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MSP Influencer Awards, AI-Washing Leads to Risk, and Fixing MSP Burnout
IT channel and business news with a focus on regulatory compliance.
Blacksmith Team
December 03, 2025
🏆 Adding AI to Everything is Making Compliance a Nightmare for MSPs
"AI washing" and the hype cycle are doing the same thing IoT did years ago — encouraging rushed adoption that outpaces governance and security readiness. Now, as many as half of organizations report that their AI systems have introduced cybersecurity risk. And that's just the ones who know about it.​..
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🏆 Blacksmith and Get NIST-y Win 2025 MSP Influencer Awards!
Blacksmith Infosec was awarded the 2025 Vendor Excellence Award for vendors going above and beyond for MSP partners, as well as the MSP Media Impact Award for their podcast, Get NIST-y!
🎙️The Get NIST-y Podcast!
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🤯 Always-On, Always At Risk: MSP Mental Health in the Age of 24/7 Incidents
MSP engineers live in a world of middle-of-the-night alerts, demanding SLAs, and the constant fear that one missed notification could become tomorrow’s breach headline. Many MSP-focused burnout pieces describe “always on call” cultures where downtime never feels truly off, and staff anticipate the next outage even while trying to rest…
⚠️ Threat Updates
đź”´ Nationwide CodeRED Breach Exposes Emergency Alert Subscriber Data (11/30/25)
Multiple U.S. localities report that customer information for OnSolve’s CodeRED emergency alert platform was compromised in a nationwide security incident disclosed at the end of November. Impacted data includes subscriber contact details used for emergency notifications, raising concerns about targeted phishing or spoofed alerts against residents and municipal staff. Officials urge users to treat unsolicited messages with caution, verify alert sources through official channels, and update contact information only via trusted municipal or CodeRED portals. » More Info
đź”´ Data Breach at Securotrop Impacts Cybersecurity Clients via Supply Chain (12/02/25)
Cybersecurity provider Securotrop disclosed a significant breach after detecting a December 2 attack that compromised a substantial volume of sensitive data held on behalf of its customers. The incident, identified on December 3, has sparked concern that organizations relying on Securotrop’s services may face secondary risk if threat actors weaponize stolen information or access details. Impacted clients are being urged to review logs for unusual activity, rotate credentials, and coordinate with Securotrop on incident response and notification obligations as the scope of accessed data is clarified. » More Info
🗨️ Parting Words
“Security is always excessive until it’s not enough.” – Robbie Sinclair
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