Tech Talk

Enterprise Security Management

With high levels of hacking and malware activity, complex security technologies and regulatory mandates, it becomes imperative to adopt the best solution when it comes to enterprise infrastructure security. Traditionally, organizations braved the security frontier with lesser public, external applications. As organizations grow and business landscapes change, the need to have a well managed security cover increases exponentially. This in turn puts pressure on organizations to contain sensitised data and also maintain resources for the same.

Managed security services (MSS) are rapidly replacing traditional IT security operational management because they provide a more cost-effective method of managing and protecting enterprise networks,systems, applications, ensuring compliance. MSS is all about having a systematic, failsafe approach to realizing an organization's growing security needs.

The need of comprehensive Managed Security Services for a global organization is different and always has been putting lot of strain on the IT framework, management and resource costs. The need of the hour is to provide an impenetrable blanket of protection and security for all network devices, this becomes critical with these situations below:

• Rapid expansion of the Internet, intranet and virtual private networks (VPNs)
• Rise in the volume of confidential B2B and B2C transactions and the growing concerns over network security
• Adoption of server virtualization technology and currently installed solutions which are not secure
• Proliferation of mobile devices including BYOD/BYOX and cloud computing
• Lack of manpower or expertise to roll out new technology
• Organizations in the midst of IT infrastructure transformation, moving users, applications, data into the cloud and seeking security solutions