The United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania both took steps recently to pass legislation around managed IT service providers (MSP) and cybersecurity. While these actions by themselves are not concerning, underlying assumptions surrounding the role of the MSP in our modern world should be triggering the alarm bells in every MSP operating throughout the world. 

Highlights:  

• MSPs need to test their internal cyber incident response plans
• Initiate client cyber response plans
• Stop taking the blame for poor customer cyber hygiene

MSP Zone Reading Materials: 

• https://www.computerweekly.com/microscope/news/252512236/MSPs-alerted-to-costs-of-potential-security-regulation-changes
• https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billInfo/billInfo.cfm?sYear=2021&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0726
• https://mspalliance.com/analysis-of-new-msp-registration-law/

 

This episode is sponsored by Stellar Cyber: Open XDR cybersecurity tools, cloud & network security solutions (stellarcyber.ai).