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S2E14 Automation Doesn't Equal Security: Compliance Tools, Vanta, and MSP Reality
Automation can help. It can also give you a very pretty false sense of security.In this episode of Get NIST-y, we get blunt about automated compliance platforms, evidence collection, and the gap…
S2E14 Axios Fallout: What MSPs Should Do After a Supply Chain Hit
A vendor supply chain incident is not just a developer problem. If your vendors ship software, your MSP is in the blast radius whether you wrote a line of code or not.In this special Get NIST-y…
S2E13 Security Frameworks, Non-Negotiables, and Risky Clients
Some MSP clients want to move fast on security. Others only reply when something is on fire.In this episode of Get NIST-y, the podcast from Blacksmith InfoSec where we turn compliance into practical…
S2E12 MSP Security Theater, Trustmarks, and the Community Effect
A lot of MSPs say they “do security.”That does not mean they do enough of it.In this episode of Get NIST-y, Jared and Mike sit down with Josh Hohbein of Centrex IT to talk about where MSP security is…
S2E9 Cyber Insurance Forms, MFA, and Risky MSP Assumptions
Some compliance mistakes are boring. These are not. In this episode of Get NIST-y, Jared and Mike tackle two real-world MSP questions that can create liability fast if you handle them the wrong way.…
S2E10 Compliance as a Service: Cadence, Risk, Real Deliverables
Compliance as a service can either calm the chaos or torch your calendar. The difference is whether you’re running a structured security program or improvising.In this episode, we talk about what…
S2E9 Templates Without the Cookie Cutter: Standardize, Customize, Prove Progress
Templates are supposed to make you faster. But MSPs live in the real world, where a dentist office and a law firm do not need the same controls, the same tolerance for friction, or the same “this is…
S2E8 Compliance as a Business Advantage: Risk Appetite, Roadmaps, and Where to Start
In this episode of Get NIST-y, Jared Casner and Michael Zbarsky dig into how compliance can be more than a burden. Done right, it becomes a business advantage.Listener questions we answer:Wendy (MSP…
S2E7 Using Quarterly Meetings to Boost MRR
In this special, bonus episode of Get NIST-y, we're joined by our friend Ian Richardson from Fox & Crow Group. Your existing customer base offers your greatest source of additional revenue.…
S2E6 Compliant AI: Can We Use LLMs Without Getting Fired?
If you're like most MSPs (or their end clients), you're wrestling with how to protect data and IP while also letting people use AI responsibly. If you don't allow AI use, you know your users will…
S2E5 Vendor Risk: The Spreadsheet Strikes Back
Vendor risk is where good intentions go to die in a spreadsheet. This week on Get NIST-y, we're tackling some user questions about third-party risk management (TPRM).Question 1: How do companies…
S2E4 NIS2 and the Tyranny of the Word ‘Continuous’
NIS2 keeps showing up in conversations, and one word is causing most of the panic: continuous.Question 1: For NIS2, what’s a realistic, defensible way to handle “continuous” vendor and supplier…
S2E3 Continuous Compliance Isn’t a Product Feature
Everyone’s selling “continuous compliance” right now. Cool. But what does that look like in a real company with real humans? Today we tackle this topic thanks to 2 related listener questions.Question…
S2E2 If Nothing’s Broken, Why Fix Security? Making Cyber Risk Visible
If your systems are running and nothing bad has happened, how should leaders think about cyber risk?In this episode, we tackle two listener questions. Kevin, a COO in Phoenix, asks how business…
S2E1 Compliance Predictions for 2026
We're kicking off the 2026 season of Get NIST-y with some predictions about what's to come in the world of compliance and cybersecurity. At the end of year, we'll make sure to grade ourselves on how…
S1E18 A little rapping paper for the holidays
We're taking this week off, so instead of hearing us talk about compliance this week, you get to hear us rap!
S1E17 A NIST-y Review of 2025
In this special episode, Mike and Jared talk about the compliance trends and cybersecurity disasters in an entertaining recap of 2025. Stay tuned for the 2026 preview!Want to get your own questions…
S1E16 Compliance, Clients, and the QBR Problem: Part 1
This is part one of a two-part crossover with Adam Walter from Humanize IT. In this episode, we dig into two real listener questions that every MSP will recognize. First, we help Marisol from a…
S1E15 Compliance as an Advantage and Increasing Margins
In this episode of Get NIST-y, hosts Jared Casner and Michael Zbarsky talk about how MSPs can stop seeing compliance as a burden and start using it to grow their business.Question 1: “When I'm…
S1E14 Get NIST-y LIVE: Incident Response with Bob Miller
Most MSPs think they have incident response under control, at least until chaos hits. In this live episode of Get NIST-y, hosts Jared Casner and Michael Zbarsky sit down with Bob Miller, CEO of IR…
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