The Enhanced Edge
Podcast Name: The Enhanced Edge (or another name you prefer!)
Welcome to The Enhanced Edge, the podcast where we dive deeper into the insights, strategies, and trends shaping the cybersecurity and MSP landscape. Each episode breaks down key topics from our blogs, giving you expert analysis, real-world applications, and actionable takeaways.
From openXDR and SOC solutions to sales strategies and industry shifts, we bring you conversations that help MSPs stay ahead of the curve. Whether you’re looking to optimize your security offerings, scale your business, or navigate the latest threats, we’ve got you covered.
🔹 Cybersecurity trends
🔹 MSP growth strategies
🔹 Tech innovation and automation
🔹 Practical insights from industry experts
Tune in and enhance your edge in the ever-evolving world of cybersecurity and managed services.
Episodes
38 episodes
Threat Trends 2026 - Q2
According to recent reporting, the cyber threat landscape for MSPs shifted significantly in the second quarter of 2026, with identity overtaking malware as the primary method for initial access. Modern attackers are increasingly lev...
How legacy protocols bypass your MFA
A credential stuffing attack compromised 12 accounts in one client environment using credentials from a 2021 data breach.• The attacker bypassed MFA on three accounts by exploiting legacy authentication protocols that the tenant had neve...
36 - OT Security for MSPs
Operational technology (OT) security represents a massive market opportunity for MSPs. While traditional IT security tools protect endpoints, 70% of the attack surface is invisible if you only monitor endpoints, including building m...
35 - The SASE visibility gap
SASE is not a security strategy. Here is what’s missing. If you have been in the MSP space for more than five minutes lately, you have been pitched SASE (Secure Access Service Edge). The idea that you can converge networking and s...
34 - Whole-of-Network Coverage for MSPs
For years, MSPs delivered “good enough” security by focusing on endpoints-AV, EDR, patching, email filtering... but attackers adapted faster than the stack.Today:•80% of breaches involve identity compromise•Cloud and SaaS environ...
33 - Why Building Security is Now a Cyber Priority
For years, building technology flew under the cybersecurity radar. CCTV systems, HVAC controls, access panels, smart lighting, lifts, thermostats, door controllers - all quietly connected, all quietly unmanaged and all quietly vulnerable. But t...
32 - The £100M MSP Opportunity
The UK’s Cyber Security and Resilience Bill will reshape the channel.For years, MSPs operated without mandatory cybersecurity standards-even though they held privileged access to networks, backups, identities and sensitive data. That cha...
31 - Full Spectrum Network Security
Security has become the defining challenge of the modern MSP. Not because MSPs lack skill or commitment, but because the expectations placed on them have changed dramatically in the last five years.SMBs now expect the kind of protection ...
30 - Affordable Enterprise Cybersecurity for SMB Clients
Why do SMBs struggle to access top-tier cybersecurity?Small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) are under attack more than ever before. Verizon’s Data Breach Investigations Report found that 46 percent of all breaches now impact organization...
29 - NIS2 for MSPs: Compliance and Business Opportunity
What is NIS2 and why does it matter for MSPs?NIS2 is the EU Network and Information Systems Directive, an update to the original 2016 legislation. Its goal is to strengthen Europe’s collective cybersecurity resilience by setting out mini...
28 - Protecting Operational Technology: An MSP Guide to OT Security
What is OT and why is OT security different from IT security?Operational technology (OT) refers to hardware and software that monitor or control physical processes, assets, or infrastructure, such as industrial control systems (ICS), SCA...
27 - Stopping Lateral Movement: A Guide for MSPs
What is lateral movement and why is it so dangerous?Lateral movement happens when an attacker who gains access to one device or account starts moving across the network to find more valuable targets. Once inside, they use legitimate cred...
26 - Cybersecurity Trends MSPs Must Lead in 2026
Cybersecurity is evolving faster than most managed service providers can adapt. Attackers have moved beyond endpoints and firewalls to identity attacks, supply chain breaches, lateral movement inside cloud environments, and AI-powered evasion. ...
25 - Open XDR: Stop Drowning In Alerts
No MSP set out to manage 15+ different security tools per customer, unfortunately this is now the industry norm. As a result, teams face tool silos, slow investigations and poor visibility into multi-vector attacks. Traditional SIEM is not enou...
24 - ITDR Unpacked: Attackers Are Now Logging In
Identity has become the new perimeter. Attackers no longer rely only on malware. They target accounts, tokens and credentials. Cybercriminals now buy stolen logins from dark web marketplaces and disguise themselves as trusted users.In 2024,...
23 - How Agentic AI Rescues MSPs
Traditional AI models such as machine learning are designed to classify threats based on patterns. Agentic AI adds reasoning and action. Instead of just flagging a suspicious login, Agentic AI can correlate that login to recent file access acti...
22 - Vendor Agnostic Managed Security
Most managed security solutions are built around a vendor’s own security products. For example, if you buy into one of the larger ecosystems, you’re expected to deploy their endpoint detection, their firewall and their SIEM. This approach creat...
21 - Stop the Rip and Replace!
Cybersecurity vendors often want MSPs to replace their current stack because it locks customers into their ecosystem. It simplifies support for the vendor, but it ignores the reality that MSPs already use diverse tools across firewall, endpoint...
20 - How MSPs Can Conquer Alert Fatigue
Alert fatigue happens when IT teams receive too many notifications from security and monitoring tools. MSPs managing multiple clients are particularly vulnerable because every endpoint, network, and cloud platform generates alerts. When the vol...
19 - Bridging the Cybersecurity Gap for SMBs
SMB's face the same kinds of cyber threats as large enterprises, but often without the budget, skills, or in-house teams to defend themselves. Over 40% of cybersecurity breaches now target small businesses. Attackers know that SMB's are less li...
18 - The Essential Eight Explained
The Essential Eight is a set of baseline security strategies developed by the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC). It is widely adopted across public and private sectors in Australia and New Zealand. It’s not a legal requirement, but it's i...
17 - Navigating the Compliance Jungle
MSPs in the United States face growing pressure to support clients across multiple industries including healthcare, defense, government contracting and critical infrastructure. Each comes with its own regulatory requirements, but three framewor...
16 - Turning Compliance Obligation into Strategic Advantage
Compliance is no longer optional for MSPs. It’s a core business function, a differentiator in competitive bids and a direct contributor to client trust. By embedding compliance reporting into your service offering, you don’t just meet the stand...
15 - Compliance as a Competitive Superpower
Five years ago, many Managed Service Providers (MSPs) treated compliance as a side note - something to be handled if and when a client requested it. In 2025, that mindset is no longer viable. Compliance has shifted from being an industry-specif...
14 - Beyond the Endpoint - The Evolution of MSP Security
In the early days of managed security, Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) tools were the gold standard for MSPs looking to offer protection beyond basic antivirus. They were powerful, relatively easy to deploy and gave providers a crucial fo...
