TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2022

But as software customers tend to buy more over time, landing enterprise-scale accounts has often been a way for startups to not only secure new revenue in large chunks but also durable, self-expanding top line. SMB-focused startups have, too, but they’re rarer. You can’t make an SMB business. They churn fast.

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Kaseya

DECEMBER 8, 2020

A distributed workforce has once again highlighted the importance of security, and this is another area where SMBs have been increasingly turning to MSPs for guidance and solutions. The post SMB Technology Reliance Presents Huge Opportunities for MSPs appeared first on Kaseya. Read the complete blog post at Channel Futures.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

Hackers and researchers and cybersecurity, oh my! Ride-hail loyalty comes at a price : Uber is phasing out its free loyalty program in favor of its subscription-based Uber One membership, Rebecca reports. Black Hat and Def Con 2022 wrapped up last week, and Carly has more on what you might have missed.

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CIO

DECEMBER 5, 2024

For instance, 95% of SMB IT professionals feel confident in their generative AI (GenAI) skills, as compared to 81 percent of enterprise IT professionals. As a result, these will lead to increased operational costs for SMBs—expenses that these businesses could not afford.

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Kaseya

AUGUST 2, 2022

SMB priorities present opportunities for MSPs. Maintaining cybersecurity is essential but challenging. SMBs make an attractive target because they lack a solid security framework and often do not have the right resources and knowledge on how to build one. Most SMBs walk the tightrope between cost and productivity.

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CTOvision

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Small to medium-sized businesses are embracing the cloud, are going mobile and face mounting cybersecurity concerns, especially from ransomware attacks. Amid all of this, SMB owners and IT leaders are busy running their businesses, and don’t often have time to stay on top of the key technologies and IT trends affecting the SMB market.

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Darktrace

AUGUST 7, 2022

Making 'the next investment' in your cyber security can be a daunting task for an SMB. Discover how that investment can be maximized with AI.

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Tenable

JANUARY 3, 2025

1 - CISA: How VIPs and everyone else can secure their mobile phone use In light of the hacking of major telecom companies by China-affiliated cyber spies, highly targeted people should adopt security best practices to protect their cell phone communications. Dive into six things that are top of mind for the week ending Jan.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Now, one of the companies building security tools for SMBs has raised a round of funding to expand its business, underscoring the demand in the […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Mendel , a corporate spend management solution for enterprises in Latin America, announced today that it has secured $35 million in debt and equity. . all these companies are targeting the startups/SMB sector. ALLVP and Infinity Ventures, a firm founded by a trio of ex-PayPal execs, co-led the equity raise. In the U.S.,

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TechTalk

MARCH 17, 2021

As reported by TechGenix, Microsoft hasn’t said how many corporate and government Exchange customers have been exploited, but security expert Brian Krebs said the number is “at least 30,000” in the U.S. The post Microsoft Exchange breach underscores need for SMB multi-layered security first appeared on GFI Blog.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

The startup was founded on the premise that the need for “co-warehousing and SMB-centric logistics enablement solutions” has become a major problem for many new businesses that rely on online retail platforms to sell their goods, noted Scriven. Saltbox has locations slated to come online as large as 110,000 square feet, according to Scriven.

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Ivanti

MARCH 4, 2022

During the last 25 years, companies have relied on SMB protocol to allow them to collaborate and centralize corporate documents. The history of SMB (and why it's no longer relevant). The latest iteration, SMB 3.1.1, also made secure negotiation mandatory when connecting to clients using SMB 2.x was introduced with?Windows

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TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2022

SMBs are growing faster. The SMB sector is showing slightly stronger growth than large enterprises. For vendors targeting the SMB market, now is an excellent time to increase marketing spend and fortify lead generation and content marketing. Smaller accounts may yield more sales in the near term.

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Tenable

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The advisory notes that “certificates created using a version 1 certificate template with Source of subject name set to ‘Supplied in the request’” are potentially impacted if the template has not been secured according to best practices. Learn more about Tenable One , the Exposure Management Platform for the modern attack surface.

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Tenable

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Recent cloud security guidance from CISA and the NSA offers a wealth of recommendations to help organizations reduce risk. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Security Agency (NSA) released five best practices documents (found here ) that focus on cloud computing cybersecurity.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Instead of an SMB hiring out a person or a department to handle the basics of IT, 90% of which is maintenance and compliance, Electric software handles distribution, maintenance and security for an organization. Before Electric, there were two options for SMBs: build out your own IT department, or use a local IT provider.

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Tenable

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Tenable Research discovered an SMB force-authentication vulnerability in Open Policy Agent (OPA) that is now fixed in the latest release of OPA. This exploration led us to discover an SMB force-authentication vulnerability (CVSSv3 6.1) On Windows, this behavior triggers SMB authentication when a remote share is provided.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

Over the past year, Obie has secured insurance for over $3 billion worth of property. Generally SMB landlords have been ignored in the market, and there’s 11 million of them,” Aaron said. The company also claims to save policyholders up to 25-30% compared to other insurance premiums. The demand appears to be there.

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Tenable

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Twenty five years after the launch of CVE, the Tenable Security Response Team has handpicked 25 vulnerabilities that stand out for their significance. The Tenable Security Response Team has chosen to highlight the following 25 significant vulnerabilities, followed by links to product coverage for Tenable customers to utilize.

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Kaseya

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Here are some of the most interesting results from our 2019 Kaseya State of IT Operations Report for SMBs and how those translate into opportunities for MSPs. The top three priorities for SMBs are security (57 percent of respondents), reducing IT costs (35 percent) and delivering higher service levels/IT service availability (24 percent).

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Tenable

MARCH 10, 2020

Details about this vulnerability were originally disclosed accidentally in another security vendor’s blog for March’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday. Soon after their blog post was published, the vendor removed reference to the vulnerability, but security researchers already seized on its accidental disclosure. Get more information.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

Justworks, an SMB-focused HR software company, released an updated S-1A filing today, which Alex Wilhelm dissected in this morning’s edition of The Exchange. In the fast-evolving world of cybersecurity, being proactive can make or break companies and brands. AWS will buy a SaaS company, and other 2022 enterprise predictions.

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CableLabs

MAY 23, 2023

What should SMBs under attack do immediately, what decisions should they make and who should be part of the solution? How It Works The document’s first three main sections—Detection, Analysis and Response—identify the responsible, accountable, consulted and informed parties, along with the expected deliverables at each stage.

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Kaseya

OCTOBER 17, 2019

In fact, the Verizon 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) found that 43 percent of security breaches affect small businesses — that’s a pretty big number. And about 57 percent of the participants said ‘improving security’ is the topmost priority. 5 More Ways to Improve the IT Security of Your Business.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

So how do SMBs utilize LCNC platforms and stay relevant among larger businesses? Tech waves have shown to accelerate SMB business growth, and LCNC will have an equal, if not larger, impact on SMBs. To do so, those teams must have clear roles and responsibilities to deliver user experience and foster innovation.

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Kaseya

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

MSPs hold the keys to the kingdom when it comes to data access and, while a typical day won’t involve leaping from trains to protect it like the fictional professor, they still need to take action to keep themselves and their SMB customers safe. They can also jump from a partner or SMB customer over to you! Island Hopping.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Asset-based lending is any loan that’s secured by an asset. Rubenstein was also a co-founder of Yodle, an SMB digital marketing firm acquired by Web.com in 2016 for $342 million. If the loan isn’t repaid, the asset is collateral. TechCrunch’s weekly fintech newsletter, The Interchange, launched on May 1!

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CTOvision

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Here we are, nearly midway through the 16th annual National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM), and while the good news is many large enterprises are more locked down than they were five or six years ago, it’s clear SMBs need some help.

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Tenable

APRIL 8, 2021

In fact, having an inaccurate understanding of some aspects of vulnerability assessment likely isn't your fault at all: Certain myths about this unique aspect of cybersecurity have spread wildly in recent years. Just under 50% of SMBs were specifically hit with a ransomware attack. Let’s start myth-busting!

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DevOps.com

JUNE 28, 2022

This problem can be attributed to the widespread adoption of the internet-of-things (IoT) and the Windows Server Message Block (SMB), and neither can be avoided in the […]. During the first six months of 2021, IoT devices were breached 1.51 The post Chip-to-Cloud IoT: A Step Toward Web3 appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Tenable

DECEMBER 9, 2022

It was at around this time last year that the discovery of the zero-day Log4Shell vulnerability in the ubiquitous Log4j open source component sent shockwaves through the worlds of IT and cybersecurity. . 2 - OWASP’s top 10 CI/CD security risks. For more information: “ Implementing Phishing-resistent MFA ” (U.S.

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Kaseya

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Yet many businesses have not attempted to close this security gap. But, no one can afford to delay implementing basic security measures to protect the business. Another reason why enterprises may have weak access management processes is due to the poor alignment of cybersecurity and identity practices within the organization.

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CIO

MAY 22, 2024

While Kane shows clients how to save time and money using AI tools like Microsoft Copilot, many SMB customers still don’t see the value of generative AI in tasks like writing a newsletter, when the AI doesn’t have access to their internal data. They need to be shown how to really use the tool in order to use it effectively,” he says. “I

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Security patches will continue to be provided for another 18 months, until April 30, 2031. Dynamics 365 Business Central is Microsoft’s flagship SMB ERP product, optimized to help businesses thrive in a new world of cloud and AI computing,” Morton said in a blog post announcing the end of support.

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AWS Machine Learning - AI

JANUARY 29, 2025

In this post, we explore how to deploy distilled versions of DeepSeek-R1 with Amazon Bedrock Custom Model Import, making them accessible to organizations looking to use state-of-the-art AI capabilities within the secure and scalable AWS infrastructure at an effective cost.

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CTOvision

AUGUST 4, 2014

the market leader for user protection against advanced cybersecurity threats through the use of secure virtual containers, today announced updates to the Invincea platform with the general availability of FreeSpace™ 4.0 Security and usability go hand-in-hand in order to fully operationalize endpoint security.

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