Guest blog courtesy of LimaCharlie.
Congratulations to the MSSPs who weathered the challenges of 2024 and are locking in their business plans for 2025. While it’s common for businesses to post end-of-year reviews and predictions, savvy organizations are looking ahead to 2025, not dwelling on the past. What do we know about the upcoming year that will directly impact MSSPs?
The most concerning trend is seeing several large cybersecurity vendors entering the security services space. This creates a conflict of interest for MSSPs who offer these vendor’s products. This is a classic case of partners becoming competitors and unfortunately, MSSPs are at a disadvantage. Why buy a security service from an MSSP when you can buy the same thing directly from the provider? This is a key question MSSPs will have to answer in 2025 if they want to ensure their continued prosperity.
There are many ways MSSPs can respond to this massive incursion into their markets, but none as satisfying as achieving independence. In fact, any path aside from taking more control of your operations ultimately leads to someone else's business determining the success of yours. This is a precarious position to be in, given the unpredictable state of the tech sector and uncertain economy ahead.
Switch From Consuming to Creating
The destiny of your business will always be dependent upon outsiders as long as you are beholden to specific third-party tools. However, it can be remarkably easy to offer your customers the capabilities they need through a vendor agnostic, SecOps Cloud Platform (SCP). An SCP gives MSSPs a centralized place to integrate all of their security resources and manage multiple customers. This reduces the number of skilled workers required to perform advanced security operations, simplifies processes, and increases visibility into the environment.
Specifically, a SecOps Cloud Platform[1] :
While the capabilities of the SCP extend far beyond these few use cases, one benefit that should not be overlooked is peace of mind. As a vendor-neutral cloud platform, the SCP will never compete directly against your business or for your customers. In fact, the SCP can be customized to reflect your business brand, so your customers are unaware of its presence.
In short, the SecOps Cloud Platform enables MSSPs to:
Next Steps
The upcoming year is going to be challenging for MSSPs, but our field consistently rewards scrappy innovators and determined visionaries. Adaptability is a key ingredient for success in the tech industry and 2025 is no exception. The time to plan for former security partners to become your direct competitors is now, not when their well-funded marketing campaign is wooing your customers.
To see how the SCP can make your organization more resilient to third-party pressure, try it for free or book a demo today. Join the growing cadre of managed service providers who have adopted the SCP and are using it to grow their businesses. Make 2025 a year of independence as you drop the burden of vendor lock-in and regain full control of your business.