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Agio CEO Bart McDonough and Head of Cybersecurity Chris Harper wrapped up Cybersecurity Awareness Month with a fireside chat on risk trends, evolving threats, and strategies for stronger cybersecurity. Catch up on the session to enter Q1 2025 prepared.

Watch Agio’s CEO and Founder, Bart McDonough, and other subject matter experts walk you through the CrowdStrike incident, discuss what really happened, and what we all can learn from it.

What started as a typical year of cybersecurity headlines reveals a more complex story -- organizations are now facing an unprecedented three-front battle: regulators driving aggressive compliance measures, adversaries evolving at AI speed, and technology innovation outpacing the preparedness to secure it.   

If your organization has branches in the EU, provides services to EU organizations, or supplies ICT services to EU financial institutions, DORA impacts you. Read for a comprehensive analysis of DORA: Its scope, implications, and critical compliance frameworks for financial organizations and ICT providers.

Implementing a consistent and comprehensive patching schedule is not just recommended—it's critical to keeping your organization’s software and devices secure. And you don't have to go it alone - lean on us for monthly patches to keep your devices secure and up to date

When it comes to switching MSPs, we understand it can seem like a big lift. No one wants to switch MSPs—it’s a hassle and you don’t have time for service disruptions. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

While many MSPs are moving on from the CrowdStrike incident, Agio isn’t. Although not impacted, we’re taking this opportunity to learn and continuously improve. Whether you suffered the blue screen of death or were spared, there's a boatload of lessons here that we can't afford to ignore.

Learn how Agio's Managed IT team spotted a threat with PerfectData, an app our clients rarely use. Trusting their instincts, they investigated further and took action. Turns out an attacker had accessed a user account and was using PerfectData to create an offline copy of the compromised mailbox.

A faulty update initiated by CrowdStrike brings to light the intricate dependencies in modern IT ecosystems and underscores the urgent need for a more robust endpoint security framework, particularly for Microsoft's Windows operating system. 

"Sunday scaries" arrived early this week as CrowdStrike users worldwide woke up to a major outage this Friday morning. The disruption has sent shockwaves through various business sectors. Agio has been monitoring the issue, and here’s what we know.

The Crowdstrike event serves as a stark reminder of the delicate balance between rapid security improvements and system stability. Explore the lessons learned from this incident and best practices for managing software updates in enterprise environments. 

In the midst of the Crowdstrike outage, we recommend focusing your efforts on properly addressing and fixing the issue while maintaining your security posture. It may require more time and patience, but it's the safer approach in the long run.