AI is no longer an experimental add-on for managed service providers. In 2026, it’s becoming a baseline expectation for small and midsize businesses looking to scale, improve efficiency, and stay competitive. For MSPs, that shift creates a clear opportunity, and a growing challenge. Many providers understand AI’s potential but still struggle to turn it into…
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The MSP Guide to Building an AI Strategy for SMBs in 2026
AI is no longer an experimental add-on for managed service providers. In 2026, it’s becoming a baseline expectation for small and midsize businesses looking to scale, improve efficiency, and stay competitive. For MSPs, that shift creates a clear opportunity, and a growing challenge. Many providers understand AI’s potential but still struggle to turn it into…
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The MSP Guide to Building an AI Strategy for SMBs in 2026
AI is no longer an experimental add-on for managed service providers. In 2026, it’s becoming a baseline expectation for small and midsize businesses looking to scale, improve efficiency, and stay competitive. For MSPs, that shift creates a clear opportunity, and a growing challenge. Many providers understand AI’s potential but still struggle to turn it into…
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What Integris’ AIOps Framework Signals for MSPs & SMBs
As MSPs race to turn AI experimentation into repeatable business value, Integris is betting that disciplined internal operations, and not tooling alone, are the key to making AI work for SMBs. In an interview with Channel Insider, Integris CIO Dr. Brian Luckey and Chief Transformation Officer Kris Laskarzewski described how more than a year of…
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What Integris’ AIOps Framework Signals for MSPs & SMBs
As MSPs race to turn AI experimentation into repeatable business value, Integris is betting that disciplined internal operations, and not tooling alone, are the key to making AI work for SMBs. In an interview with Channel Insider, Integris CIO Dr. Brian Luckey and Chief Transformation Officer Kris Laskarzewski described how more than a year of…
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What Integris’ AIOps Framework Signals for MSPs & SMBs
As MSPs race to turn AI experimentation into repeatable business value, Integris is betting that disciplined internal operations, and not tooling alone, are the key to making AI work for SMBs. In an interview with Channel Insider, Integris CIO Dr. Brian Luckey and Chief Transformation Officer Kris Laskarzewski described how more than a year of…
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January 2026 M&A Recap: Channel Orgs Set to Expand Capabilities
January is now in the book, and channel organizations have made a number of early-year acquisitions to boost their capabilities and to better serve customers. Channel Insider has rounded up key mergers and acquisitions that have highlighted the start of Q1 2026. Service provider consolidation continues across ServiceNow, VMware ecosystems and more CoreX expands ServiceNow…
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Ten career-ending mistakes CISOs make and how to avoid them
The Chief Information Security Officer role has become one of the most precarious positions in the C-suite. According to a Hitch Partners study, the average CISO tenure is 39 months — a timeframe that reflects the intense pressure and high stakes of the position. With 77% of CISOs fearing dismissal after a major breach, the…
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Nearly 5 Million Web Servers Found Exposing Git Metadata – Study Reveals Widespread Risk of Code and Credential Leaks
A study found nearly 5 million servers exposing Git metadata, with 250,000 leaking deployment credentials via .git/config files. A new 2026 study by the Mysterium VPN research team reveals that nearly 5 million public web servers are exposing Git repository metadata — with over 250,000 of them exposing .git/config files containing deployment credentials. Such misconfigurations…
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Legacy Investing Taps Jackie Steinberg as First Channel Chief
Legacy Investing has named longtime channel executive Jackie Steinberg as its first Channel Chief, signaling a deeper push into a channel-first strategy to help data center users secure near-term, ready-for-service power capacity. The newly created role positions Steinberg to work alongside co-founder and managing partner Daniel English to build out a partner-led go-to-market approach focused…
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Arctiq Adds Verinext in Services Platform Expansion
Arctiq has acquired Verinext, combining two established IT services providers to expand capabilities across managed services, security, infrastructure, and automation as customers look to consolidate technology partners. The deal, announced Tuesday, brings Verinext into Arctiq’s growing portfolio and is backed by private equity firm Gallant Capital Partners, the majority owner of Arctiq. Financial terms of…
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January 2026 Leadership Moves Across the Channel, Part 1
Newly created roles and chief customer officers are defining the beginning of the year. As we start the new year, a significant number of leadership moves have been made across the channel. This is just part one of the January 2026 leadership recap. Let’s dive in and stay tuned for the follow-up story later this…
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How Threat Intelligence Helps Protect Financial Organizations from Business Risk
The financial sector resembles a treasure vault under constant siege. Banks, insurers, and fintech firms are not just custodians of money. They are guardians of irreplaceable personal and corporate data, payment flows, transactional integrity, and trust itself. When cybercriminals strike, the ripple effects cascade outward, threatening individual savings, corporate balance sheets, national infrastructures, and broader economic confidence. The Biggest…
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Why boards should be obsessed with their most ‘boring’ systems
Following a series of high-profile cyberattacks, boards of directors are now requiring their organizations to take greater responsibility for the risks posed by enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems pose after a series of high-profile cyberattacks. The Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), incident in Sept. 2025 illustrates the severe consequences of such attacks. The cyberattack forced JLR…
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Explore scaling options for AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory
You can use AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory as your primary Active Directory Forest for hosting your users’ identities. Your IT teams can continue using existing skills and applications while your organization benefits from the enhanced security, reliability, and scalability of AWS managed services. You can also run AWS Managed Microsoft AD as…
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Explore scaling options for AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory
You can use AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory as your primary Active Directory Forest for hosting your users’ identities. Your IT teams can continue using existing skills and applications while your organization benefits from the enhanced security, reliability, and scalability of AWS managed services. You can also run AWS Managed Microsoft AD as…
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Explore scaling options for AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory
You can use AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory as your primary Active Directory Forest for hosting your users’ identities. Your IT teams can continue using existing skills and applications while your organization benefits from the enhanced security, reliability, and scalability of AWS managed services. You can also run AWS Managed Microsoft AD as…
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Explore scaling options for AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory
You can use AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory as your primary Active Directory Forest for hosting your users’ identities. Your IT teams can continue using existing skills and applications while your organization benefits from the enhanced security, reliability, and scalability of AWS managed services. You can also run AWS Managed Microsoft AD as…
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Real-time malware defense: Leveraging AWS Network Firewall active threat defense
Cyber threats are evolving faster than traditional security defense can respond; workloads with potential security issues are discovered by threat actors within 90 seconds, with exploitation attempts beginning within 3 minutes. Threat actors are quickly evolving their attack methodologies, resulting in new malware variants, exploit techniques, and evasion tactics. They also rotate their infrastructure—IP addresses,…
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Real-time malware defense: Leveraging AWS Network Firewall active threat defense
Cyber threats are evolving faster than traditional security defense can respond; workloads with potential security issues are discovered by threat actors within 90 seconds, with exploitation attempts beginning within 3 minutes. Threat actors are quickly evolving their attack methodologies, resulting in new malware variants, exploit techniques, and evasion tactics. They also rotate their infrastructure—IP addresses,…
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Real-time malware defense: Leveraging AWS Network Firewall active threat defense
Cyber threats are evolving faster than traditional security defense can respond; workloads with potential security issues are discovered by threat actors within 90 seconds, with exploitation attempts beginning within 3 minutes. Threat actors are quickly evolving their attack methodologies, resulting in new malware variants, exploit techniques, and evasion tactics. They also rotate their infrastructure—IP addresses,…
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Real-time malware defense: Leveraging AWS Network Firewall active threat defense
Cyber threats are evolving faster than traditional security defense can respond; workloads with potential security issues are discovered by threat actors within 90 seconds, with exploitation attempts beginning within 3 minutes. Threat actors are quickly evolving their attack methodologies, resulting in new malware variants, exploit techniques, and evasion tactics. They also rotate their infrastructure—IP addresses,…
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Real-time malware defense: Leveraging AWS Network Firewall active threat defense
Cyber threats are evolving faster than traditional security defense can respond; workloads with potential security issues are discovered by threat actors within 90 seconds, with exploitation attempts beginning within 3 minutes. Threat actors are quickly evolving their attack methodologies, resulting in new malware variants, exploit techniques, and evasion tactics. They also rotate their infrastructure—IP addresses,…
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Real-time malware defense: Leveraging AWS Network Firewall active threat defense
Cyber threats are evolving faster than traditional security defense can respond; workloads with potential security issues are discovered by threat actors within 90 seconds, with exploitation attempts beginning within 3 minutes. Threat actors are quickly evolving their attack methodologies, resulting in new malware variants, exploit techniques, and evasion tactics. They also rotate their infrastructure—IP addresses,…
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CISO Spotlight: Lefteris Tzelepis on Leadership, Strategy, and the Modern Security Mandate
Lefteris Tzelepis, CISO at Steelmet /Viohalco Companies, was shaped by cybersecurity. From his early exposure to real-world attacks at the Greek Ministry of Defense to building and leading security programs inside complex enterprises, his career mirrors the evolution of the CISO role itself. Now a group CISO overseeing security across multiple organizations, Lefteris brings a…
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CISO Spotlight: Lefteris Tzelepis on Leadership, Strategy, and the Modern Security Mandate
Lefteris Tzelepis, CISO at Steelmet /Viohalco Companies, was shaped by cybersecurity. From his early exposure to real-world attacks at the Greek Ministry of Defense to building and leading security programs inside complex enterprises, his career mirrors the evolution of the CISO role itself. Now a group CISO overseeing security across multiple organizations, Lefteris brings a…
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CISO Spotlight: Lefteris Tzelepis on Leadership, Strategy, and the Modern Security Mandate
Lefteris Tzelepis, CISO at Steelmet /Viohalco Companies, was shaped by cybersecurity. From his early exposure to real-world attacks at the Greek Ministry of Defense to building and leading security programs inside complex enterprises, his career mirrors the evolution of the CISO role itself. Now a group CISO overseeing security across multiple organizations, Lefteris brings a…
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CISO Spotlight: Lefteris Tzelepis on Leadership, Strategy, and the Modern Security Mandate
Lefteris Tzelepis, CISO at Steelmet /Viohalco Companies, was shaped by cybersecurity. From his early exposure to real-world attacks at the Greek Ministry of Defense to building and leading security programs inside complex enterprises, his career mirrors the evolution of the CISO role itself. Now a group CISO overseeing security across multiple organizations, Lefteris brings a…
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CISO Spotlight: Lefteris Tzelepis on Leadership, Strategy, and the Modern Security Mandate
Lefteris Tzelepis, CISO at Steelmet /Viohalco Companies, was shaped by cybersecurity. From his early exposure to real-world attacks at the Greek Ministry of Defense to building and leading security programs inside complex enterprises, his career mirrors the evolution of the CISO role itself. Now a group CISO overseeing security across multiple organizations, Lefteris brings a…
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CISO Spotlight: Lefteris Tzelepis on Leadership, Strategy, and the Modern Security Mandate
Lefteris Tzelepis, CISO at Steelmet /Viohalco Companies, was shaped by cybersecurity. From his early exposure to real-world attacks at the Greek Ministry of Defense to building and leading security programs inside complex enterprises, his career mirrors the evolution of the CISO role itself. Now a group CISO overseeing security across multiple organizations, Lefteris brings a…
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CISO Spotlight: Lefteris Tzelepis on Leadership, Strategy, and the Modern Security Mandate
Lefteris Tzelepis, CISO at Steelmet /Viohalco Companies, was shaped by cybersecurity. From his early exposure to real-world attacks at the Greek Ministry of Defense to building and leading security programs inside complex enterprises, his career mirrors the evolution of the CISO role itself. Now a group CISO overseeing security across multiple organizations, Lefteris brings a…
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CISO Spotlight: Lefteris Tzelepis on Leadership, Strategy, and the Modern Security Mandate
Lefteris Tzelepis, CISO at Steelmet /Viohalco Companies, was shaped by cybersecurity. From his early exposure to real-world attacks at the Greek Ministry of Defense to building and leading security programs inside complex enterprises, his career mirrors the evolution of the CISO role itself. Now a group CISO overseeing security across multiple organizations, Lefteris brings a…
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CISO Spotlight: Lefteris Tzelepis on Leadership, Strategy, and the Modern Security Mandate
Lefteris Tzelepis, CISO at Steelmet /Viohalco Companies, was shaped by cybersecurity. From his early exposure to real-world attacks at the Greek Ministry of Defense to building and leading security programs inside complex enterprises, his career mirrors the evolution of the CISO role itself. Now a group CISO overseeing security across multiple organizations, Lefteris brings a…
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GuardDuty Extended Threat Detection uncovers cryptomining campaign on Amazon EC2 and Amazon ECS
Amazon GuardDuty and our automated security monitoring systems identified an ongoing cryptocurrency (crypto) mining campaign beginning on November 2, 2025. The operation uses compromised AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) credentials to target Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). GuardDuty Extended Threat Detection was able to correlate signals…
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GuardDuty Extended Threat Detection uncovers cryptomining campaign on Amazon EC2 and Amazon ECS
Amazon GuardDuty and our automated security monitoring systems identified an ongoing cryptocurrency (crypto) mining campaign beginning on November 2, 2025. The operation uses compromised AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) credentials to target Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). GuardDuty Extended Threat Detection was able to correlate signals…
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GuardDuty Extended Threat Detection uncovers cryptomining campaign on Amazon EC2 and Amazon ECS
Amazon GuardDuty and our automated security monitoring systems identified an ongoing cryptocurrency (crypto) mining campaign beginning on November 2, 2025. The operation uses compromised AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) credentials to target Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). GuardDuty Extended Threat Detection was able to correlate signals…
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GuardDuty Extended Threat Detection uncovers cryptomining campaign on Amazon EC2 and Amazon ECS
Amazon GuardDuty and our automated security monitoring systems identified an ongoing cryptocurrency (crypto) mining campaign beginning on November 2, 2025. The operation uses compromised AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) credentials to target Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). GuardDuty Extended Threat Detection was able to correlate signals…
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You Trust Your Helm Charts — Here’s Why That’s a Huge Mistake That Could Lead to a Cloud Breach
Helm has revolutionized how Kubernetes applications are deployed. A single helm install can launch a fully functioning stack in seconds. But a new report by Microsoft Defender for Cloud reveals a disturbing truth: many Helm charts are insecure by default, and their convenience often comes at the cost of exposure. The report, The Risk of…
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Australians Hit With One Cyber Attack Every Second in 2024
Australia saw a record surge in cyber attacks in 2024, with data breaches escalating. Experts warn of rising risks as hackers may exploit AI-driven tactics.
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Phishing Emails Targeting Australian Firms Rise by 30% in 2024
For the APAC region as a whole, credential phishing attacks rose by 30.5% between 2023 and 2024.
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5 Emerging AI Threats Australian Cyber Pros Must Watch in 2025
AI cloning and deepfakes rank among the top challenges for Australian cybersecurity professionals in 2025.
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APAC: Ransomware to Cause ‘Bumpy’ Security Ride in 2025
Cashed-up ransomware criminals may exploit more zero days while potential blanket ransomware payment bans hang over defenders like a shadow.
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Australian IT Pros Urged to Guard Against Chinese Cybersecurity Threats
Australian IT pros are urged to strengthen defenses as Chinese cyber threats target critical infrastructure and sensitive data.
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What is Malware and its types?
The term “malicious software” is shortened to “malware.” Malware is invasive software that is purposefully created to harm computers and computer networks. On the other hand, software that unintentionally causes harm is typically called a software bug. Occasionally, inquiries are made regarding the distinction between malware and viruses. The distinction is that ransomware, which encompasses…
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What is meant by “cybersecurity”?
The process of protecting networks, computers, servers, mobile devices, electronic systems, and data from malicious attacks is known as cybersecurity. It is also referred to as electronic information security or information technology security. The term can be categorized into a few common categories and is used in various contexts, including business and mobile computing. The…
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Ossia’s Wireless Power: The Most Revolutionary Technology You’ve Never Heard Of
Ossia is a fascinating company and technology. What Ossia sells is a wireless power solution that, unlike the inductive wireless technology currently being used for devices and electric cars, can transmit up to eight meters (around 26 feet). That’s roughly 20 feet more than the typical limits of inductive technology. Ossia’s wireless power solution can’t…
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Ossia’s Wireless Power: The Most Revolutionary Technology You’ve Never Heard Of
Ossia is a fascinating company and technology. What Ossia sells is a wireless power solution that, unlike the inductive wireless technology currently being used for devices and electric cars, can transmit up to eight meters (around 26 feet). That’s roughly 20 feet more than the typical limits of inductive technology. Ossia’s wireless power solution can’t…
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Intel’s Fab Moves in Europe Could Change Chip Industry
For much of the last two decades, the microprocessor market has been defined by companies divorcing themselves from manufacturing to focus solely on design and sales. But since the pandemic, and now the war in Ukraine, it has become clear that this business model puts too much manufacturing capacity in Asia and creates huge supply…
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Intel’s Fab Moves in Europe Could Change Chip Industry
For much of the last two decades, the microprocessor market has been defined by companies divorcing themselves from manufacturing to focus solely on design and sales. But since the pandemic, and now the war in Ukraine, it has become clear that this business model puts too much manufacturing capacity in Asia and creates huge supply…
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Seven 5G Applications of the Future
5G capabilities are being built into more and more devices. Beyond just connecting mobile devices and laptops to networks, what other applications of 5G might we see in the future? To help you better understand what kind of applications of 5G you can expect to see, we asked tech experts and business leaders this question…
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Seven 5G Applications of the Future
5G capabilities are being built into more and more devices. Beyond just connecting mobile devices and laptops to networks, what other applications of 5G might we see in the future? To help you better understand what kind of applications of 5G you can expect to see, we asked tech experts and business leaders this question…