Today’s global organizations are so dependent on technology for their communication, that the IT infrastructure and computer networks form the backbone of its growth. However, with offices and customers spread across geographically distant locations, security of critical data and information becomes a cause of concern while managing such vast networks turns into a herculean task.

1. Managed Security Services: Simplifying security operations for global
organizations
Today’s global organizations are so dependent on technology for their communication, that the IT
infrastructure and computer networks form the backbone of its growth. However, with offices and
customers spread across geographically distant locations, security of critical data and information
becomes a cause of concern while managing such vast networks turns into a herculean task. To
overcome such hurdles in the path of growth, organizations thus tend to outsource these functions to
experts in the field of network security and management.
With the rise in demands for IT outsourcing and security enterprise and asset management, number of IT
organizations have forayed into providing network security. However, the leaders in the field of managed
security services provide their clientele significant cost reduction and business benefits through the use of
advanced management tools and remote delivery models.
The managed security services offered by the IT giants include cutting edge networking solutions which
have been developed through the design-implement-consult-engineering model for optimizing and
managing the network, both local area and wide area, besides the unified communications IPT and VoIP.
In today’s business scenario, when global expansions and technological innovations are the focal point to
beat the competition, there is little room for information security of enterprises. The managed security
service partners takes of this issue for the global enterprises.
The security services includes information security monitoring both on-site and remote. The 24/7 security
monitoring services alerts the organization of any security threats that are prevalent in and around the
infrastructure environment. Further the security devices installed in the locations includes firewalls,
network and host IDS/IPs, VPN, proxy as well as multifactor access controls. The managed end-point
security services takes care of virus and malware monitoring and prevention of its outbreak in the network
environment. With regular signature updates and compliance management, it uses various tools to
provide organizations with fundamental control of security status.
Anti phishing being one of the major threats faced by the modern global organizations, these leading
network giants under their managed security services offer anti-phishing services which provides the
clients with comprehensive solutions to mitigate the impact of phishing incidents. By monitoring proactive
domains and phishing URLs, reporting and forensic analysis, ensures reduction in brand damage and
maintains customers trust in the networked channels. The anti-malware services enables website
administrators of the organizations a constant vigilance of security breach. The web application malware
monitoring along with malicious code sandbox analysis and forensic and malware reporting helps
organizations to know beforehand and be prepared before the websites are used for malware attacks.

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