — 5 min read
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November 05, 2020  — 5 min read
Channel lessons from the 2020 Summit: Experts deliver insights for MSPs
As I mentioned in my recap of the Acronis Global Cyber Summit 2020, we had a tremendous group of speakers who participated in the Channel and MSP track. In addition to the keynotes and panels that were offered, we asked several MSP thought leaders and influencers to present live workshops during the 2020 Summit.
October 30, 2020  — 4 min read
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October 30, 2020  — 4 min read
MSPs urged to recognize opportunities at the Acronis Global Cyber Summit
Wow. I have been involved in creating a lot of events during my career but I’ve never been involved with anything as big – or frankly as historic – as the Acronis Cyber Summit 2020. During the Summit’s three days, we welcomed more than 8,500 professionals who registered to hear 130 speakers and 20 sponsors, which means we may have pulled off what might be the largest security-focused hybrid event ever. As a former managed service provider (MSP), I was thrilled that the Summit’s mission was different than some of the vendor events I’ve attended in the past. That’s because it wasn’t focused on pitching a product, but rather it delivered the information, training, and content to help our IT channel partners grow.
October 21, 2020  — 7 min read
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October 21, 2020  — 7 min read
Roadmap to the post-pandemic IT landscape: Previewing the last day of #AcronisCyberSummit 2020
The insights and action items of the Acronis Global Cyber Summit 2020 roll on. After a great day of training and certification sessions on Monday and a phenomenal kickoff yesterday, we’ll continue the inspirational and informative program today, the last day of this year’s Summit. There is a lot of programming to choose from. Here’s a quick look at some of today’s highlights.
October 15, 2020  — 3 min read
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October 15, 2020  — 3 min read
MSPs, step back from your day-to-day and take time to work on your business
At next week's Acronis Global Cyber Summit 2020, the service provider track is focusing on sharing of the best practices for building a security-first services organization. To do this, we’ve assembled some of the best in the business to share their tips, tricks, and secrets to building a modern, agile, and profitable security services organization. Amy Luby, our Channel Chief Evangelist, is hosting that track and recently sat down with these channel all-stars to talk about why MSPs will want to step back from their daily routine to join this year's Summit.
October 02, 2020  — 8 min read
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October 02, 2020  — 8 min read
Evasive Maze ransomware encrypts and steals terabytes of private data in targeted attacks
Maze ransomware has been seen executing targeted attacks since at least May 2019 and was supposedly responsible for the attack on Canon on July 30, 2020, resulting in the outage of the image canon cloud storage service. Moreover, the Maze ransomware operator claimed they stole 10 TB of private data as part of the attack on Canon.
September 25, 2020  — 5 min read
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September 25, 2020  — 5 min read
9 questions that are key to selling cybersecurity
Selling security is hard enough when you can sit across from a prospect, but the new realities of lockdown and social distancing create even more roadblocks. How can managed service providers (MSPs) who want to add cybersecurity services to their offering get started in today’s virtual business world? Recently, Acronis Chief Channel Evangelist Amy Luby sat down (virtually) with Erick Simpson, co-founder of one of the first pure-play MSPs in the industry and the creator of the MSP Mastered methodology, to get his insights into how MSPs can successfully sell security in a virtual environment.
September 24, 2020  — 3 min read
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September 24, 2020  — 3 min read
Enhancing IT productivity: The secret to fast-tracking MSP success
Even when world-class systems are in place and teams are communicating and working toward the same goal, mistakes can happen. In 2019, the Starliner spacecraft missed its rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS), despite having teams and technologies from NASA, SpaceX, and Boeing working together in an environment of cooperation and openness – and Boeing having spent $1.5 billion to get it right. Complexity can cause serious issues. That’s true for space exploration and the efficient use of software. So if things can go bad for teams working together, imagine the costly miscommunications that can happen in an environment that’s developed not by partners but by competitors. Unfortunately, that’s the kind of environment most MSPs rely on today since they’ve built their services on solutions that communicate (often poorly) via APIs.
September 24, 2020  — 5 min read
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September 24, 2020  — 5 min read
Selling cyber protection: Embracing the opportunity at #AcronisCyberSummit
The need for organizations to modernize their data protection and cybersecurity has become clear, which is why 72% of global organizations have seen their IT costs ramp up. There is a tremendous business opportunity in getting organizations #CyberFit – but how can those with the technical skills take advantage of it if they are not a natural marketer or salesperson. A new track of sessions at the Acronis Global Cyber Summit 2020 will deliver the help they need to crack the code of that opportunity – enabling them to sell cyber protection so they can grow and strengthen their business.
September 23, 2020  — 2 min read
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September 23, 2020  — 2 min read
How to Modernize Your Data Protection and Cybersecurity Operations at #AcronisCyberSummit
Our world is rapidly changing. The Enterprise and IT Professionals track at the Acronis Global Cyber Summit is designed to reflect that – and enable you to be prepared for it – this year. Today, we're taking a deep dive into this Summit track and highlighting sessions you definitely won't want to miss.
September 17, 2020  — 7 min read
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September 17, 2020  — 7 min read
Pandemic protection lessons: IT teams reflect on their cyber readiness
The COVID pandemic threw the strengths and weaknesses of organizational IT stacks into sharp relief. Now – half a year after most offices closed and work transitioned to remote work environments – we’re taking a look back at how businesses around the world performed through the sudden, dramatic shift. To do that, we surveyed more than 3,000 remote workers and IT managers around the world about their experiences both during and following the migration to remote work environments in our first Acronis Cyber Readiness Report. Learn how IT teams at organizations worldwide led their organizations through the unexpected, navigated a sudden jump in environment and security complexity, and how your team can stay prepared for the next challenges that are in store with this report deep-dive.