5. Brian Thomas, Malwarebytes

Ransomware may be grabbing most of the headlines, but other cybersecurity threats and issues are keeping partners and their customers up at night.

So, beyond the ransomware headlines, what threats are facing partners and their customers?

Malwarebytes’ Brian Thomas made waves when he said that when it comes to threats, his company looks at it more from an SMB perspective.

“Forty-three percent of SMBs don’t even have a cybersecurity game plan whatsoever,” he said. “And then you couple that with if there’s a ransomware attack, the average payout for an attack is $4.2 million. It’s a check that SMBs can’t cash. And I think that’s the reason why we exist. That’s why the channel program and the MSPs that we support really exist. It’s that low security maturity market that simply cannot afford a ransomware attack like that in that particular space.” 

Discover what the other experts had to say about threats beyond ransomware.