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Guest: Larry Bianculli
Company: Contemporary Computer Services, Inc (CCSI)
This week’s guest is Larry Bianculli, managing director, with CCSI who provide MSP and MSSP services in the New York City/Long Island area. CCSI (which stands for Contemporary Computers Services) has been around since 1974. CCSI has always been focused on services, the founders coming from IBM. CCSI has a range of customers from SMB to fortune 500. They have customers around the US as well as overseas.
Larry has been with CCSI for 4 years and is focused on growing the enterprise and commercial business. Prior to CCSI Larry spent over 15 years working for vendors (both big and small). For their large customers, CCSI helps to augment their IT staff in specialized areas. They’ve seen some great opportunities with co-managed SIEM. CCSI focuses mostly on financial, healthcare, insurance and manufacturing.
Listen to the full episode for more information on how CCSI has been so successful over the years by essentially thinking of themselves as a startup.
News of the Week
Top 100 Vertical Market MSPs: Survey to Identify 2020 Honorees
Brief: Channele2e is looking for the top 100 vertical market MSPs. Fill out this survey to be considered.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DMTMWBD
Is the 3-2-1 Backup Rule Still Relevant?
Brief: With file sync and share services in the cloud, is the 3-2-1 rule still needed? Join the conversation…
https://www.reddit.com/r/msp/comments/edtjng/is_the_321_backup_rule_still_relevant/
Sodinokibi Ransomware Publishes Stolen Data for the First Time
Brief: Following in the footsteps of Maze, the bad actors behind Sodinokibi are now releasing data from companies who don’t pay their ransom.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sodinokibi-ransomware-publishes-stolen-data-for-the-first-time/
New Windows 10 ‘Extraordinarily Serious’ Security Warning For 900 Million Users
Brief: News broke on Tuesday, January 14, 2020, about this new vulnerability that Microsoft will be patching. It sounds pretty serious and the NSA was apparently involved in the discovery.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2020/01/14/windows-10-extraordinarily-serious-security-warning-for-900-million-users/