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Black Hat 2026: Time for an AI Chill Pill?
Sandbox escapes and “patch storms” are cause for concern, not panic, experts say. Plus: Securing open source AI, partner programs invest in personas…
 • Rich Freeman
The Biggest Key to Open Source AI Safety is Also the Biggest Gap in Security
As in experienced security professionals, who play a critical role in ensuring that open source models are safe to use.
 • Rich Freeman
Sophos and OpenAI Double Down
The security vendor and LLM leader are adding a new partnership focused specifically on MSPs to an earlier AI security alliance.
 • Rich Freeman
Security Partners Want One Program For Many Personas
And maybe more AI-powered interaction versus less, according to security channel chiefs at Barracuda and Sophos.
 • Rich Freeman
The MCP Acid Test for AI and Community
Vendors should supply AI data freely to MSPs and each other. Will they? Plus: Syncro goes (Claude) native, Lexful’s SaaSpocalypse insurance, and GTIA’s…
 • Rich Freeman
IT By Design Helps MSPs Eat the AI Elephant
Implementing AI is a journey. IT By Design is providing venues for MSPs to plan that trip cooperatively.
 • Rich Freeman
GTIA Says It’s Lead or be Led for the Channel Community
The nonprofit industry association is spearheading vendor-neutral regulatory and standards initiatives on a scale no other organization can match.
 • Rich Freeman
Lexful’s SaaSpocalypse Insurance
The AI era system of record startup for MSPs believes targeted context will ensure its long-term relevance to the industry.
 • Rich Freeman
Syncro Goes Native
The company’s about to become the first managed services toolmaker with a native connector to Anthropic’s Claude.
 • Rich Freeman
MSPs Are Drifting Toward an AI Pricing Niagara
Many are sticking with per-user fees doomed to decline over time. Plus: What partnering with Anthropic’s like and ThreatCaptain’s dollars-and-cents…
 • Rich Freeman
The Problem Isn’t What You Sell, According to ThreatCaptain. It’s What You Say.
The young security vendor helps MSPs who struggle at selling take a dollars-and-cents approach to quantifying risk.
 • Rich Freeman

July 2026

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