In this interview, Richard speaks to Mostyn Thomas, the Senior Director of Security at Pax8. He’s responsible for overseeing the company's channel security operations, empowering Pax8 partners to reduce risk, improve efficiency, and ultimately grow their business.

Mostyn has more than 20 years of experience working with managed service providers, including founding Astrix Integrated Systems in 2001. He’s a Cyber Essentials trainer and holds a range of security qualifications.

Richard and Mostyn discuss the shift to a cybersecurity focus in the IT space and why Pax8 are so popular.

Mostyn shares his experience of transitioning from IT provider to cybersecurity expert to vendor and what a typical day looks like as the director of security.

Mostyn shares his advice on how MSPs can support clients who only have small cybersecurity budgets, the one cybersecurity tool every SMB should have and the threats they need to be aware of.

Richard asks Mostyn to share the best resources to stay up to date with cybersecurity trends, where he goes for advice, his inspirations and mentors. They also look at the number one mistake MSPs make and how to have a security-first mindset.

Mentioned in This Episode

• Graham Cluley
• Ian Thornton-Trump
• Wes Spencer
• Jennifer Bleam
• CompTIA
• Karl Palachuk
• National Cyber Resilience Centre
• Cyber Essentials
• Acronis
• Connect Secure
• SentinelOne
• Simon Sinek
• Jim Collins – Good to Great
• Malcolm Gladwell
• Chip and Dan Heath
• Matthew Syed – Black Box Thinking

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