MSPAlliance Blog

5 MSP Trends From a Week of Peer Conversations

What MSP owners in Chicago and Toronto said about AI services, governance, compliance, vendor fatigue, and proving operational maturity.

Charles Weaver

Google Workspace for MSPs: Why It’s a Bigger Opportunity Than You Think

Google Workspace is more than a licensing sideline. Learn how MSPs can turn support, security, backup, migration, and advisory into recurring revenue.

Charles Weaver

MSPAlliance Applauds Department of Defense Suspension of CMMC Phase II, Calls for Smarter Cybersecurity Reform

MSP professional association says pause creates opportunity to strengthen cybersecurity while preserving the health of the Defense Industrial Base

Charles Weaver

CMMC Phase II Suspension: A Necessary Reset for the Defense Industrial Base

Charles Weaver

Cyber Verify vs. The Alternatives

Enterprise compliance platforms are priced for the Fortune 500, and lightweight MSP tools leave you on your own. Here’s how Cyber Verify compares — and why it’s built for how MSPs actually work.

MSPAlliance, Monjur, and UKON Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance MSP Operational Excellence

Charles Weaver

MSPAlliance Launches AI Risk Visibility in Cyber Verify, Bringing Real‑Time Oversight to AI‑Enabled Vendor Ecosystems

Charles Weaver

The MSP Profession Isn’t Up for Grabs. It Already Has Structure.

Charles Weaver

The Unified Certification Standard: 21 Years of Defining MSP Excellence

Charles Weaver

MSPAlliance Launches Service Lines in Cyber Verify to Simplify Compliance Reporting for Managed Service Providers

Charles Weaver

The Role of the MSP in Compliance

Charles Weaver

Managed Services Predictions for 2026

Charles Weaver

Federal vs. State Regulation of Artificial Intelligence: Implications for United States National Cyber Hygiene and the Role of Managed Service Providers

Charles Weaver

What Is the True Meaning of MSP? Understanding the Managed Services Profession

Charles Weaver

MSPAlliance’s Cyber Verify Provides Key to Texas’ New Safe Harbor Law

Charles Weaver

MSPAlliance® Unveils Revolutionary Cyber Verify AI Engine to Transform MSP Operations

Charles Weaver

MSPAlliance Welcomes David Kubick as Strategic Advisor

Charles Weaver

Cyber Verify Unveils Groundbreaking Enhancements to MSP Compliance Platform, Introducing Next-Generation Maturity Scoring and Seamless API Integration

Charles Weaver

Shaping the Future of Managed Services: Our Vision for 2025 and Beyond

Celia Weaver

Top MSP Standards Group Calls for State Cyber Immunity Legislation to Strengthen National Cybersecurity

Charles Weaver

Proposal for State Cyber Immunity Legislation

Charles Weaver

Premier MSP Compliance Program Introduces Advanced Compliance Response Center

Charles Weaver

MSPAlliance Achieves SOC 2 Audit

Charles Weaver

Pioneering MSP Standards

Charles Weaver

N-able and MSPAlliance Join Forces to Help MSPs Navigate Cybersecurity Compliance Requirements

Charles Weaver

Managed Services Immunity: A New Policy Approach to Comprehensive Cyber Legislation

Charles Weaver

When MSPs Get Sued

Charles Weaver

Leading MSP Compliance Program Releases Easy to Use Compliance Tools for MSPs (Managed Services Providers) of all Sizes and Maturity Levels

Charles Weaver

Are MSPs Prepared for the End of Ransomware Payments?

Charles Weaver

Remembering Mike Cullen

Charles Weaver

The MSP M&A Challenge

Charles Weaver

Implementing Effective Change Management in Your Managed Services Practice

Charles Weaver

Navigating the Complex Landscape of CMMC for MSPs

Charles Weaver

MSP Compliance Defined

Charles Weaver

New Book on Managed Services and Cyber Security Looks at the History and Future of the Profession

Charles Weaver

New MSP Peer Group Revolutionizes MSP Leadership and Networking

Charles Weaver

MSPAlliance Launches MSP Compliance as a Service Platform

Charles Weaver

2023 Outlook for Managed Services Profession

Charles Weaver

Position Paper on UK’s NIS Regulation 2018 Updates for Managed Service Providers

Charles Weaver

MSPs Lower Risk

Charles Weaver

Can your MSP Practice Grow Too Fast?

Charles Weaver

Managed Security vs. Security

Charles Weaver

How to Avoid Cybersecurity Burnout

Charles Weaver

MSP Best Practices Series: The Service Catalog

Charles Weaver

The MSPVerse - Weekly Managed Services News and Analysis for the Week Ending May 13, 2022

Charles Weaver

MSP/Cloud Verify Tip of the Week #4

Charles Weaver

MSP/Cloud Verify Tip of the Week #3

Charles Weaver

MSP/Cloud Verify Tip of the Week #2

Charles Weaver

MSP/Cloud Verify Tip of the Week #1

Charles Weaver

MSP Best Practices Series: Picking the Right MSP Tools

Charles Weaver

MSP Best Practices Series: The Business Plan

Charles Weaver

The MSPVerse - Weekly Managed Services News and Analysis for the Week Ending April 15, 2022

Charles Weaver

Singapore “MSP” Licensing Framework Creates Greater Risk for Consumers

Charles Weaver

The MSPVerse - Weekly Managed Services News and Analysis for the Week Ending April 8, 2022

Charles Weaver

MSPAlliance Launches Initiative to Solve MSP Cybersecurity Talent Crisis

Charles Weaver

The MSPVerse – Weekly Managed Services News and Analysis for the Week Ending March 18, 2022

Charles Weaver

The MSPVerse – Weekly Managed Services News and Analysis for the Week Ending March 11, 2022

Charles Weaver

The MSPVerse - Weekly Managed Services News and Analysis for the Week Ending March 4, 2022

Charles Weaver

The MSPVerse - Weekly Managed Services News and Analysis for the Week Ending February 25, 2022

Charles Weaver

The MSPVerse - Weekly Managed Services News and Analysis for the Week Ending February 18, 2022

Charles Weaver

The MSPVerse - Managed Services News and Analysis for the Week Ending February 11, 2022

Charles Weaver

The Argument for MSP Specific Cyber Standards

Charles Weaver

A Response from the MSP Profession Concerning Cyber Attacks

Charles Weaver

2021 - The Managed Services Year in Review Webinar Recording

Charles Weaver

Recording: A Review of the MSP M&A Landscape Webinar

Charles Weaver

MSPAlliance Leadership Council Forms Vendor Council to Address Managed Services Supply Chain Risk

Charles Weaver

Cloud Nationalism in 2022

Charles Weaver

Changes Are Needed in the Managed Services Profession

Charles Weaver

Recording: Turning Off the RMM: What Should MSPs Do?

Charles Weaver

Internal Security for the Modern MSP

Charles Weaver

(Webinar) Protect Your MSP Practice in an Era of Ransomware

Charles Weaver

MSPAlliance Creating Trusted Vendor Community for MSPs

Celia Weaver

MSPAlliance Updates MSP/Cloud Verify Standard To Address Cybersecurity and MSP Assurance

Charles Weaver

The Myth of the MSP Roll-up

Charles Weaver

Insurance is Driving Managed Services Compliance

Charles Weaver

What do your Clients Think They are Buying?

Charles Weaver

MSP Security Changes Coming Soon

Charles Weaver

MSPs and Customer IT Security

Charles Weaver

Master MSP Resurgence, or Something Else?

Charles Weaver

Some Good News for MSPs in 2021

Charles Weaver

Louisiana is the Model for Future MSP Regulation

Charles Weaver

Edafio Technology Company Completes MSP Verify Certification with SOC 2 Type II Audit

Celia Weaver

MSPs and the private cloud: Are you equipped for the growth opportunity?

Charles Weaver

Managed Service Provider Community Addresses Industry Regulation, Security, and Transparency in 2021

Charles Weaver

US IT Job Losses Mean Big Opportunities for MSPs in 2021

Charles Weaver

Datto Q3 Financials Shows Managed Services Strength

Charles Weaver

Has the Pandemic Impacted Managed Services Investment?

Charles Weaver

Datto IPO More Good News for Managed Services Industry

Charles Weaver

US Healthcare Sector Under Increasing Threat of Ransomware

Charles Weaver

Hackers Don't Want to Mess with MSPs

Charles Weaver

LogMeIn to present at MSP World Virtual 2020

Charles Weaver

Managed Services is Security

Charles Weaver

The Pandemic Managed Services Gold Rush is Happening Now

Charles Weaver

MSP Flexibility in Contracts

Charles Weaver

Use Service Agreements to Encourage Positive Cyber Hygiene

Charles Weaver

What Can Replace MSP Regulation?

Charles Weaver

Managed Services 2020 Mid-Year Review

Charles Weaver

Is Your MSP Practice Ready for the Pandemic Recovery?

Charles Weaver

Five Critical Elements MSPs Must Focus on During COVID-19 Recovery

Charles Weaver

Defining the Amateur MSP

Charles Weaver

MSPs Are Impacted by Client Risk

Charles Weaver

MSP RMM Vendor Datto Files for IPO

Charles Weaver

To Government Regulators: Don't Confuse Break-fix Providers with MSPs

Charles Weaver

Is There a Future for the Amateur MSP?

Charles Weaver

What Does the MSPAlliance Do for MSPs?

Charles Weaver

Do Insurance Companies Understand MSP Cyber Risk?

Charles Weaver

It’s Time to Rethink Monthly Managed Services Agreements

Charles Weaver

Safe Managed Services Transparency and Accountability

Charles Weaver

Bring Your Own Security - Is it Enough?

Charles Weaver

Should you Charge More for Managing Regulated Data?

Charles Weaver

Analysis of New MSP Registration Law

Charles Weaver

MSP Registration - A new Era for Managed Service Providers

Charles Weaver

It's Time to Rebalance Your Client Portfolio

Charles Weaver

What is the Definition of Managed Services?

Charles Weaver

RMM Security Strategies for MSPs

Charles Weaver

How to Solve the MSP Staffing Gap

Charles Weaver

MSPs: Don’t be over audited

Charles Weaver

Do MSPs need certification if they don't have a datacenter?

Charles Weaver

Flattening the Cyber Risk Curve

Charles Weaver

PC Matic and MSPAlliance Form Joint Program to Promote MSP Cyber Security Transparency

Charles Weaver

Securing the New Remote Worker

Charles Weaver

Legal Tips for Dealing with MSP Clients During Pandemic

Charles Weaver

Risk-Based Pricing 2.0

Charles Weaver

IoT Managed Services...Coming Soon to an MSP Near You

Charles Weaver

Are MSP Contracts Getting Shorter?

Charles Weaver

MSPs Not Providing Security Might Be Irrelevant

Charles Weaver

Managed Security: The Mary Poppins Method

Charles Weaver

Easy MSP Compliance Tips for Beginners

Charles Weaver

Augmentt Aims to Disrupt MSP Platform Tools

Charles Weaver

Is it Time to Tear Up Your Master Service Agreement?

Charles Weaver

How are MSPs Doing in the Fight Against COVID-19?

Charles Weaver

MSP Wages: What’s Ahead in 2020

Charles Weaver

Are Changes Coming for MSP Growth?

Charles Weaver

How MSPs Are Supporting Customers During the COVID-19 Crisis

Charles Weaver

Education is Crucial to Winning the Cybersecurity Fight

Charles Weaver

Boom Times for MSPs In Post COVID-19 Recovery?

Charles Weaver

Is COVID-19 the end of break/fix?

Charles Weaver

CARES Act: Should MSPs Participate?

Charles Weaver

MSP Staffing Shortage Could be Coming To An End

Charles Weaver

MSPs Must Stay in the Fight

Charles Weaver

MSP Compliance Made Easy

Charles Weaver

Supporting New Remote Work Businesses

Charles Weaver

MSPs Are Vital to the Fight Against Coronavirus

Charles Weaver

Keep Your Remote MSP Workers Safe

Charles Weaver

Open Letter to Government Regulators Regarding MSP Security

Charles Weaver

Stop Losing Managed Services Deals Because of This

Charles Weaver

Coronavirus & MSPs

Charles Weaver

An MSP’s Best Weapon Against the Unknown

Charles Weaver

Growth at the expense of security

Charles Weaver

Two Solutions to the MSP Human Talent Shortage

Charles Weaver

A Response to Public Criticism of MSPs

Charles Weaver

MSP Lists vs. Certifications

Charles Weaver

Should MSPs Pay Ransomware Demands?

Charles Weaver

Who is Your Internal MSP Security Officer?

Charles Weaver

How MSPs can Limit Legal Liability

Charles Weaver

Time to Review Your Internal MSP Security

Charles Weaver

My Advice for MSPs in 2020

Charles Weaver

CCPA Readiness Guide for MSPs

Charles Weaver

Email Security Tools: M&A and Market Share

Charles Weaver

Continuum, ConnectWise, and the Purchasing Power of MSPs

Charles Weaver

Analysis of the ConnectWise Acquisition of Continuum

Charles Weaver

Could you get sued for bad IT management?

Charles Weaver

MSPAlliance Develops Cyber Risk Rating for Cloud and Managed Service Providers

Celia Weaver

MSPWorld Delegates Will Be Shaping the 2020 Managed Services Profession

Charles Weaver

The MSP Profession is Ours to Lose

Charles Weaver

SMBs Don't Understand Cyber Threats

Charles Weaver

Are Break-Fix Companies Breaking Managed Services

Charles Weaver

When the Press Gets it Wrong About MSPs

Charles Weaver

Compliance is the MSP Antidote to Commoditization

Charles Weaver

MSPs Need More Consulting

Charles Weaver

Monetizing Managed Security Is Easier Than You Think

Charles Weaver

An Investor's Guide to Managed Services

Charles Weaver

MSP Ticketing System Usage and Projections

Charles Weaver

Webinar: Protect Your MSP Practice

Charles Weaver

Security Personnel Scarcity Will Bolster Managed Security Providers

Charles Weaver

This Isn't The Peak of Managed Services

Charles Weaver

Are You Protecting Your Managed Services Value?

Charles Weaver

What MSPAlliance members need to know about Sodinokibi

Charles Weaver

Capital One Breach...Lessons Learned

Charles Weaver

The Managed Services Industry Has Gone Pro

Charles Weaver

TechDirect Helps Dell Expert Network Members Boost Productivity

Charles Weaver

Be As Compliant As Your Customer

Charles Weaver

Why Small Business is at Risk

Charles Weaver

Data Protection Laws are Forcing the Adoption of Managed Services

Charles Weaver

Is it time to rethink all-you-can-eat contracts?

Charles Weaver

Could Reactive IT Providers Be Out of Business in 5 Years?

Charles Weaver

MSPs: Don't Mix Your Reactive and Proactive IT

Charles Weaver

Datto Report Highlights Key Security Areas for MSPs

Charles Weaver

MSPs Can't Avoid Managed Security

Charles Weaver

The Liability of Break/Fix Clients

Charles Weaver

How Many MSPs Are There?

Charles Weaver

Dell Expert Network Is a One-Stop Shop for MSPs and IT Consultants

Celia Weaver

A World Without MSPs

Charles Weaver

Leading MSP and Cloud Certification Program Increases Emphasis on Cybersecurity and MSP Best Practices

Charles Weaver

How to Select a MSP

Charles Weaver

Security Isn't Just Theory

Charles Weaver

MSPs: Are You Practicing Good Cyber Hygiene

Charles Weaver

When Was The Last Time You Updated Your SLA?

Charles Weaver

Keep Your VAR Away From My MSP

Charles Weaver

The Best Motives for M&A in Managed Services

Charles Weaver