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third party vendors; commonly referred to as
Managed Security Service (MSS) providers.
In addition to freeing up IT resources to
focus on business critical functions, there are
essentially four key arguments in favour of
making the switch to MSS.
Security is a 24/7 job
Managed Security Service providers ensure that
enterprises get a bespoke set of services based
on their needs and their appetite for handling
risks in the environment. MSS also builds in an
unmatched level of redundancy thus providing
enterprises with 24×7 availability.
Access to latest technologies
Combatting cyber-attacks can be likened to
a game of ‘Whack-a-mole’! Given the pace
at which technology is evolving, just when
you think you have snuffed out a threat in
one area, a new threat crops up in another. It
is impractical from both a cost and logistics
standpoint for enterprises to keep upgrading
their infrastructure and softw are to keep up
with the ever-changing threat landscape.
Economies of scale
Opting for MSS will result in a substantial
reduction in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
– similar to other ‘as-a-Service’ offerings,
MSS gives enterprises the flexibility to
significantly reduce their CapEx and
transition to an OpEx model. These savings
can then be reinvested in IT infrastructure,
services and applications that will have
tangible business benefits and positively
affect the bottom line.
According to Gartner, by 2020, 60% of digital
businesses will suffer major service failures due
to the inability of IT security teams to manage
digital risk. Believing that ‘it won’t happen to
me’ would be a mistake and given the strain
on internal IT resources, enterprises would be
well served to leverage MSS.
While there is no magic formula, at a very
minimum, enterprises should consider
outsourcing Vulnerability Management/
Penetration Testing (VM/PT), the management
of the infrastructure components (including
firewalls, UTM, IPS/IDS), Security Incident &
Event Management (SIEM), Data Loss Prevention
(DLP) and Mobile & Channel Security.
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At a glance…
Kaspersky presents new
version of Small Office
Security
Kaspersky Lab has announced
availability in the Middle East
of its latest edition of the
Kaspersky Small Office Security,
built specifically for businesses
with fewer than 50 employees.
This solution provides worldclass protection and easy use
without the need for specialist
IT skills. New features make
it easier to focus valuable
resources on running and
developing the business while
keeping operations, customer’s and employee’s data secure.
Kaspersky Small Office Security is equipped with enterprisegrade technologies, but it was designed specifically to serve
the needs of very small businesses. It brings the power of
anti-malware and online transactions protection, cloud
management, backup and password management, in an easyto-use manner that is demanded by this segment.
The latest version of Kaspersky Small Office Security includes
several brand new and improved features, such as:
• Enhanced protection from all known, unknown and
advanced threats – with multi-layered, enterprise-quality
protection for Windows and Mac computers, servers and
Android-based mobile devices.
• A new cloud-based management console – that lets business
owners or their IT advisers easily manage IT security and
devices from anywhere, using web browser.
• New cloud-based password management – that stores critical
company login details and enables users to have a different,
unique password for every secure site, across all devices, while
only needing to remember one master-password.
• Security for financial data – that protects online business
and personal transactions from financial fraud. This includes
improvements to the award-winning ‘Safe Money’ module.
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