{"id":4613,"date":"2022-12-06T19:22:49","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T19:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/securendsolution.com\/?p=4613"},"modified":"2022-12-06T19:58:48","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T19:58:48","slug":"risk-considerations-msp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/securendsolution.com\/4613\/","title":{"rendered":"Risk Considerations When Selecting A Managed Service Provider"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4613\" class=\"elementor elementor-4613\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-114d553b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"114d553b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d4d0872\" data-id=\"6d4d0872\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11236cc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jkit_post_title\" data-id=\"11236cc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jkit_post_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div  class=\"jeg-elementor-kit jkit-post-title jeg_module___662825463f823\" ><h2 class=\"post-title style-color \">Risk Considerations When Selecting A Managed Service Provider<\/h2><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7de96b2e elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"7de96b2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"jki jki-calendar-1-light\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd520a3 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-jkit_post_date\" data-id=\"fd520a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jkit_post_date.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div  class=\"jeg-elementor-kit jkit-post-date jeg_module__1_6628254640d86\" ><p class=\"post-date \">December 6, 2022<\/p><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-604fba71 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"604fba71\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-59c3f69e\" data-id=\"59c3f69e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-661c5b54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"661c5b54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 18-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Risk Considerations When Selecting a Managed Service Provider <\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75ff4174 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75ff4174\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 18-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Considerations, best-practices for defensive network architecture, and cyber security concerns when selecting a new MSP partner.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18991b4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-jkit_post_featured_image\" data-id=\"18991b4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jkit_post_featured_image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div  class=\"jeg-elementor-kit jkit-post-featured-image jeg_module__2_6628254644d14\" ><div class=\"post-featured-image \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/securendsolution.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Risk-Considerations.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/securendsolution.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Risk-Considerations.png 1280w, https:\/\/securendsolution.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Risk-Considerations-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/securendsolution.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Risk-Considerations-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/securendsolution.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Risk-Considerations-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b20641 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1b20641\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. Least Privilege <\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fcb9b2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4fcb9b2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Managed Service Providers (MSP) and\/or their sub-contractors should be granted the minimum necessary rights assigned to perform their job, for the shortest duration possible. Your organization should regularly review system level access, and disable old\/unused credentials. On a periodic basis, a trusted member of your IT department, or your MSP should verify service accounts are being used and do not have more access rights than necessary applied to the account.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efd3bd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efd3bd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Questions to ask:<\/span><\/i><\/p><ul><li aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How many accounts with <\/span><b>elevated permissions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are going to be required or created by your team, and who will have access to these accounts?\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How many service accounts will be created, and how will they be secured?<\/span><\/i><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07ddb7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"07ddb7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What is the risk associated with old accounts, or accounts with too much access?<\/p><ul><li>Service accounts used for scanning, or to connect applications to your active directory may need to be used for a legitimate purpose. However, these accounts often become a target for bad actors to enter your network.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-435f81ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"435f81ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2. Authentication and Access<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c5d71a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c5d71a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MSP accounts should adhere to the same password policy (if not stronger) as your organization. MSP accounts should always<\/span><b> enforce MFA<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This is especially true if the account has elevated access to your network, or resources. Access to your network should be kept to a minimum and should be logged either by a SIEM, system, or firewall. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba9b17c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba9b17c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Questions to Ask:<\/span><\/i><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How will you and your technicians connect to assist my employees?<\/span><\/i><\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you enforce MFA for your employees&#8217; workstations and email?<\/span><\/i><\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Will you be opening a site-to-site VPN to access our internal network?<\/span><\/i><\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How will your technicians login to manage our servers, backups, and Office365?<\/span><\/i><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35e21bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"35e21bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What are risks associated with access and authentication?<\/p><ul><li>Managed Service Provider&#8217;s networks are a target for bad actors, and if your data stored within their network is not protected, the bad actor will also gain elevated access to your internal network.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27883c50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"27883c50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3. Implement Strong Controls and Policies<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e530f18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e530f18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regularly update and patch operating systems and networking equipment. Equipment brought on site (such as a management PC, sometimes considered a \u201cjump\u201d terminal) must adhere to the same cyber security standards as other machines in your organization.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64ea3ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64ea3ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This includes enabling audit-logs for success and sign-in failures, enforcing enterprise antivirus and DLP policies, utilizing encryption of HDD\/SSD, and restricting access to sensitive VLANs such as servers, or networking equipment when possible.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05a1388 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05a1388\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Questions to ask:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where can we review a log of updates pushed or scheduled?<\/span><\/i><\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where can we review a list of systems connected to our LAN?<\/span><\/i><\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are management PC\u2019s on my network encrypted?<\/span><\/i><\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do we have access to review our antivirus alerts, and where?<\/span><\/i><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2eb1b61d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2eb1b61d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Where Data Collected From your Organization is Stored<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25cbe8d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25cbe8d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Private data collected and utilized by your MSP must be protected, and have strict policies around who can access confidential data, and from where. Your MSP should be able to answer the following questions, and provide documentation on their policies for collection, storage, and access of your private data.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f2300a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f2300a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Questions to ask:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do you and your team use to collect and store our passwords?<\/span><\/i><\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where can your team access our data from?\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do you conduct employee and vendor vetting that access our data?<\/span><\/i><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-48afacfc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"48afacfc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1185f096\" data-id=\"1185f096\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42240207 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"42240207\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"jki jki-quote-light\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64697c93 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64697c93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDetailed guidelines for log and records maintenance, including requirements for the MSP to provide secure storage of backups and for detailed records of when accounts are accessed, by whom, for how long, and what actions were completed. 1<\/span><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0365bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e0365bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nccoe.nist.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/legacy-files\/msp-protecting-data-one-pager.pdf\"><b>NIST, \u201cProtecting Data from Ransomware and Other Data Loss Events: A Guide for Managed Service Providers to Conduct, Maintain and Test Backup Files.\u201d<\/b><\/a><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/publications\/cisa-insights_risk-considerations-for-msp-customers_508.pdf\"><b>CISA INSIGHTS \u201cRISK CONSIDERATIONS FOR MANAGED SERVICE 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