Managed Security Services

Outsourcing seems to be the buzzword in IT at present and 'Outsourcing security' looks like the next buzzword; let's see what MSS has on offer

Saturday, March 01, 2008

With cyber criminals operating high and dearth of necessary infrastructure and security experts in an organization, the time seems ripe for Managed Security Services (MSS) to take over Indian security market.

But why MSS? One of the first reasons is compliance challenge, which includes incident response and tracking, System Audit Policy, configuration, and change mgmt. Another reason is security data which keeps on growing at phenomenal rate and security threats which grow even faster. A reason not to be overlooked is the dearth of resources for maintaining security. Also, one does not know which security product to zero down on with an array of security products offered in the market.

One of the new players to provide MSS is Sify. Its MSS is powered by Security Operations Center (SOC) in Bangalore and backed by delivery platform using a customer Web portal developed inhouse. Sify's MSS provides technology expertise, risk and compliance mgmt, 24x7 security device mgmt, 24x7 device monitoring, and security information mgmt. SOC provides service tools, service mgmt complying to best practices of COBIT, ISO 2700, and ITIL.

In a dedicated model, which is mainly adopted by large enterprises, a customer can have his own SOC which can be handled by Sify. Through MSS, data from thousands of devices are co-related, thus identifying threats in a much better way compared to an inhouse security expert who can only analyze data of his own company. The day is definitely not far when adopting MSS will become norm of the day.

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