News in the Channel - issue #42

NEWS

Redsquid launches AI services

Redsquid has launched Redsquid AI Services, a strategic AI transformation practice designed to help organisations move beyond experimentation and embed artificial intelligence securely into everyday business operations, delivering measurable business outcomes. The launch marks a significant step in Redsquid’s ambition to become the UK’s most trusted AI-enabled managed service provider and AI transformation partner. The launch is further strengthened by the appointment of Angela Ginis as head of AI transformation and enablement. Bringing extensive experience in AI strategy, organisational change and digital transformation, Angela will lead Redsquid’s AI strategy and customer enablement practice, helping organisations successfully adopt AI at scale. Building on Redsquid’s established capabilities across Microsoft technologies, cloud, cybersecurity and managed services, Redsquid AI Services supports organisations throughout their AI journey from strategy and readiness assessments through to Microsoft 365 Copilot deployment, AI-powered automation,

Angela Ginis

intelligent agents, governance, security and ongoing optimisation. “Artificial intelligence represents the biggest shift in enterprise technology we’ve seen in decades,” said Sohin Raithatha, group CEO of Redsquid. “Organisations are moving beyond asking whether they should adopt AI and are now focused on how they do it securely, responsibly and in a way that delivers measurable business value. At the same time, the role of the traditional managed service provider is evolving. “Customers need more than a partner that simply manages technology, they need one that enables business transformation.” That’s where Redsquid is investing. By combining deep Microsoft expertise, market-leading cybersecurity, managed services and AI enablement, we're giving organisations the confidence to embed AI into everyday operations, unlock new opportunities and transform the way they work.” n

Sohin Raithatha

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Most SaaS accounts have more guest access than licensed users Trust is the primary source of risk within modern IT environments, according to Kaseya’s 2026 SaaS Security Report . Threat actors have abandoned perimeter attacks in expand, everyday operational conveniences like unmanaged guest

accounts – which now make up 69% of all monitored accounts – persistent third- party access and externally shared data are creating massive security liabilities for small and mid-sized businesses. The rush to adopt AI has triggered a sprawl of third-party OAuth integrations that use persistent tokens instead of credentials, granting attackers permanent data access even after password resets. Consequently, non-human service principal logins now account for 20% of critical security alerts. Simultaneously, attackers use AI-driven automation to

favour of softer targets like identities, OAuth integrations and collaboration workflows, leaving a trust gap most small and mid-sized businesses can’t see, let alone close. The report analysed more than 27.6 billion SaaS security events across over 50,000 SMB environments, including 5,400 MSP partners and 6.2 million end-user accounts. The data highlights a critical reality: as SaaS ecosystems

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