Simply put: there aren’t enough skilled individuals to fill cybersecurity positions. In 2021, there were an estimated 3.5 million open job requisitions for cybersecurity professionals globally — with 465,000 in the United States alone. …

This article was written by Christopher Walker, Strategic Enterprise Consultant at TD SYNNEX. For many managed service providers (MSP), the search is constant to understand how others are finding success. Before the pandemic, many stakeholders at MSPs would glean how to improve performance by meeting with others in similar businesses…

According to the 2021 Gartner CIO Survey, more than 75% of employees expect to have future hybrid work environments, 64% are now able to work from home and 40% currently work from home.[1] Where we work has changed considerably. As a result, global public cloud services are projected to grow…

Nine out of 10 IT and security leaders believe their organizations are falling short in addressing cyber risks, according to IDG’s 2021 Security Priorities Study. As a result, they’re increasingly outsourcing security to managed services providers who can provide the expertise that may be missing due to skills and talent…

It’s said that Gartner coined the term “secure access service edge (SASE)” in 2019; it could hardly have been timelier. Just six months later, SASE took on new relevance as aging security stacks housed in data centers started creaking under the weight of massive disruption. It turns out that data…

If there were such a thing as a Cyberattack of the Month calendar, most months from the past two years would be filled with some big names: Travelex, the FBI and SolarWinds to name a few. It’s not hard to see why. According to a McKinsey survey of executives, businesses…

This article was written by Tracy Holtz, Vice President, Security Solutions for the Americas at TD SYNNEX. As an IT solutions partner, you work closely with clients on various technological infrastructures. You may provide professional services like hardware and software procurement, implementation, and support. You have also likely come to…

Smart MSPs are purchasing endpoint security licenses and using the software to deliver high-margin services. How does an MSP make more money in a post-Covid era? When you’re selling endpoint security software to customers, you often find yourself competing on price, but endpoint security is one of your customer’s biggest…

This article was written by Paul Roatta, CISSP, Strategic Enterprise Security Consultant, at TD SYNNEX. You never want to say “no” to a customer, especially when they’re asking about something as important as data and network security. …