Clear decision guides for Managed Security Service Providers (MSSP)
Straight comparisons of the tools you're choosing between, honest about where each one falls short. Where we quote a benchmark, we show its source.
16 guides for Managed Security Service Providers (MSSP) of 1,000
What an MSSP Should Demand From Its Own Secrets Vault
Why the secrets vault a managed security service provider uses internally is part of what it's selling, and how Doppler and Vault compare on that standard.
Security Incidents Need a Different Playbook Than Outages
Managed security providers need incident tooling built for containment and evidence, not just paging. Compare incident.io and PagerDuty on that basis.
Application Security for the Team That Sells Security
Questions an MSSP should ask before choosing Snyk or GitHub Advanced Security to secure its own detection tooling and client-facing platform.
Building a CI/CD Hardening Scorecard You Can Show a Client
A scorecard MSSPs can use to assess and demonstrate CI/CD hardening for clients, comparing what GitHub Actions and GitLab CI enforce out of the box.
Database Infrastructure for Managed Security Providers
MSSPs storing security event data and audit trails have narrower requirements than most apps. Here's how Supabase and AWS RDS compare.
Wiz vs Prisma Cloud When You're the One Selling Security
An MSSP choosing between Wiz and Prisma Cloud faces a specific problem: clients will eventually ask what protects your own cloud. Here's how to answer.
Datadog vs New Relic for a Security Operations Team
A managed security service provider needs its own detection pipeline monitored as closely as any client. Datadog vs New Relic for an MSSP, compared.
SOC 2 for MSSPs: Proving Your Own Security, Not Just Selling It
Why a managed security service provider's own SOC 2 audit is different, and how Vanta, Drata and Secureframe fit a security vendor that's already instrumented.
CrowdStrike vs SentinelOne for MSSPs Building a Service
For an MSSP, the CrowdStrike vs SentinelOne choice is about partner economics and differentiation, not just detection quality. A provider side breakdown.
AWS or Google Cloud for a Managed Security Service Provider
How managed security service providers should compare AWS and Google Cloud for multi-tenant tooling, native detection services and incident response.
Kong vs Apigee for MSSPs That Have to Prove Enforcement
Clients want evidence malformed payloads were rejected, not an assurance something sits in front of the API. How MSSPs should weigh Kong against Apigee.
Container Orchestration for an MSSP's Own Detection Stack
An MSSP's own log ingestion and detection pipeline has to stay fast and provably locked down. Questions to answer before choosing Kubernetes or ECS to run it.
LaunchDarkly or Split for an MSSP's Own Engineering Team
Managed security service providers are held to a higher audit standard than most software teams. Here's how LaunchDarkly and Split compare on that front.
Backstage vs Port When Clients Audit Your Own Stack
Client security reviews ask who owns a detection pipeline and when it was last patched. See how that evidence burden should shape your portal choice.
Cursor vs GitHub Copilot for MSSPs and Security Operations Teams
A managed security provider has to vet an AI coding vendor the way it vets any tool touching client data. What to check before Cursor or Copilot join the SOC.
How an MSSP Should Weigh Auth0 Against Clerk
An MSSP's criteria for recommending Auth0 or Clerk to clients: breach history, incident response posture, and where each tool leaves gaps.