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Many businesses are unsure how to protect themselves and recover against ransomware. While layered protection is always recommended, backup strategies are among the most important defenses against ransomware. This podcast explores mitigation techniques from top to bottom, such as backup strategies, user monitoring, immutable storage, 2FA, disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS), email notifications, and more.

Many SMBs work with MSPs to secure their businesses with technology solutions. This approach offers a strong level of defense and protection, but unfortunately, employees can be the weakest link when it comes to cybersecurity. In fact, according to our research, 58% of email users open emails from unknown senders regularly. Security Awareness Training mitigates these risks, but some SMBs fail to see the value. This podcast builds a case for Security Awareness Training (SAT) and provides tips for encouraging SMBs to add this layer of protection to their arsenal. 

As the Solar Winds and the Colonial Pipeline attacks showed, supply chain disruptions can have devastating consequences for workers, businesses, and consumers. Grayson Milbourne, Director of Security Intelligence at Webroot, an OpenText company, joins the podcast to address these recent attacks and their implications for SMBs and MSPs.

Cybercrime caused major problems for both individuals and businesses last year, with ransomware, malware, and phishing attacks growing increasingly frequent. Luckily, Grayson Milbourne, Director of Security Intelligence at Webroot, an OpenText company, was able to join host Joe Panettieri for a far-reaching conversation about the Webroot 2021 BrightCloud Threat Report. Their conversation covers the report’s main insights and offers advice for SMBs and MSPs attempting to navigate a complex threat landscape.

There was a meteoric rise in phishing last year, with Netflix and YouTube users experiencing a 646% and 3,000% increase, respectively. In this episode, host Joe Panettieri and Phil Karcher, Director of Product Management at Webroot, an OpenText company, delve into what we know, how "HTTPS" does not automatically equal safety and how MSPs and SMBs can stay protected.

You might be surprised to hear this episode's guest suggest MSPs don't start with technology when building a cyber resilient business. To protect themselves and their customers, sr. product marketing manager Holly Spiers says to start with your security gaps and the technology will follow.

This episode explores the critical importance of cyber resilience in a remote work world. Network security expert Jonathan Barnett will briefly explain the term cyber resilience and then dive into remote work cyber risks that MSPs and SMBs should address.

What is cyber resilience? How does it differ from cybersecurity? How can MSPs and SMBs take a more holistic approach to protecting themselves from today's attacks? Sr. Director of product management Nick Emanuel provides a roadmap for businesses looking to adopt a cyber resilience posture. 

DRaaS, BaaS, HWaaS, RPO, RTO...Too often discussions of data backup and recovery revert to an alphabet soup of acronyms. In this episode, host Joe Panettieri and guests cut through the confusion to focus on what MSPs and small businesses really need when it comes to data protection.

Gauging the risk of billions of data objects—URLs, IPs, apps, etc.—requires context. In this episode, OpenText's Cathy Yang explains how the Webroot Threat Investigator tool allows threat hunters to focus on the relationships between data points, gathered by real-word sensors, to create more actionable threat intelligence.

Atlanta, Baltimore, Knoxville: These cities were all struck by ransomware in recent years. Here, host Joe Panettieri and Webroot threat analyst Tyler Moffitt explore what makes the public sector an attractive target for ransomware actors and how MSPs can tailor their cybersecurity strategies for state and local governments. 

Host Joe Panettieri talks with Webroot engineering services manager Briana Butler about worrisome trends concerning women in cybersecurity, especially given the industry's skills gap and organizations working to address the problem.