5 Signs You Should Re-Evaluate Your Relationship with Your MSSP

From Equifax to Yahoo, and Facebook to Marriott, large-scale data breaches impacting hundreds of millions of consumers have received their fair share of media attention in recent years. All this ink hasn't been spilled (or pixels displayed) in vain: there's growing awareness among business leaders of the security and privacy risks their organizations face, and increasing concern that their preparedness may be inadequate. In a recent PwC survey, for example, 72% of CEOs worldwide listed cybercriminal activity as a significant threat to their businesses, yet only 35% were comfortable with their organization's digital resilience and readiness to face such threats. Especially among small and mid-sized enterprises, the growth in awareness of the severity and urgency of cybersecurity risks is driving demand for managed security services. Organizations are increasingly turning to external vendors to help them build, maintain, and monitor their security operations programs and the technologies that comprise them.