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What Is a Kernel? The Code That Can Crash Every PC at Once

What a kernel is in computers, how kernel mode differs from user mode, why drivers and security agents run in the kernel, how one CrowdStrike file crashed 8.5 million Windows PCs in July 2024, and what Microsoft changed in 2025.

EDR vs XDR: What MSPs and IT Teams Need for Cyber Insurance

Scope, staffing and price per endpoint settle this choice. This guide sets EDR, XDR and MDR side by side, prices each from 2026 vendor lists, and lists the coverage proof underwriters ask for, whether you run client fleets as an MSP or your own as an IT team.

Sophos Alternatives: 8 Picks for MSPs and IT Teams

Published November 2026 prices for CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, ESET, ThreatDown, Huntress and Defender, what Intercept X is called now, Defender licensing for IT teams, and the managed tiers that replace Sophos MDR.

CrowdStrike Falcon Review for MSPs and IT Teams: Pricing, Pros and Cons

An MSP-focused review of CrowdStrike Falcon: what it does, the module lineup, real pricing tiers, multi-tenant delivery via Flight Control, lessons from the 2024 outage, and which MSPs it actually fits.