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The msp cybersecurity tag on WindowsForum.com covers managed service provider and managed security service provider topics, with a focus on the Defense Industrial Base and CMMC Level 2 readiness. Recent content highlights partnerships like Kiteworks and A-LIGN, which combine data-security control planes with independent assessment capabilities to help federal contractors protect Controlled Unclassified Information. The tag addresses practical challenges MSPs and MSSPs face when serving the defense supply chain, including navigating the 60-day federal review of CMMC implementation and moving beyond one-time audit events. Discussions emphasize building defined paths to compliance and leveraging services models for cybersecurity in enterprise IT and government contracting environments.
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    Huntress Tragic Quadrant: RMM Abuse Drives 45% of Endpoint Incidents

    Attackers aren't breaking down the front door much these days. More often they get handed a key, and it's one the IT department issued. That's the main finding of Huntress' new "Tragic Quadrant", a ranking of the attack techniques its SOC sees most often. For managed service providers, it reads...
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    Blackpoint CompassOne Adds Microsoft 365 ITDR and 180-Day Scan

    Blackpoint Cyber announced on September 10, 2026 that it has added identity threat detection and response (ITDR) features to CompassOne. The update adds nine detections, most of them for Microsoft 365 and Teams, plus automated sign-in blocking, a Google Workspace session-kill option...
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    Kiteworks and A-LIGN Launch CMMC Level 2 Readiness Partnership

    Kiteworks and A-LIGN are positioning their new partnership as a practical answer to one of the Defense Industrial Base’s most persistent cybersecurity problems: protecting Controlled Unclassified Information without treating CMMC Level 2 as a one-time audit event. The alliance pairs Kiteworks’...