Important Advantages of Managed Security SystemsPosted by Prachi Phale on November 25th, 2019 Managed IT Services is not a new invention, but it has made its impact in the late 1990s and is continuing the way organisations monitor their system. It has also changed the way how IT provides support to their employees, manage mobile devices and secure their critical business information. In recent years, managed security systems have picked up steam and today outsourced security services such as security operation centres are becoming an important consideration for modern business. IT leaders need to meet the upcoming threat heads or risk financial loss and damage to their reputation as hackers and data thieves step up their game. The basic firewalls and antiviruses are not enough. IT leaders require advanced security presence afforded by an SOC, SIEM (Security information and event monitoring), and the added protection of a unified threat management device (UTM). Managed security service providers are precious resources for businesses that want to increase their network security solution but do not have resources to build an internal large cybersecurity team. The choice to use managed security services should not be taken lightly. Here are some of the benefits of managed security services the company needs to consider before partnering with the MSSP.
The most important benefit of managed security service is that managed security providers will have an in-depth knowledge of common network security issues that most business lack. The provider will have more knowledge that an in-house cybersecurity team. This is because the MSSP can implement experience gained from issues of many different companies operating across different verticals. The in-house team is only exposed to the challenges of one cybersecurity challenges.
Providers may come across different tools and resources that in-house cybersecurity team may not have heard of, because of their wide knowledge and experience. This improves their ability to respond to specific cybersecurity challenges. Having a wide knowledge of cybersecurity tools helps the provider better optimize the managed security services and tools they use.
The biggest benefit of having managed security services is that when we engage an external team it frees up the in-house IT team for doing and focusing on task that drive result. Instead of monitoring SIEM dashboards, threat intelligence feed, Software developer update, the internal IT team can provide support to the organization to help meet the goals of ever-changing business. Conclusion All these benefits of managed security services save money, increases cybersecurity, and saves valuable resources for more important task. Like it? Share it! More by this author |