Which security stack suits an MSP with many small clients?
A small, standard stack you can run the same way for every client: endpoint protection with central management, multi-factor authentication, backup with tested restores, e-mail security, and network detection where clients have local networks. Avoid tools that need per-client tuning or a dedicated analyst, because your margin disappears in the hours. Prefer vendors with published prices, simple licensing, clean separation between clients and alerts a technician can act on. Check how each tool protects the remote access it gives you, because your own tools are a target. NetSenX fits the network part of such a stack: one agent on a SPANSPAN: switch port analyser. A switch setting that sends a copy of network traffic to one port, where a sensor can watch it. or TAPTAP: test access point. A small device that copies the traffic on a network cable for a sensor to watch. port per site, plain-language alerts and one tenant per client.
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Terms used here
- SPAN (switch port analyser)
- A switch setting that sends a copy of network traffic to one port, where a sensor can watch it.
- TAP (test access point)
- A small device that copies the traffic on a network cable for a sensor to watch.