Managed Security Services Benefits
Outsourcing security management can help smaller organisations level the playing field in business by accessing top-notch security technology, and expertise that large corporates enjoy.
Having an internal IT team these days is a luxury, as are cyber security services teams to deal with the outbreak of ransomware or other cyber security threats which are ever evolving. How does your organisation keep on top of all the compliance requirements while digitally transforming without the necessary internal IT teams or security personnel?
Lets face the facts. The pitfalls are endless from managing how you collect data to how you protect it and how you use it. Non-compliance to POPI, GDPR and other rules and regulations can very quickly put you on the other side of the law and have you facing jail time or fines. Noncompliance can also make auditors very unhappy and give your existing IT personnel additional work with very little authority to change processes and really resolve issues. Security is a specialised field, IT is not security.
Seems ridiculous I know, all you want to do is run your business, provide services and keep your staff and your clients happy.
Outsourcing security services can offer many benefits to an organizations and increase efficiency.
Some of the common issues business face:
Attackers or Hackers are making use of state-of-the-art technologies to create smarter and more challenging methods to infiltrate an organisations network security and gain unauthorized access to their sensitive data.
Things under threat; databases, personal information, credit card information, credentials, client data, financial information, employee records, confidential contracts and or intellectual property (IP).
Implementing and maintaining strong security frameworks throughout your organization, it’s not an easy task, especially for smaller and medium size businesses. As soon as organizations identify and mitigate a security vulnerability in their systems, another one crops up leaving the business vulnerable to a cyberattack.
TOP 6 BENEFITS OF OUTSOURCED SECURITY SERVICES
1. Maximize efficiency and reduce cost
Outsourcing specialisation allows your organization to get the best skill for the job ensuring it is a bespoke service and it can grow with you’re the maturity levels in your own team.
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2. Immediately increase your team – flex up and down
Extend your team to deal with threats, while the Managed Service provide uses the best of breed tools and skill to provide protection, with extensive knowledge of global threats. Your external support security team can be increases should a threat occur, and you need a sudden change or nee to prove new compliance.
3. Rapid incident response and Investigation
A Managed Security Services partner provides an Incident response team who will quickly assess the challenges you face and recommend specific actions using digital forensics, tools and skills with experience of with many of hours handling every possible crisis.
4. Improve asset management
Your Managed Security Services partner should be able to assist you with identifying your assets and mapping them in your environment. As part of security frameworks this is a base of any security program, know what you have before you start with protection.
5. Vulnerability management automated
Ongoing vulnerability scans of your environment are a critical to a successful security posture. Your selected ManAged Security Services provider should be able to provide accurate internal and external scans across your IT network assets, hosts, web applications, and databases.
A good Security Services provider can offer configuration changes, patches, vulnerabilities, hardening and policy compliance of IT assets, devices and applications, with interactive dashboards and informative reports, with the deployment of automated vulnerability scans by certified experts. It is important to ensure your results are truly actionable and without false positives.
6. Improved management of Risk and Compliance
Benefits of using a Managed Security Service is having the expertise of their risk management and compliance programs.
There are many reasons why outsourcing your security operations to a Managed Security Services team is a good idea, from more cost-effective, efficient, and better return on investment for the organization in various areas. Let your IT personnel focus on strategic projects while your Managed Security Service focuses on the tactical threat hunting and monitoring capabilities. Although, when needed, an MSSP can offer your organization a strategic arm when needed.
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