FEATURE
and response to external teams equipped with the industry ’ s most advanced tools , in-house specialists can devote their time to chasing down the most advanced threats .
The white noise of multivendor telemetry and the flood of alerts that end up amounting to nothing are now things of the past – eliminated by the SECaaS provider .
Scalability , visibility and confidence
SECaaS is also scalable , allowing instantaneous protection of new applications , databases and workloads . It provides peerless visibility through rich dashboards , delivering confidence to CISOs that their security partner is operating effectively . And the partner will also raise non-trivial alerts in real time for in-house teams to action .
In addition , SECaaS providers offer continuous assessment of threat postures , suggesting alternative best practices , tools and policies as new intelligence arises . From endpoint protection , detection and response to Security Information and Event Management ( SIEM ), SECaaS providers integrate themselves , benignly , into a
SECaaS delivers not only the right technology , but a ready-skilled team of professional threat hunters that are wellversed in the issues surrounding the protection of data , networks , endpoints and applications . customer ’ s operations , advising on the best course of action regarding every aspect of security , from prevention to Business Continuity .
Due to the partner being such a core component of business resilience , the importance of due diligence in their selection cannot be overstated . They must demonstrate their willingness to work within the confines of an SLA and acknowledge that they will be available around the clock , throughout the year , in terms of consultancy and platform uptime .
Best practices for selecting an SECaaS provider
The provider ’ s Disaster Recovery plans – from cyber incidents to natural phenomena – should be subject to thorough scrutiny , as should its vendor partners . Organisations considering SECaaS should also ensure that the provider and their vendor partners are able to package their offerings in a way that delivers the flexibility and future-proofing that the customer seeks . Such offerings should also compare favourably with others in the market when it comes to cost of ownership .
And everyone needs to be on the same page when it comes to best practices . Encryption should be applied to data at rest and in transit , and keys should be customer-specific and renewed regularly .
SECaaS migration has been gaining momentum in the region because businesses and IT stakeholders are starting to recognise its benefits .
Data retention policies should be welldefined , as should those on identity and access management , passwords , Multi- Factor Authentication , backup , alerting systems and threat response .
SECaaS migration has been gaining momentum in the region because businesses and IT stakeholders are starting to recognise its benefits .
In the wake of COVID , as enterprises contemplate resilience in the context of continuing compliance , the model will make more and more sense . In the face of overwhelming threat escalation , growing IT complexity and persistent skills gaps , SECaaS is , quite simply , a smart way forward for most organisations . u
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