952.974.4000 Follow Us ABOUT SERVICES SUCCESS STORIES CAREERS INVESTORS RESOURCES CONTACT High Wire Networks Blog BLOG POST | 11.25.2021 Be Prepared for the Latest Holiday Scams [Heads UP] Business Email Compromiser on the rise!! Partners/Clients and Team members and IT Pros around the globe, Several research firms, IT Security investigators and intelligence sharing organizations, are cautioning companies, shoppers, retailers, and major online retailers to be wary… Read more BLOG POST | 08.24.2021 Debunking Myths About Cyber Insurance In a recent episode of our Cybersecurity Simplified podcast, we talked about how the risks of ransomware are becoming too high for some cyber insurance companies. But the ramifications of this trend extend well beyond ransomware to include all cyberthreats.… Read more BLOG POST | 06.10.2021 How the Pandemic Has Left Internal Security Teams Stretched Thin (And What to Do About It) Even before the pandemic struck last year, cybercrime was on a meteoric rise. And along with it, increased cybersecurity risks to businesses of all sizes. Last year, the average price tag of a data breach in the U.S. was $3.86… Read more BLOG POST | 05.06.2021 Overwatch Managed Security Joins Fight Against Child Trafficking It’s a startling and sobering statistic: human trafficking worldwide has become a $150 billion a year industry with more than 40 million victims. Every year 300,000 children are sold by human traffickers. In the U.S. alone, 300 children are at… Read more BLOG POST | 12.31.2020 Why Should I Find a Partner to Provide Managed Cybersecurity Services? By: Jeremy Cullen, Overwatch Channel Sales Director Should I buy the security infrastructure and tools to build out your own security operation center (SOC) or find a partner that manages those tools for me? Cybercrime is on everyone’s radar, as… Read more BLOG POST | 11.05.2020 Best Practices on Emerging Security Technologies By Travis Ray, Director of Channel Sales, Overwatch Managed Security For managed services providers (MSPs) and managed security services providers (MSSPs), adding or improving security tools in your stack is time-consuming and often challenging. The evaluation process can be overwhelming, and the final decision has a… Read more BLOG POST | 07.14.2020 The Frightening Truth About TikTok Consider these risks. By David Barton, Chief Technology Officer TikTok, a very popular app that shares videos, is under fire – for good reason. It seems, from the moment you install it, the TikTok app starts to gather massive amounts… Read more BLOG POST | 07.10.2020 Six Shortcuts to Help Managed Service Providers Educate Clients on Cybersecurity Every MSP should be educating clients on cybersecurity. If you aren’t, what are you waiting for? By Travis Ray, Director of Channel Sales, Overwatch Why MSPs Should Educate Clients on Cybersecurity: Every one of your clients has cyber-risks that need to be mitigated. Period. Some clients are… Read more BLOG POST | 06.04.2020 Is Your OOO Message a Security Risk? Are you providing too much information in your Out Of Office notifications? Details around your day or time of return, reason for absence, email signature, and alternative contact details may be a gold mine of useful information for hackers. This… Read more BLOG POST | 05.07.2020 You + Overwatch Equals Opportunity in Cybersecurity If you’ve been in the technology channel a long time, you’ve seen a lot of business models. For years the prevailing go-to-market strategy for equipment makers and service providers has been channel-friendly, but vendor-centric. Channel-friendly, but Vendor-centric For the vendor,… Read more BLOG POST | 04.27.2020 Four Things to Help Develop an Agile Workforce By Charles Hughes, Chief Operating Officer. This blog was published in CompTIA. “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence.”—Vince Lombardi “A good plan violently executed today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.”—George Patton… Read more BLOG POST | 04.20.2020 Big Companies Not Immune to Ransomware! By David Barton, CTO Over the weekend, Maze ransomware hit a very large IT services company, according to Bleeping Computer. In the past, this malware gained entry using different techniques: exploit kits via drive-by downloads, remote desktop connections (RDP) with… Read more BLOG POST | 11.05.2021 3 Steps to Building an Effective Cybersecurity Incident Response Plan Cybersecurity is not only about prevention, it’s about response. Think of it this way: You need to lock your doors, but you also need to know what to do if and when someone picks the lock. That’s why it’s critical… Read more BLOG POST | 03.31.2020 Secure Data, Protect Clients and Avoid Phishing in a Pandemic with High Wire Networks (Podcast included) “As with any disaster recovery, you first have to find out what is essential to your business that you have to protect. There’s a lot of control mechanisms, protection, monitoring, alerting. You also need to make sure people can do… Read more BLOG POST | 03.26.2020 Why Do We Need an Agile Workforce? By: Charles Hughes, High Wire Networks' Chief Operating Officer & CompTIA Guest Blogger In our global society, where the pandemic COVID-19 can suddenly wreak havoc in our marketplace, is your company agile enough to respond quickly and correctly to the… Read more BLOG POST | 03.11.2020 MSP Customer Mistakenly Think Their Security is Included But They Can Be with Managed Security Platform as a Service Businesses are becoming more aware of cybersecurity risks. At this point, they know enough to be dangerous … literally. They understand that they don’t know what they don’t know… Read more BLOG POST | 03.02.2020 Achieving Workforce Agility Without Sacrificing Customer Experience By: Charles Hughes, COO, High Wire Networks This is the first in a series of three blogs on CompTIA', that will cover the basic fundamentals of leveraging a more agile workforce to reduce service delivery costs without sacrificing the customer… Read more BLOG POST | 02.11.2020 MSPs, Build Trust by Solving Clients’ Biggest Business Problem: Security MSP Today Q&A with High Wire Networks’ CEO Mark Porter Security is a business problem, not a technology problem, said High Wire Networks’ CEO Mark Porter in an interview with Erik Linasek, Editor of MSP Today. He adds, that this… Read more BLOG POST | 01.13.2020 Simplify Compliance with New York’s SHIELD Act Overwatch Managed Security Checks All the Boxes The state of New York is tightening up data privacy and security rules with the SHIELD Act, which takes effect on March 21, 2020. The new rules have far-reaching-effects since any organization that… Read more BLOG POST | 01.11.2020 What Can We Do About the Cyber-Workforce Crisis? The cybersecurity workforce shortage is not hypothetical: According to the ISC(2) cyber-certification group, the size of the current workforce leaves a significant gap between the number of cybersecurity professionals working in the field (around 800,000 in the U.S.) and the… Read more BLOG POST | 01.11.2020 Privacy Laws in 2020: What to Watch For As we head into 2020, the debate over what tech giants do with private consumer information has reached an all-time high. As a result, new laws will fundamentally change how all companies handle customer data. Much of the legislative movement… Read more BLOG POST | 01.09.2020 The Key to Managing Millennials and Baby Boomers Guest Blogger: Josh Bode, High Wire Intern How can managers be more effective with employees across generations and best communicate with those from different backgrounds and generations? It is a common challenge today in the workplace that has managers scratching… Read more BLOG POST | 12.16.2019 2020’s “Most Wanted” Cybercrimes: Top 5 Security Threats to Watch Out for in the New Year Crime never sleeps – but it evolves. After a year marked ransomware, business email compromise (BEC) fraud and an increase in targeted attacks against companies of all sizes, 2020 has racked up a sizable list of cyberthreats to keep an… Read more BLOG POST | 11.04.2019 Does Your IT Staff Suffer from Patch Fatigue? And What You Can Do About It As the number of vulnerabilities found in software hits an all-time high, security teams are struggling with keeping on top of the patching process – i.e., updating software to apply the latest security fixes. In fact, last year, a whopping… Read more BLOG POST | 11.04.2019 6 Things You Should Know About XDR XDR is the new kid on the security block. And, it’s stealing all the attention from the popular, but older EDR. Before you start feeling bad about EDR’s fall from grace, keep in mind it’s the OG and deserves our… Read more BLOG POST | 10.03.2019 Overwatch Security Guide Read more BLOG POST | 10.02.2019 Beware! The IRS may not be the IRS By: Nick Pratt (Overwatch Security Analyst) and Ben Weerts (Overwatch Inside Sales/Marketing) As we approach the October 15 extension deadline, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is alerting taxpayers about a new email phishing scam. A spoofed IRS.gov link has led… Read more BLOG POST | 09.13.2019 High Wire Networks’ Ed Kelly reunites with daughter in Hurricane Dorian aftermath Ed Kelly and his wife Tami just returned from a week-long trip to Nassau, Bahamas where they reunited with their daughter Tara, who was on the island during Hurricane Dorian. Kelly, a service delivery manager for High Wire's Overwatch Managed… Read more BLOG POST | 08.30.2019 ChannelPro Network Interviews Overwatch Joel Zaidspiner from The ChannelPro Network met with the Overwatch Managed Security team last month at ChannelCon by CompTIA in Las Vegas. He sat down with Josue Vargas, Overwatch's Director of Security Operations. Why attend CompTIA and what makes Overwatch a great product… Read more BLOG POST | 08.26.2019 Overwatch Simplifies Cybersecurity Overwatch Managed Security, High Wire’s security service, attended CompTIA’s annual convention, ChannelCon, August 5-7, 2019, in Las Vegas. Josue Vargas, the Director of Security Operations, was featured on a podcast hosted by Don Witt from the Channel Daily News. Here's an excerpt of the interview. … Read more BLOG POST | 08.21.2019 Podcast: COMPTIA CHANNELCON – Special Feature High Wire, a global service provider, delivers Overwatch full service cyber security to SMBs through their Channel Partners. Read more BLOG POST | 06.13.2019 4 Steps to Effective IT Security Marketing 4 Steps to Effective IT Security Marketing If there is one advantage marketing IT security products, it is that you and your audience start from the shared perspective that taking steps to ensure the security of their networks and the… Read more BLOG POST | 06.10.2019 5 Signs that your End-Users Need a Security Service Boost In business today, digital security is one of the most important functions that any IT department is responsible for, and the weight of that responsibility is only growing over time. However, your end-users might not know if an element of… Read more BLOG POST | 06.06.2019 2019 Security Trends, and How they Affect your Customers In the wake of the surprisingly high volume of serious data breaches that hit businesses of all sizes (and impacted millions of consumers) last year, information security practices are already undergoing even closer scrutiny as many companies review their business… Read more BLOG POST | 06.04.2019 How to Market MDR Services to End- Users and Make it Click If the key to resonating with your intended audience can be boiled down to any one consideration, it is that you as a reseller have to be able to see things from your perspective (and current) customers’ perspective. This might… Read more BLOG POST | 03.11.2019 BLOG: Why you don’t want to miss this webinar By: Stan Herring, Director of Product & Strategy I'm excited about the seminar because it's an opportunity to share with our Partners in the managed security space, information based on observations from working with thousands of their customers each year.… Read more BLOG POST | 03.05.2019 WEBINAR: A New Paradigm for Service Providers Join us on March 21st at 1:00pm CST Subject matter experts from High Wire's Networks' Overwatch Managed Security Services & Seceon, Inc., developers of the aiSIEM Platform, will discuss these important security topics: The Changing Security Paradigm A.I., Machine Learning… Read more BLOG POST | 01.24.2019 The ultimate guide to marketing and selling security services There is nothing more important than a first impression, and in business, your first impression is usually made through marketing, long before you and a potential customer ever meet face to face. We have put together this guide to help… Read more BLOG POST | 01.03.2019 The difference between machine learning and artificial intelligence in your security platform When one thinks of artificial intelligence or machine learning, the first place people often go to is science fiction--sentient computers, murderous robots, that kind of thing. They’re both very large subjects of study and discovery going back decades. There are… Read more BLOG POST | 01.03.2019 The 6 Key Ingredients that Make a High-Performance SOCaaS Solution It seems like hardly a week goes by without another high-profile data breach making the headlines. Not even data fortresses like Facebook seem to be safe, proving that even industry leaders make slip-ups that can lead to severe security compromises.… Read more BLOG POST | 12.10.2018 The core components of a proper cybersecurity offering for MSPs While today's technological advances have certainly facilitated the way many industries do business both locally and globally, it has also paved the way for cybercriminals to exploit weaknesses in the current systems, subsequently causing widespread security breaches or wreaking havoc… Read more BLOG POST | 12.10.2018 Security operations center: Build or outsource? Modern IT security teams have a challenging job, with a constantly evolving threat landscape, and the realization that only a single cyber attack has to be successful to have a devastating effect on any company. While this is true, many… Read more BLOG POST | 10.25.2018 October is National Cybersecurity Month. So What? Posted on October 25, 2018 by Susanna Song If you're wondering, so what? Keep reading. There's a reason why cybersecurity is no longer just a flashy headline or idea. Your SME clients need greater security measures Seize the opportunity to increase your bottom… Read more BLOG POST | 10.09.2018 Cyberattack: Criminals may already be inside your network Posted on October 09, 2018 by Stan Herring, Director of Product & Strategy As a savvy IT manager, you’ve methodically researched and deployed the very latest in firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and endpoint solutions to keep intruders out of your… Read more BLOG POST | 08.15.2018 Unseen threats to Maritime Security Posted on August 15, 2018 by Josue Vargas — Leave a comment Last month, COSCO or China Ocean Shipping Company, which is known as one of the largest maritime cargo players in the market received a nasty surprise, in the form of an email attack that spread… Read more BLOG POST | 07.23.2018 Are Your Vendors Secure? By Mark Porter, President and CEO of High Wire Networks Every day we hear about another large corporation with a data breach, or a large-scale ransomware attack, or a new router vulnerability. The cyber world is a very scary place,… Read more BLOG POST | 06.19.2018 ATLANTA: When Security Planning Comes Too Late Posted on June 19, 2018 by Josue Vargas When the city of Atlanta came under attack by the SamSam ransomware on March 22nd, it was already too late—there was no emergency plan. By April, the city had spent nearly $2.6M in recovery and… Read more BLOG POST | 04.24.2018 RSA 2018: Now I know what I didn’t know I knew! By Stan Herring, Director of Product and Strategy Last week I attended the RSA Conference 2018 in San Francisco along with forty-seven thousand others looking for answers to the security problems we face as an industry. I realized that for… Read more BLOG POST | 04.10.2018 April: A Month of Cyber Tragedies By: Stan Herring, Director of Security Product & Strategy at High Wire Networks In the first 10 days of April we have been alerted to dozens of new cyberattacks. Over 200,000 network switches made by the security vendor Cisco were… Read more BLOG POST | 03.15.2018 Hardware and End-Point Applications Not Enough By: Stan Herring, Director of Security Product & Strategy at High Wire Networks Today, we spend a significant amount of our work-life in a web browser. It’s overwhelming how fast companies have moved their infrastructure and applications to the public… Read more BLOG POST | 01.14.2018 Trust but Verify! When implementing technology around the world, it is important to be able to validate the quality of the work being performed. At High Wire Networks, we are constantly looking for ways to leverage the very same technologies we deploy to… Read more BLOG POST | 01.14.2018 A Purpose Built Organization During a recent conversation with our Leadership Team, we were discussing how to organize our team in the most effective manner. It's a pretty typical exercise we undertake every so often to make sure we keep our eye on the… Read more Awards & Achievements Contact High Wire About High Wire Networks Founded in 2000 with a singular focus on delivering world-class service through channel partners and never direct. 24x7x365 around the globe, High Wire is the choice to GET WORK DONE. Work for High Wire Networks? Join a fast paced, flexible environment with plenty of opportunities for personal growth and advancement. Contact Us 30 N Lincoln Street | Batavia, IL 60510 Service Help Line: | 952.974.4000