Resources Archive - Critical Start

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Protection beyond the endpoint, SIEM + XDR

Learn how Managed Detection & Response Services and Microsoft Security Consulting Services stren...

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Protect against user account attacks

How Managed Detection & Response Services and Microsoft Security Consulting Services can help yo...

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Achieve full Microsoft Sentinel operating potential

How Managed Detection & Response Services and Microsoft Security Consulting Services will help y...

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Maximize Microsoft Security or Maximize Microsoft E5 Security

Maximize the value of Microsoft Security with Managed Detection & Response Services and Microsof...

Webinar

Domain Expert Series Episode 1: Be a Data Security OpportuNIST

In this webinar, join our Director of Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT) and Blue Team Services alo...

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eBook

Eliminate Alert Overload with Simplified Breach Prevention for Microsoft Security

Combine Critical Start Managed Detection and Response services with Microsoft Security solutions to ...

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Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Services for Devo

Security Information & Event Management (SIEM) solutions can be complex. Our MDR services for De...

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Critical Start Continues Accelerated Growth with Executive Leadership Appointments and Promotions

Company hires new Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Information Security Officer, and Chief Financial Off...

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Critical Start Named to 2022 CRN® Fast Growth 150 List for Second Year in a Row

Critical Start Recognized as a Leading IT Solution Provider for Exceptional Sales Performance Plano,...

Solutions Brief

Buyer’s Guide for MDR Services for SIEM

Consider this your guide to navigating the intricacies of implementing MDR Services for SIEM so you ...

News

Critical Start Named to 2022 Inc. 5000 List of Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America for the Second Time

The company’s tremendous growth comes as organizations strive to manage the increasing volume of t...

Webinar

Turning Threat Intelligence into Custom Detections to Stop Attacks

Learn on how we turn threat intelligence from our threat hunting team into custom detections added t...

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Managed Detection and Response with Trace3 and Critical Start

Critical Start and Trace3 discuss the importance of Managed Detection and Response (MDR) when it com...

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Managed Detection and Response & Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT): An Unbeatable Combination

Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT) services are two comple...

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Randy Watkins, CTO interview with David Raviv at RSA

Our CTO Randy Watkins sat down with David Raviv from NY Information Security Group at RSA Confe...

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Solutions Brief

A Financial Services Guide to Cybersecurity

For financial institutions, being compliant should be the result of a strong cybersecurity program &...

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Cybersecurity Readiness Assessment

Enhance your cyber resilience and evaluate all aspects of your cyber defense operations....

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Tabletop Exercises

Test your organization’s ability to respond to attacks and build resiliency through moderated scen...

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Security Operations Center (SOC)

Our SOC is ready to extend the detection and response capabilities of your cybersecurity operations ...

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MDR for Microsoft Sentinel

Our Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Services for Microsoft Sentinel™ simplifies breach preven...

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MDR for Splunk Cloud

Our Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Services for Splunk® Cloud simplifies breach prevention an...

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Managed Detection and Response Services for SIEM

Our Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services for SIEM simplify the complexity of Security Infor...

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Critical Start Named Winner of the Global InfoSec Awards At RSA Conference 2022

Critical Start Wins “Hot Company MDR Service Provider” and “Publisher’s Choice MDR” in 10t...

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Critical Start Announces Expansion and Enhancement of EDR Coverage with New MDR Service Offering for Trend Micro Vision One

The expansion demonstrates Critical Start’s continued commitment to helping customers prevent brea...

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Getting the most out of your Microsoft Security investment with MDR

Hear from Critical Start and Redmond on how managed detection and response services combine with you...

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Critical Start Named in Microsoft Design Collaboration for New Microsoft Security Experts Services

The collaboration has allowed Critical Start to leverage its expert use of Microsoft 365 Defender to...

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Multiple Critical Start Female Channel Executives Named to CRN’s 2022 Women of the Channel List and Recognized as a Power 70 Solution Provider

PLANO, Texas, May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Critical Start, a leading provider of...

Webinar

Disrupting User-Based Attacks with Microsoft 365 Defender & MDR

Credential harvesting phishing attacks are the highest growth attack vector that traditional network...

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Customer Stories

Real World Attacks | Onboarding

We don’t just simplify breach prevention – we do it from day 1. Our platform can see ale...

Solutions Brief

Detailed MDR Onboarding Guide

If you’re considering MDR services, you are probably dealing with unknown threats and gaps in ...

Solutions Brief

Brief MDR Onboarding Guide

If you’re considering MDR services, you are probably dealing with unknown threats and gaps in ...

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Critical Start Secures Over $215 Million Strategic Growth Investment from Vista Equity Partners to Expand Cybersecurity Protection for the Modern Enterprise

Investment enables Managed Detection and Response leader Critical Start to further accelerate rapid ...

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Critical Start Managed Detection & Response (MDR) Services Comparison Chart for Microsoft Products

Compare our MDR Services for Microsoft 365 Defender, Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft Defender for E...

eBook

SPARK Matrix: Managed Detection and Response (MDR) 2021

Critical Start was recognized as an MDR leader in the SPARK Matrix from Quadrant Knowledge Solutions...

Podcast

In the News – Don’t Get Stung

In this week’s episode, Randy covers the Hive Ransomware Group, the reemergence of Scarab APT,...

Webinar

Bank on Cybersecurity: Protecting Financial Services from Harm

The financial services industry is literally “where the money is”, making it a leading target fo...

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CRITICALSTART Releases Enhanced Capabilities for Microsoft 365 Defender to Detect and Respond to Phishing and Other User Account Attacks

These latest enhancements allow customers to leverage Microsoft 365 Defender and MDR to not only ide...

Podcast

Threat Actors Two Ways

In this episode, Randy Watkins covers the biggest stories on our news feeds today: the Oscars and th...

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MDR for M365D | Credential Email Phishing Attack

The Critical Start Security Operations Center (SOC) leverages the Microsoft 365 Defender security su...

Use Cases

MDR for M365D | Brute Force or Stolen Credential Attacks

The Critical Start Security Operations Center (SOC) leverages the Microsoft 365 Defender security su...

Use Cases

MDR for M365D | Attacks Against Data in Cloud Applications

The Critical Start Security Operations Center (SOC) leverages the Microsoft 365 Defender security su...

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Incident Response Monitoring

This quick card describes our Cyber Incident Response Team’s IR Monitoring service and the ben...

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Incident Response Plan Review

This quick card describes our Cyber Incident Response Team’s IR Plan Review service and the be...

Customer Stories

Trusting the Critical Start Team | A Financial Services Firm’s Use Case

“The biggest lesson is transitioning from alert overload to being at a point where we do have ...

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CRITICALSTART Announces Several New Hires and Promotions at the Vice President Level as the Company Accelerates Growth

The MDR services provider has added two new roles and promoted three existing employees to Vice Pres...

Video

XSOAR Integration Demo

See how our MDR platform integrates with XSOAR....

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Webinar

A Cure for Killware: Healthcare’s Newest Cybersecurity Challenge

Killware! That sounds pretty bad. But what does it mean, how does it happen, & how do you preven...

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Protecting Against Multi-Vector Cyber Attacks with MDR and Microsoft 365 Defender

Learn how to provide total protection with Microsoft 365 Defender & MDR services. Hear from Micr...

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Datasheet

Cyber Research Unit

The CRITICALSTART® Cyber Research Unit is made up of an elite team of researchers and threat detect...

Podcast

Choosing a Managed Detection and Response Partner

Do your security analysts spend too much time manually triaging alerts? Do you often work with third...

Webinar

In Cybersecurity Every Alert Matters: A Webinar with Critical Start and IDC

In this webinar, join Randy Watkins, CTO of Critical Start and Craig Robinson, IDC Program Director,...

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Solutions Brief

Buyer’s Guide for Cortex XDR

XDR takes endpoint detection and response to the next level, delivering comprehensive visibility int...

Customer Stories

A Manufacturer’s Path to Secure Cybersecurity

Leading manufacturers and the IoT they utilize are a big target for cyberattacks and their environme...

Webinar

Introducing the Cyber Research Unit: The new way to increase SOC effectiveness and stay ahead of emerging threats

The only thing that’s constant is change. As a defender, you’re consistently inundated with new ...

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Critical Start Managed Detection and Response VS Cyber Incident Response Team

Critical Start Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and Cybersecurity Incident Response Team (CIRT) ...

White Paper

In Cybersecurity Every Alert Matters – an IDC White Paper

A cybersecurity practitioner has one of the hardest jobs to tackle today. Constant vigilance is req...

News

CRITICALSTART Announces Enhanced Managed Detection and Response Services Offering for Microsoft Security Suite

The comprehensive integration with the Microsoft security stack provides comprehensive environment c...

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CRITICALSTART Managed Detection and Response Services for Microsoft 365 Defender

Detect and disrupt attacks beyond the endpoint....

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Critical Start Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Services for Microsoft Security

Critical Start provides deep integration with the Microsoft Security suite to detect every event, re...

CRITICALSTART Named “Overall Threat Detection Solution Provider of the Year” in 2021 CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards Program

Prestigious International Awards Program Recognizes Outstanding Information Security Products and Co...

Podcast

Palo Alto Networks’ Tim Junio Shares How Acquisition Strategy and a New Perspective on Data are Making a Definitive Impact in Cybersecurity

Building on the success of a next-generation firewall business, Palo Alto Networks is now leading ac...

White Paper

Simplify your Microsoft Security Operations for Identity-Based Alerts

To address new and more sophisticated cybersecurity challenges, organizations have resorted to incre...

Podcast

SentinelOne’s Yonni Shelmerdine Explains why the key to Success in XDR lies in its Evolution, not Revolution

With the acquisition of Scalyr, SentinelOne® is carving out a unique position in the security space...

Podcast

#BadgeLife with Jonathan Singer, SIEM and SOAR Practice Lead, GuidePoint Security

Conference badges have evolved from paper and plastic to collectable mini-computers of all shapes an...

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CRITICALSTART Cybersecurity Consulting for Microsoft Security

The complexity of today’s security landscape – combined with an increase in incidents, overall w...

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CRITICALSTART Cybersecurity Consulting for Microsoft Security Solutions

This catalog details the Cybersecurity Consulting for Microsoft Security solutions offered by CRITIC...

Inc. Magazine Reveals Annual List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies—the Inc. 5000

CRITICALSTART Ranks No. 3108 on the 2021 Inc. 5000, With Three-Year Revenue Growth of 122 Percent NE...

Podcast

Rated XDR: Microsoft’s Ann Johnson Sees Security Tools Moving into a Cohesive Orbit, with Humans still Holding the Center of Gravity

While Microsoft took a hit to its security reputation with Windows Defender 2016, the Big 5 Technolo...

CRITICALSTART® Places 73rd on the 2021 CRN® Fast Growth 150 List

CRN® Recognizes the Top IT Channel Providers for Exceptional Performance and Growth PLANO, Texas,&n...

EY Announces ROB DAVIS of CRITICALSTART as an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2021 Southwest Award Winner

For Immediate Release Plano, TX (August 5, 2021) – Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) today announced t...

Webinar

Making The Grade: Using MDR To Protect Schools From Cybersecurity Threats

From big universities to small school districts, educational institutions are facing increases in ra...

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Answering 3 Questions about XDR – Quick Webinar

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Podcast

Rated XDR: Where CrowdStrike’s Ajit Sancheti thinks Extended Detection and Response is Headed, what it means for SIEM and how it can Improve the Current State of Security

CrowdStrike is on a roll. With the recent acquisitions of Humio and Preempt Security, they’ve adde...

White Paper

The importance of resolving all alerts – RAGNARLOCKBIT

Resolving all alerts starts off with configuring security tools to collect all alerts. This creates ...

Podcast

What’s Going On With Our SON OF A BREACH! Podcast?

We admit it. We haven’t quite gotten the cadence down on our SON OF A BREACH! podcast series. Yes,...

Solutions Brief

CRITICALSTART Guide to MDR and Microsoft Security

Microsoft Security tools such as Microsoft 365 Defender, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Microso...

News

EY Announces Rob Davis of CRITICALSTART as an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2021 Southwest Award Finalist

Celebrating the 35th class of unstoppable entrepreneurs who transform the Southwest region and beyon...

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Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services from CRITICALSTART® powered by SentinelOne Singularity™

Using the power of SentinelOne, Critical Start enables customers to centralize, ingest, and correlat...

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Managed Detection and Response Services from Critical Start Powered by Cortex XDR

Critical Start integrates with Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDRTM Prevent and Pro to offer a 24x7x365 M...

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Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services from CRITICALSTART powered by BlackBerry® Cylance

Using the power of BlackBerry® Protect, CRITICALSTART delivers threat prevention powered by A...

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Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services from Critical Start powered by VMware Carbon Black®

Using the power of VMware Carbon Black EDR™, Critical Start enables customers to collect and visua...

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Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services from Critical Start powered by CrowdStrike Falcon

Critical Start integrates with CrowdStrike Falcon to offer a full Managed Detection and Response (MD...

Podcast

Risk Expert Doug Jones on SON OF A BREACH! Podcast: Ransomware Drives Biggest Losses in Insurance

Ransomware attacks and cybercriminal gangs continue to make headlines as they create the highest sev...

Customer Stories

Increasing Alert Visibility Through CRITICALSTART MDR Services and Palo Alto Cortex XDR™

If a company with 7,000 endpoints faced a ransomware attack, it would take 6 traditional IT admins 8...

Customer Stories

Manufacturer Stops Breach Cold, Thanks to CRITICALSTART Incident Response Services

“We were very fortunate that our backups were not compromised. But you can restore all day long, a...

Customer Stories

Protecting the Business with Critical Start MDR & Microsoft

Real-World Results: MDR in Action The Security Director for this global leadership advisory and sear...

News

CRITICALSTART Announces New Chief Security Officer Role and New VP, Sales Operations to Manage Rapid Company Growth

Plano, TX (May 25, 2021) — CRITICALSTART, a leading provider of Managed Detection and Response (MD...

eBook

Ransomware Protection Guide

Following our suggested best practices will help better secure your enterprise against ransomware at...

CRITICALSTART Featured on CRN’s 2021 Solution Provider 500 List

Plano, TX (June 1, 2021) — CRITICALSTART, a leading provider of Managed Detection and Response (MD...

Customer Stories

Maximize efficiencies with CRITICALSTART MDR

“Saves My Team Time And Alert Fatigue, Allowing Us To Concentrate On More Important ThingsR...

Podcast

SON OF A BREACH! Podcast: Episode 6 – Ransomware: Dive Into Cyber Insurance Coverage

Ransomware attacks and cybercriminal gangs continue to make headlines as they create ...

Datasheet

Zero Trust Analytics Platform™

The backbone of highly effective managed detection and response (MDR) is the Zero Trust Analytics Pl...

Podcast

SON OF A BREACH! Podcast: CFO Andrew Kaufman Calculates Cost of Risk

The science and art of security come down to two things: quantifying and managing risk. Do...

News

Top Female Executives of CRITICALSTART Featured on CRN’s 2021 Women of the Channel List and Recognized as a Power 60 Solution Provider

Plano, TX (May 11, 2021) — CRITICALSTART, a leading provider of Managed Detection and Response (MD...

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CRITICALSTART Managed Detection and Response Services for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Visible threat detection and response for the modern enterprise that’s more than good, it’s bett...

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CRITICALSTART Managed Detection and Response Services with Microsoft Sentinel

MDR reinvented. SIEM reinvented. An integrated threat detection and response solution for the modern...

eBook

Data Privacy Program Cheat Sheet

The majority of organizations today are adhering to some form of a data privacy program. It is very ...

White Paper

Economic Value from a Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Solution

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Trusted Behavior Registry Video

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Podcast

Didi Dayton Joins SON OF A BREACH! Podcast to Celebrate Women in Cybersecurity

Episode 4 of our SON OF A BREACH! podcast series celebrates International Women’s Month with secur...

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Critical Start Recognized as a Microsoft Security 20/20 Partner Awards Finalist for Top MDR (Managed Detection and Response) Team

PLANO, Texas, March 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — CRITICALSTART today announced it has been named a ...

Podcast

SON OF A BREACH! Episode 4: Celebrating Women in Cybersecurity with Didi Dayton

While women’s numbers in cybersecurity lag behind men, female leaders in our industry continue t...

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With a Two-Year Revenue Growth of 79 Percent, CRITICALSTART Ranks No. 157 on Inc. Magazine’s List of the Fastest-Growing Private Companies in Texas

PLANO, Texas, March 16, 2021 PRNewswire — Inc. magazine today revealed that CRITICALSTART is N...

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Critical Start releases third-annual Security Operations Center (SOC) professional survey

New data reveals alert-overload still plagues cybersecurity industry PLANO, Texas, March 9, 202...

White Paper

Third-Annual CRITICALSTART Research Report reveals persistent challenges and some silver linings

It’s back! For the third year in a row, we have surveyed SOC professionals from across the industr...

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CRITICALSTART aims to eliminate “acceptable risk” from cybersecurity’s vocabulary

CRITICALSTART, a leading and trusted provider of Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services to hu...

Podcast

Rock your SOCs: SON OF A BREACH! Podcast

Do you know how to find the right talent and skillsets to build up your Security Operations Center? ...

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SMU Cox Dallas 100™ Names CRITICALSTART One of the Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies in Dallas Area

PLANO, TX, (February, 25 2020) – CRITICALSTART, a leading cybersecurity provider of Managed ...

Podcast

No Kidding: SON OF A BREACH! Podcast Welcomes Dr. Anton Chuvakin for Detection Insights

What do a $10 billion funding request for cybersecurity, a massive collection of 3.2 billion passwor...

White Paper

The Financial Consequences of Risk Acceptance Security Strategies Whitepaper

CRITICALSTART reduces endpoint risk to levels unachievable by traditional Managed Detection and Resp...

eBook

Cybersecurity Teams are Drowning

Organizations can’t afford to ignore security events – even lower level security events, which i...

News

CRN Names CRITICALSTART To Its 2021 MSP 500 List

PLANO, Texas, Feb. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — CRITICALSTART, a leading cybersecurity p...

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Dwayne Myers of CRITICALSTART Recognized as 2021 CRN® Channel Chief

PLANO, Texas, Feb. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — CRITICALSTART, a leading cybersecurity provider of...

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Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT) Services

This solution quick card discusses the robust incident readiness, incident response and forensic ser...

Podcast

The Impact of Talent and Resource Shortages in Cybersecurity

It’s no secret – there is a severe talent and resource shortage in cybersecurity, but what is th...

Video

Jordan Mauriello: Building a Managed Service with Network Effect

Full video transcript: So, the strategy behind the MDR offering is really about building something t...

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Government’s Role in Cybersecurity

What role does the government play in cybersecurity? Is it a private sector or government responsibi...

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Fighting the Unknown: Next-Generation Cyberattacks and Vulnerabilities

In next-gen cyberattacks and vulnerabilities, you’re fighting the unknown. Building a catalog of t...

Podcast

Cybercrime: The Monetization of Security Threats

How do you stop the burgeoning field of cybercrime? From ransomware to malware as a service, the mon...

Podcast

Cyber Warfare: How Wars May Be Fought in the Future

How will wars be fought in the future? Are we keeping up with the times in cyber warfare as a nation...

Video

CRITICALSTART’s MOBILESOC App

Video Transcript: Security breaches happen at the worst times. Hackers start their day as you’re e...

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CRITICALSTART | Managed Detection and Response

Video Transcript: Cybersecurity is a tough job, am I right? It’s your responsibility to keep the c...

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Podcast

CRITICALSTART & ePlus | National Cybersecurity Awareness Month Podcast

Full Transcript: LW: Welcome. Thanks for joining everyone, my name is Lee Waskevich, vice presi...

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CRITICALSTART Fills Security Gaps for Mattress Firm

As more and more retailers found themselves in the headlines due to security breaches, Mattress Firm...

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CISOs: Communicating Risk to Board Members

Cybersecurity doesn’t have to be a roadblock to effectiveness. CRITICALSTART’s SVP of Managed Se...

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Cherwell Software Finds Extra Layer of Security with MOBILESOC, Complete Transparency

Cherwell Software needed help. The company’s previous MDR did nothing for them. “Our previous Ma...

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Customer Stories

Professional Services: Devising a Strategy that Secures and Saves Money

One of the largest utility companies in the southern US was looking for expertise to help them archi...

Customer Stories

100% Transparency: Blowing the Lid Off the “Black Box”

When one of the world’s leading beverage companies began their search for a Managed Security Servi...

Customer Stories

MOBILESOC: Staying on Top of Alerts from the Office or the School Play

A national food distributor was looking to outsource its security operations and began an exhaustive...

Customer Stories

Zero-Trust: Putting Alert Overload to Bed Once and For All

In 2016, the world’s leading mattress retailer acquired a mattress manufacturer – and with it, t...

Datasheet

Security Tools Assessment

Gain in-depth insight to maximize your security infrastructure with a Security Tools Assessment from...

Datasheet

Managed Detection and Response Services

Today’s reality is daunting. And no one needs to tell you that your job is getting harder. &n...

Datasheet

Privacy Readiness Assessment

With potential fines as high as 4% of global revenue for non-compliance, it is good business practic...

eBook

You Deserve Better

MDR incident responders are wasting an enormous number of hours and resources processing useless sec...

eBook

Research Report: The Impact of Security Alert Overload

CRITICALSTART conducted a survey of more than 50 Security Operations Center (SOC) professionals...

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Threat Hunting Training

Organizations often don’t realize they’ve been breached, giving malicious actors the freedom to ...

Solutions Brief

Build vs. Buy

In this paper, you will learn how to uncover the hidden costs involved in deploying and staffing a S...

News

CRITICALSTART Honored in CEO Innovation Awards 2021

PLANO, Texas, Jan. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — CRITICALSTART, a leading cybersecur...

Webinar

Threat Briefing: What to Know and Do About the SolarWinds Attack

The SolarWinds cybersecurity breach known as Sunburst has organizations ranging from government agen...

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eBook

Infosec Reborn

In this paper, you will learn how to evaluate security risks and why legacy detection and response e...

Datasheet

MOBILESOC^®: Access MDR On-the-go to Shrink Attacker Dwell Time

We go beyond ticketing, with consolidated visibility and full access to alerts, tickets, reports and...

News

CRITICALSTART Named to Inc. Magazine’s Vet100 List

PLANO, Texas, Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — CRITICALSTART, a leading cybersecurity p...

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Alleged Russian SolarWinds Hack ‘Probably an 11’ on Scale of 1 to 10

Featured on Newsweek A cybersecurity expert warned that the alleged Russian hack of SolarWinds softw...

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FireEye Breach to Have Big Impact on Cybersecurity Industry

Featured on Channel Futures | December 9, 2020 This week’s FireEye breach is distressing for ...

Solutions Brief

Guide to Managed Detection & Response

Managed Detection and Response is reinventing information security. In this paper, you will learn ho...

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Tips for Keeping Your Personal Information Safe When Shopping Online

Featured on Fox 2 KTVU | December 4th, 2020 Tens of millions of Americans participated in cyber...

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Scammers Target Consumers on Record Day of Online Shopping

Featured on Fox News 13 Tampa | December 1, 2020 This holiday season is set to shatter online s...

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CRITICALSTART Awarded the Palo Alto Networks America’s Cortex Partner of the Year Award for 2020

PLANO, Texas, Dec. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — CRITICALSTART, a leading cyber...

Customer Stories

Centennial School District Case Study

Fran Watkins, Network and Systems Administrator for Centennial School District, was solely responsib...

News

Here’s How You Can Protect Yourself From Scams This Black Friday

Retail stores should be taking heightened security measures during the holiday season to protect the...

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Ransomware Attack on Plano Tech Firm Highlights Key Issue Companies Need to Understand

By Brian WomackDallas Business Journal | November 15, 2020 Plano’s Tyler Technologies was hit by a...

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CRITICALSTART Named to the 16th Annual Aggie 100, Honored as Fastest Growing Company

PLANO, Texas, Nov. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — CRITICALSTART, a leading cybe...

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“Adaptability” With Douglas Brown & Tera Davis

An interview with Douglas Brown of Thrive Global and Authority Magazine. As a pa...

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Unknown Election Outcome Benefits Cybercriminals

Without a clear winner, there is a big opportunity for disinformation campaigns. Cybercriminals are ...

Podcast

Podcast: The Last Watchdog Interview with Randy Watkins

“Security is really the art of handling risk” – Randy Watkins, CTO of CRITICALSTART. It’s cl...

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Critical Start Recognized as 14th Fastest-Growing Tech Company in North Texas by Tech Titans

PLANO, Texas, Nov. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — CRITICALSTART, a leading provider of ...

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The 4 Threats Facing Voters This Election — and How You Can Beat Them

By Faith Karimi, CNN – October 20, 2020 As the US grapples with an election ...

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CRITICALSTART CEO Rob Davis selected as EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2020 Finalist

Congratulations to CRITICALSTART CEO, Rob Davis, who has been selected by an independ...

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New CRITICALSTART and AttackIQ Offering Helps Security Teams Find Potential Gaps and Prevent Hackers From Breaching Them

PLANO, Texas, Oct. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — CRITICALSTART, which has solidified its position as a le...

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CRITICALSTART Named to MSSP Alert’s Top 250 MSSPs List for 2020

Fourth-Annual List Honors Leading MSSP, MDR and SOCaaS Cybersecurity Companies Worldwide PLANO, Texa...

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Arkansas’ Colleges and Universities Bolster Security Posture by Partnering with CRITICALSTART

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Sept. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — CRITICALSTART, a leading cybersecurity...

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A Hospital Ransomware Attack May Have Caused a Death in Germany

State authorities in North Rhine-Westphalia are investigating whether a hospital ransomware attack r...

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CRITICALSTART Names New CMO, Continues 2020 Growth

PLANO, Texas, Sept. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — On Thursday, Dallas-based cybersec...

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Miami-Dade Public Schools Virtual Learning Disrupted by Teen

A 16-year-old student was able to disrupt the Miami-Dade Public Schools e-learning system earlier th...

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Critical Vulnerabilities Expose MoFi Routers to Remote Attacks

Routers made by MoFi Network are affected by several vulnerabilities, including critical flaws that ...

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What to Know About Possible Cyberattacks as Students Return to School

Ransomware attacks are usually more common early in the school year. Cybersecurity experts are conce...

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Router Vendor Has Patched Some Zero-Days, but Leaves Others Wide Open

Written by Sean Lyngaas of CyberScoop In April, security researcher Rich Mirch got a text ...

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DDOS Attack Takes New Zealand Stock Exchange Market Off-Line

The New Zealand Stock Exchange (NZX) has been under attack for several days now as a DDOS ...

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Cybersecurity Threats Grow as Virtual Learning Continues

NASHVILLE, TENN. (WSMV) – As schools are back in session, so are hackers and cyber-criminals looki...

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Tech Expert: Ways to Protect Your Student From Hackers During Online Learning

How you can protect your computer and how school districts are protecting your information. With so ...

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Hackers Increasingly Targeting Online Learning

Most schools and universities are back in session virtually. While online learning is the best...

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IT Pros Warn of Potential Cyberattack Dangers

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — School is in session, but instead of heading into the classroom many kids a...

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Experts Warn At-Home Learning Could Attract Hackers

So many students are starting classes this week and cyber experts warn that your child’s e-classro...

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CRITICALSTART Named a 2020 Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Company in America

PLANO, TX – August 12, 2020 – CRITICALSTART, a leading provider of Managed Detection a...

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CRITICALSTART® Ranks 58th on the 2020 CRN® Fast Growth 150 List

PLANO, Texas, Aug. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — CRITICALSTART, a leading provider of ...

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Can Your Car Be Hacked?

With the recent household device hacks in the news, CRITICALSTART’s VP of Professional Services, S...

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Experts Warn Lack of Discussion Impeding Cybersecurity Preparedness

Despite the recent hacking of high-profile users’ Twitter accounts, and reports&nbs...

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China Vows Retaliation After U.S. Ordered Its Houston Consulate Closed Within 72 Hours

China vowed to retaliate Wednesday after the United States abruptly ordered the closure of its consu...

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Who’s Going to Derail the U.S. Presidential Election? The Culprit May Be Close to Home

WASHINGTON – Fearing nightmare scenarios such as attacks on voter registration databases...

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CRITICALSTART joins Microsoft Intelligent Security Association

PLANO, Texas, July 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — CRITICALSTART, a leading provider of&nbs...

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Why Security Alert Fatigue Matters and How to Address It

An influx of false positive security alerts can lead infosec pros to overlook real threats. Learn ho...

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Taxes Are Due, But Beware of Scams Targeting Last-Minute Filers

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The federal income tax deadline is Wednesday, after being postponed fro...

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Hackers Target Contact Tracing Applications

NBC News and Boston 25’s Blair Miller interviews Quentin Rhoads-Herrera of CRITICALSTART‘s TEAMA...

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The Need for State Data in Contact Tracing Apps

Leslie Toldo of NBC 25 Mid-Michigan Now News interviews CRITICALSTART‘s CTO, Randy Watkins, on the...

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COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps and Your Privacy

As COVID-19 cases rise, some people and government agencies are turning to contact tracing apps to h...

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Security and the Human Element: The Need for the Organizational CISO

In cybersecurity, humans will always have a role to play. Security incidents need critical decision-...

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Critical Start Recognized as Best Place to Work by the Channel Partner Insight MSP Innovation Awards 2020

PLANO, Texas, June 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — CRITICALSTART, a leading provider of&nbs...

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CRITICALSTART Named to CRN’s 2020 Solution Provider 500 List

PLANO, Texas, June 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — CRITICALSTART, a leading provider of Mana...

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Accuracy in AppSec Is Critical to Reducing False Positives

According to a new report from the Neustar International Security Council (NISC), over one...

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Critical Start’s Tera Davis Honored as a Power 40 Solution Provider Among CRN’s 2020 Women of the Channel

Plano, TX, May 19, 2020 — CRITICALSTART, a leading provider of Managed Detection an...

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Securing Data: The Importance of Understanding Your Most Valuable Assets

With multiple data points that exist in organizations, how do you know what you need to protect? Wha...

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How Apps Could Change the Workplace After Coronavirus Crisis

Several apps could hold the future to a safe office after reopening. Imagine you are going in to wor...

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How Safe and Private Are Contact Tracing Apps?

Quentin Rhoads-Herrera, director of professional services at CRITICALSTART, joins GDC to talk about ...

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Are Contact Tracing Apps Putting Your Private Data At Risk?

That’s what a lot of you have asked us. So, the Q&A team reached out to Quentin Rhoads-Herrera...

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Tennessee Has Just 25 Percent of Recommended Contact Tracers

Tennessee has just 25 percent of the recommended amount of contact tracers, leaving the state 1,500 ...

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Transparency Key to Heading Off Qualms About Contact Tracing, Experts Say

In late April, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the state’s partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies f...

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Politico: An Unusual Hacking Threat

The education system might be overlooking an unexpected threat with the whole world moving online:&n...

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16 Strategies For Attracting Top Tech Talent To Your Company

In a highly competitive economy, it’s often difficult to attract and retain top talent. This is es...

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Assessing Your Cyber Risk Impact: Intent vs. Opportunity

Cybersecurity is no longer just a concern for large corporations and government entities. One of the...

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16 Smart Project-Management Strategies Every Tech Leader Can Use

Task and project management is a must-have skill in the technology industry, especially for tech lea...

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Cybersecurity During a Pandemic: An Interview With CRITICALSTART

Chris Ward speaks with Quentin Rhoads-Herrera of CRITICALSTART to discuss cybersecurity in a ti...

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NFL Draft Via Social Media Offers Insights Into Online Security

For the first time in National Football League history, draft day is going remote and online. Social...

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Virtual Draft Makes NFL Teams Potential Targets for Hackers

A hacker could provide entertainment value by disrupting the virtual NFL draft that begins Thursday....

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Experts Warn of Tax Scams With Delayed Deadline

The tax deadline came and went and now is the time when scammers see confusion and opportunity. “I...

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Security Versus Convenience

Zoom has become nearly synonymous with office meetings and socializing as people around the world ha...

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5 Things IT Teams Can Learn From Initial Weeks of Telecommuting

In the wake of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, we have witnessed a surge in telecommuting as ...

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A researcher found zero-days in one city’s software. Then he realized the problem could be bigger.

For Quentin Rhoads-Herrera, this was not a typical security test. A big municipal government in the ...

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AI’s Great, but It Still Takes Humans to Enforce Cybersecurity

When it comes to protecting computers and information systems from cyber attack, artificial intellig...

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Interview: 2020 Election Security and the Future of Online Voting

Jordan Mauriello, SVP of Managed Security, shares his thoughts with Steve Gruber of the Steve Gruber...

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Using Password Crackers to Analyze the Virus

In addition to helping doctors provide care, technologists are helping researchers find a vaccine fo...

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The Cost to Defend: Automation is Key in Combatting Cybercrime

As organizations find themselves short on budget and talent, security automation that supplements th...

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Super Tuesday: Election Cybersecurity Survey

A recent survey by computer security firm CRITICALSTART showed 66 percent of Super Tu...

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Q&A: How Firms Can Stop Wasting Time Pursuing ‘Cyber Ghosts’

In an increasingly connected and digital world, no company or industry is safe from the growing thre...

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Interview: Online Scammers Are Taking Advantage of Typos to Steal Your Personal Information

How many times have you typed in the wrong URL? If you’re like us, it happens a lot — bu...

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First in MC: Super Tuesday Hack Safety Confidence Low

Two-thirds of voting-age adults in Super Tuesday states believe the election is vulnerable to foreig...

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New Survey: 66% of Super Tuesday Voters Fear Elections Aren’t Secure

New Survey: 66% of Super Tuesday Voters Fear Elections Aren’t Secure With less than one week to go...

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CRITICALSTART Grows Business By More Than 100%, Expands Headquarters

New channel model, minority investment among key milestones PLANO, Texas, Feb. 25, 2020 /P...

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CRITICALSTART Named to CRN’s Managed Service Provider (MSP) 500 list for 2020

CRITICALSTART has been named to CRN’s MSP 500 list for 2020, in the Security 100 categor...

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Data Breaches and Their Main Causes

A data breach is an incident in which a victim’s sensitive information is acce...

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HOT TOPIC: 2020 Election Cybersecurity

CRITICALSTART CEO, Rob Davis, discusses the security of digital versus paper voting in the 2020...

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Interview: 2020 Election Security and Digital Voting

FRANK FM – New Hampshire interview with Rob Davis, CEO of CRITICALSTART Aired February 17, 202...

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Ransomware Is Back: Tips for Avoiding the Growing Context-Based Ransomware

Cryptojacking is so 2019. Ransomware is reemerging as the top cybercrime of choice, with attacks exp...

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CRITICALSTART Adds Support for Microsoft Azure Sentinel

Addition of new cloud-native SIEM to MDR platform helps enterprises improve security posture. PLANO,...

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AI Stats News: 35% Of Workers Worldwide Expect Their Job Will Be Automated

The Life of Data, the fuel for AI: Security Recent surveys, studies, forecasts and other quantitativ...

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Threat Overload: IT Feels the Security Burnout

How can enterprises and IT professionals combat the increasing IT security threats without feeling b...

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Iran Conflict Could Shift to Cyberspace, Experts Warn

Hackers linked to Iran are probing American companies for vulnerabilities, cybersecurity researchers...

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Avoiding Risk Acceptance With Security Alerts

As the shortage of security professionals grows, most organizations struggle to attract and retain t...

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False Positives Plague Cybersecurity Professionals

Automation is helpful in reducing the time to investigate alerts. Cybersecurity providers are being ...

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Cyberattacks Are an ‘Immediate’ Challenge for Businesses Following Iran Strike

Cyberattacks, already seen as the top risk of doing business by executives, are likely to ...

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12 Essential Questions to Ask CTO Candidates

Technology is ever-changing, and it’s important for every business to keep up with new gadgets and...

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CRITICALSTART Announces New Partnership with Fast-Growing Endpoint Protection Security Leader SentinelOne

Partnership provides endpoint remediation capabilities to help customers respond to threats faster P...

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Tips for Building Camaraderie in a Remote Tech Team

With an exclusively remote tech team, there may be fewer opportunities for team building. However, w...

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Getting the Most out of Endpoint Security Solution Evaluations

The endpoint security market has evolved over the last decade from a “one agent to rule them a...

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CRITICALSTART Releases Major Redesign of MOBILESOC

Industry’s first – and only – MOBILESOC app helps drive down attacker dwell time PLANO, T...

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Critical Star’s Randy Watkins Joins Forbes Technology Council

CRITICALSTART CTO, Randy Watkins, was recently tapped for membership in the Forbes Technol...

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CRITICALSTART Named a 2020 Best Tech Startup in Plano by The Tech Tribune

The news just keeps getting better for CRITICALSTART! The Tech Tribune staff compiled a li...

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CRITICALSTART Named to SMU’s Dallas 100 List for Third Consecutive Year

List Recognizes Fastest-Growing Privately Held Businesses in the Dallas Area Plano, TX – November ...

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Plano’s CRITICALSTART Plans to Continue Growth After Recent Successes

Plano-based cybersecurity software company CRITICALSTART was created in response to a numb...

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Data Breaches: Safeguarding Your Healthcare Organization

Breaches are increasing – a proactive approach to data protection can help you safeguard your orga...

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Critical Start Recognized by Dallas Business Journal as Best Workplace

We’ve always known CRITICALSTART is a great place to work, and now we have additional proof. ...

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No More Alert Fatigue for MoneyGram, Thanks to Critical Start‘s MDR

Alert fatigue was an issue for MoneyGram’s SOC analysts, who were finding themselves dealing more ...

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CRITICALSTART Names Chief Financial Officer

Innovative MDR company expands executive team and names Andrew Kaufman to lead the finance departmen...

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CRITICALSTART Named to 2019 MSSP Alert Top 200 Managed Security Services Providers List

Third Annual List Honors Leading MSSPs, MDR Service Providers & Cybersecurity Companies PLANO, T...

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Critical Start Unveils Channel Strategy Driving High-Growth MDR Services

Agreements with leading cybersecurity distributors and resellers give high-growth MDR provider natio...

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The Last Watchdog Talks to CRITICALSTART About Quantifying Risk

“Security is really the art of handling risk” – Randy Watkins, CTO of CRITICALSTART. It’s cl...

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CRITICALSTART Kicks Off Cybersecurity Awareness Month

Coinciding with National Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2019, we want to remind organizations about t...

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Randy Watkins: Mobile, Transparent, Adaptable

Full Video Transcript: Security is really an art form, and it’s how do you deal with risk? Persona...

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Rob Davis: Resolve Every Alert. Stop Breaches.

Full Video Transcript: Ultimately what you want to do is detect and stop breaches. You have to resol...

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Protecting Your Agency Against Ransomware Attacks

Ransomware attacks are not going away. Security researchers have repeatedly warned the public sector...

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The Importance of Password Managers and MFA in Your Security Stack

The subject of password strength and complexity requirements has been discussed and debated ad ...

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What’s the Real Role of AI and ML in Cybersecurity?

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are being heralded as a way to solve a wide r...

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New Research from CRITICALSTART Finds 8/10 Security Analysts Report Annual SOC Turnover Is Reaching 10% to More Than 50%

Data shows the number of alerts is up, longer times to investigate and high false-positive rates PLA...

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Critical Start Signs U.S. Distribution Agreement with SYNNEX Corporation

New distribution agreement expands reach and availability of the company’s MDR services to reselle...

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Managed Services and Risk: Mitigation or Inherent Acceptance?

With the evolution of cybersecurity over the last decade, it’s easy to forget what security is; th...

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Network Security: Keys to Adopting Zero-Trust, Micro-Segmentation

Adoption of zero-trust and micro-segmentation as core design principles can help improve the securit...

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CRITICALSTART Names Vice President of Channels Alliances

Hyper-growth MDR company adds cybersecurity industry expert Dwayne Myers as channel executive to exp...

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Radical Transparency and Zero Trust: Putting Concept into Practice

Enterprise CIOs, CSOs, and VPs of security need business outcomes and a positive ROI from their MSSP...

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Decoding CRITICALSTART’s Rapidly Expanding MSSP Business

CRITICALSTART and Microsoft recently announced a collaboration that will see the Texas-based MSSP of...

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Critical Start Signs U.S. Distribution Agreement With Ingram Micro

New distribution alliance expands reach and availability of Managed Detection and Response services ...

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What a Plano Cybersecurity Firm’s $40M Capital Raise Tells Us About the Region’s Ecosystem

A Plano cybersecurity firm will open offices in Los Angeles and New York in a national expansion fue...

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Managed Detection and Response: CRITICALSTART Raises $40M

CRITICALSTART, a Top 100 MSSP with managed detection and response (MDR) cybersecurity services, ...

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Data Breach Threats in the Real World: How MSSPs Can Help Mitigate Them

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection said this week that travelers’ images and persona...

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Plano Cybersecurity Company Gets $40M in First Outside Investment, Has Valuation of $150M

CRITICALSTART is looking beyond itself to fuel fresh growth. The Plano cybersecurity company ra...

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CRITICALSTART Raises $40 Million in Minority Investment to Fuel Growth of Its Zero-Trust Platform and Managed Detection and Response Services

Funds will be used to accelerate North American expansion and capitalize on premier partnerships wit...

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Equifax Breach, Two Years Later: Lessons for the Financial Services Industry

Nearly two years after the Equifax breach, the fallout is far from over. As detailed in the 96-page ...

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Needle in a Haystack – Managed Detection & Response (MDR)

Are you suffering from alert overload? Security professionals everywhere spend countless hours sifti...

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AI and Machine Learning Make Data the New Source Code

The role of data in today’s business world cannot be overstated. Competitive intelligence is inext...

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Next-Gen Firewalls: Key Considerations to Make the Most of Your Investment

You’ve purchased a next-generation firewall. You understand the why, but how do you...

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Protect Your Enterprise Against Social Media Hoaxes

In an era of fake news and constant misinformation, Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp hoaxes have become a...

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CRITICALSTART Announces Collaboration With Microsoft

CRITICALSTART Announces Collaboration With Microsoft to Offer a Managed Detection and Response Serv...

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Critical Start Recognized for Excellence in Managed IT Services

MDR Provider Named to CRN® MSP 500 List and Managed Security 100 Plano, TX – March 13, 2019 ...

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CRITICALSTART Announces Partnership with Chronicle to Bring Advanced Security Solutions to Market

MDR services powered by industry’s only Zero-Trust Analytics Platform (ZTAP) adds Backstory’s va...

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CRITICALSTART Announces Managed Detection and Response Services with Palo Alto Networks Traps Management Service

Industry’s only Zero-Trust Analytics Platform with full transparency and MOBILESOC app now in...

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3 Challenges Facing Cybersecurity Professionals Revealed

Join CRITICALSTART‘s industry-leading cybersecurity professionals Randy Watkins, Chief Technology ...

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