MSP Vs MSSP is there a distinction anymore
                     M S P  Vs M S S P  is there a 
distinction  anymore?
MSP v MSSP –  is there a distinction anymore? 
Well, yes and no. Yes  there’s a distinction 
because if you look at any established MSSP 
today,  you will see things in their stacks and 
teams that an MSP doesn’t have.  Yet…
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To date, MSPs have been focused mostly on endpoint 
protection and  prevention. We know the attack 
surface has broadened through on-  premises to 
hybrid, to multi-cloud, to applications, and IoT/OT  
environments with employees accessing company 
resources from  virtually anywhere, using company-
owned systems or unmanaged  personal devices.
The #MSP response has been to start buying tools 
and acquiring  knowledge to secure as much as they 
can for their clients. The net  result here is that the 
average MSP is now managing a stack of 8  different 
security tools –  a point product for some piece of the 
MSSP  security stack pie and acquiring them in one of 
two ways:
1.Partner with security vendors to deploy multiple 
point products and  hire staff to support. This forces 
data & detection & people into  multiple silos making 
remediation difficult. This in turn requires  expensive 
security analysts to oversee it all hoping that they 
never  blink & miss something.
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Outsource to managed detection & response vendors. 
This still  results in incomplete systems, & data & 
detection that is still silo’d (see  #1 above). Add to this 
that the MSP relinquishes insight, control and  profit 
margin to someone else.
Neither option is ideal and outsourcing simply off loads 
the inherent  problems to someone else; it’s not really 
solving the problem.
The Prob lem w i th  Si loed Security So lut ions
Alert Fatigue – multiple alerts from multiple systems, 
some of them  redundant making it difficult to trust the 
data.
Accurate threat detection is difficult as data is 
incongruent and  lacks the correlation of a unified 
approach.
Dashboard Fatigue – from too many dashboards to 
manage, one for  each point product.
Integration and maintenance is expensive & time-
consuming for a  big stack.
So, here’s the rub…both options above are expensive and 
time  consuming, yet protection & prevention is not 
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enough.
MSPs need a way to detect & respond to today’s 
cyber threats. They  need a better way to view 
threats across multi-cloud and on-premises  
environments to increase their efficacy in 
protecting their client’s  resources & reducing the 
time it takes to detect and respond to  incidents. 
Many MSPs have chosen to outsource their profits 
and  outsource their control to MDR providers. 
That’s an option that is  growing fast for sure.
What about real time remediation? An alert from 
a vendor isn’t good  enough anymore. Enter the 
idea of MDR + SIEM + SOC = More  expense, no 
improvement in efficacy, & low low margins for 
the #MSP.
Attacks and breaches are still getting in and 
happening daily. More and  more MSPs are losing 
sleep and struggling with audits and insurance  
knowing they don’t have a strong detection and 
response program  beyond endpoints.
Deploying a SIEM, building a big tech stack, and 
hiring a team has  always been considered an 
impossible dream.
But now with automation driving the ability to 
respond and remediate  in real time, it’s finally 
possible to launch advanced compliant  
cybersecurity services built on a SIEM without 
dozens of eyes on glass.
We are solving this challenge at Seceon. 
Seceon’s aiMSSP Platform  does all the work. It 
efficiently ingests logs, flows and events at 
scale  across on-premises to hybrid, to multi-
cloud, to applications, andIoT/OT including all 
devices regardless of where they connect from 
95% of cyber threats are detected and 
automatically blocked with.
MSP Vs MSSP is there a distinction anymore? - Seceon
AI/ML. Remediation happens in real time. I believe this is the only 
way  to meet insurance and compliance requirements for your 
clients AND  remain profitable.
So the choices are:
1: License, deploy and manage a big stack and team.
2: Outsource advanced security to a MDR or MSSP and outsource  
control and outsource profit with no improvement in efficacy.
3: Leverage the power of AI/ML. Launch a high-margin, advanced  
security service that meets compliance requirements and let 
AI/ML  replace the dozens of eyes on glass.
You built your MSP, now you have an opportunity to quickly 
become an  MSSP. You absolutely can reduce risks and pass audits 
for your clients.  At the same time, you can retain your profit 
margin for a healthy,  scalable and sustainable managed security 
services business.
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MA 01886
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Website - https://www.seceon.com/