Managed security service

In <a href="/facts/Computing/Kghtm9fX">computing</a>, managed security services (MSS) are <a href="/facts/Network_security/09f8YxwD">network security</a> services that have been <a href="/facts/Outsourcing/qa3WgJ7u">outsourced</a> to a <a href="/facts/Service_provider/m4lLh5u7">service provider</a>. A <a href="/facts/Company/psBVz9jr">company</a> providing such a service is a managed security service provider (MSSP) The roots of MSSPs are in the <a href="/facts/Internet_Service_Providers/dUacAxef">Internet Service Providers</a> (ISPs) in the mid to late 1990s. Initially, <a href="/facts/Internet_service_provider/dUacAxef">ISP(s)</a> would sell <a href="/facts/Customer/oGqcqmhf">customers</a> a <a href="/facts/Firewall_(computing)/Et2RkJaU">firewall</a> <a href="/facts/Computer_appliance/wJwTJXHN">appliance</a>, as <a href="/facts/Customer_premises_equipment/dVGqvkWL">customer premises equipment</a> (CPE), and for an additional fee would manage the customer-owned firewall over a <a href="/facts/Dial-up_Internet_access/gfhNU9s3">dial-up connection</a>.
According to recent <a href="/facts/Industry_(economics)/nlB2hvkF">industry</a> <a href="/facts/Research/mo8joeTL">research</a>, most <a href="/facts/Organization/CR83f1Rn">organizations</a> (74%) manage <a href="/facts/IT_security/7E5dIy7G">IT security</a> in-house, but 82% of <a href="/facts/IT_professionals/glMzunwe">IT professionals</a> said they have either already partnered with, or plan to partner with, a managed security service provider.
<a href="/facts/Business/For1e8Nh">Businesses</a> turn to managed security services providers to alleviate the pressures they face daily related to <a href="/facts/Information_security/horlrCln">information security</a> such as targeted <a href="/facts/Malware/5ee7TLFR">malware</a>, customer <a href="/facts/Data_theft/tz3NXQI1">data theft</a>, skills <a href="/facts/Shortage/08r3vKHx">shortages</a> and resource constraints.
Managed security services (MSS) are also considered the systematic approach to managing an organization's <a href="/facts/Security/B4uxkyxh">security</a> needs. The services may be conducted in-house or <a href="/facts/Outsourcing/qa3WgJ7u">outsourced</a> to a <a href="/facts/Service_provider/m4lLh5u7">service provider</a> that oversees other companies' network and <a href="/facts/Information_Systems_Security/horlrCln">information system security</a>. Functions of a managed security service include <a href="/facts/24%2f7_service/rz7EnUGz">round-the-clock</a> monitoring and management of <a href="/facts/Intrusion_detection_system/mAw24Fyo">intrusion detection systems</a> and <a href="/facts/Firewall_(computing)/Et2RkJaU">firewalls</a>, overseeing <a href="/facts/Patch-management/sIHVBPls">patch management</a> and <a href="/facts/Upgrade/8YM3Ykld">upgrades</a>, performing security assessments and <a href="/facts/Security_audit/B261JIFY">security audits</a>, and responding to <a href="/facts/Emergencies/YUzHaQXe">emergencies</a>. There are products available from a number of vendors to help organize and guide the procedures involved. This diverts the burden of performing the chores manually, which can be considerable, away from <a href="/facts/Network_administrator/UIwK6HTt">administrators</a>.
Industry research firm, <a href="/facts/Forrester_Research/S443brSw">Forrester Research</a>, identified the 14 most significant vendors in the global market in 2018 with its 23-criteria evaluation of managed security service providers (MSSPs)--identifying <a href="/facts/Accenture/MQJDvxMn">Accenture</a>, <a href="/facts/IBM/QszA7nwd">IBM</a>, <a href="/facts/Dell_SecureWorks/Gj2tUjpu">Dell SecureWorks</a>, <a href="/facts/Trustwave/yyxBef8H">Trustwave</a>, <a href="/facts/AT%2526T/y3Lo9uhk">AT&T</a>, <a href="/facts/Verizon/8WkoRAUM">Verizon</a>, <a href="/facts/Deloitte/PrG29xtM">Deloitte</a>, <a href="/facts/Wipro/MP5fxUfq">Wipro</a> and others as the leaders in the MSSP market. Newcomers to the market include a number of smaller providers used to protect homes, small businesses, and high networth clients.

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