Adopting an Advanced Cybersecurity Strategy as a Mid-Market Organization

It seems like every year we hear about a major cyber attack that manages to bring an organization, or worse, an entire industry to its knees at the expense of customers, shareholders and the practitioners on the ground. While attacks on larger organizations may make the headlines, mid-sized organizations are equally at risk. In this blog, we share practical advice for fortifying your cybersecurity practice.

Cyber Strategies to Protect Your Operation

An integrated cybersecurity program is not a new concept to many large entities. For mid-market organizations, however, cybersecurity is still often viewed and treated as an independent silo within IT that serves a tactical function.

Not only does this approach deprive organizations of the strategic value derived from an integrated cybersecurity program (more on that later), but it carries exacerbated risk relative to their larger counterparts. According to NetDiligence, of the more than 3,000 cyber insurance claims filed last year, only 2% were made by companies with $2 billion or more in annual revenue. In other words, mid-market clients have become the main targets—and victims—of bad actors globally. A lack of integrated cyber capabilities combined with an increased volume of cyber-attacks spells bad news for these folks.

This doesn’t have to be the case.

As smaller organizations continue to accelerate adoption of ITO capabilities, a well-aligned MSSP can be the center of the sourcing strategy. The right sourcing partner can help address cyber risk mitigation and augment IT, including other provider services, in a way that delivers strategic value for key business imperatives.

In fact, a study by IHL Group shows that top performing companies (those with >10% sales growth) invest 285% more in cybersecurity than below-average performers. This suggests that the most successful mid-market organizations invest in outsourced security services to achieve better business outcomes.

Plus, we know the market is there. According to Syntax, 83% of IT leaders are considering outsourcing their cybersecurity functions.

Red River’s Approach to Cybersecurity

At Red River, we pride ourselves on our ability to deliver top-class cybersecurity to these clients. Through our proven experience, we have developed several key differentiators:

1. Scalability – with our comprehensive suite of solutions and deep book of business with mid-market clients, we understand how to start where they are then integrate, grow and adapt cyber capabilities at pace with the overall growth of the business.
2. Partner Ecosystem – with a very strong Value-Add Reseller component of our business, we maintain strategic partnerships with best-of-breed solutions spanning data, endpoints and infrastructure to deliver technology-agnostic solutions and competitive pricing.
3. Zero Trust Framework – Our cyber delivery model is anchored in a zero trust framework, so we focus on implementing zero trust standards across the organization and architect with zero trust-enabled solutions.
4. Federal Government Experience – our history as an organization is deeply rooted in the federal government, so our service offerings in the commercial sector are heavily influenced by the highest standards of security and privacy, enabling top-class security capabilities for organizations of all shapes and sizes.

If you’re interested in modernizing your approach to cybersecurity or looking for a MSSP that can help address any small and mid-market clients’ security needs, contact us info@redriver.com.