Symantec Managed Security Services Recognized as Security Risk
Management Leader
Laptop Battery CUPERTINO,
Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 16,
2004--Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq:SYMC), the global leader in
information security, today announced that Yankee Group
recognized Symantec as an early leader in security risk
management (SRM) in their July 2004 Security
Solutions and Services Report on
the managed security services market. In the report, Yankee
Group discusses the evolution of managed security services and
the development of SRM, providing market forecasts, convergence
trends, and recommendations to enterprises, security technology
vendors, and managed security service providers (MSSPs). The
report competitively positioned vendors in the security risk
management space based on their ability to execute and breadth
of offerings, with Symantec being the only vendor to receive a
'high' ranking in both categories.
"We're honored that Yankee Group has recognized Symantec as a
leader in the security risk management space," said Grant Geyer,
vice president of Global Managed Security Services at Symantec.
"Today's enterprises are acknowledging the impact a managed
security services provider can have as a trusted advisor who shares
in the risk and responsibility of their security programs. Symantec
Managed Security Services provides organizations with the
industry's most extensive security expertise and around-the-clock
security protection, advanced analysis, global intelligence
correlation, and broad response capabilities to ensure that
security risks are managed and prevented.
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Thinkpad According to the report, managed security service revenue will
grow from $1.5 billion in 2002 to $3.7 billion in 2008. Driving
this market growth is the fact that enterprises are shifting away
from point solutions and threat detection and toward integrated
solutions and threat prevention. Yankee Group identified components
such as intelligence and the ability to rapidly deploy new security
countermeasures as the real intellectual property for security, and
emphasized that enterprises will choose MSSPs with the most
experienced security gurus to thwart new threats.
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Microsoft "Symantec Managed Security Services' breadth of offerings, their
depth of expertise in security analysis and consulting, and the
intelligence that is generated by their global network of security
operations centers, positions them well to be an early leader in
the security risk management space," said Matthew Kovar, vice
president, Security Solutions & Services at the Yankee Group.
"Simple detection and alerting is no longer sufficient to help
mitigate today's evolving threats as enterprises look to service
providers who can function as trusted advisors who share in their
risk and responsibility. Symantec Managed Security Services has
responded by integrating and expanding their services efforts to
focus on prevention and ensure customer risk reduction, and it has
earned them the reputation of being one of the industry's most
trusted managed security service providers."
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most of their security solutions during the next five years and
will outsource almost 90 percent of their solutions by the end of
the decade. As a result, security will become one of the largest
business process outsourcing solutions, rivaling BPOs such as HR,
F&A and supply-chain management.
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Managed Security Services leverages global intelligence to offer
fast and accurate analysis of security data to protect customers
against emerging threats and reduce overall security risk. Its 24x7
real-time services enhance an organization's information security
posture through continuous monitoring and management, expert
analysis, and immediate response to potential security threats. In
addition, Symantec's SOCs have been fully audited and certified by
independent third parties to meet industry leading standards,
including BS7799 certification and SAS70 Type II audits.
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Desktop Computer About Symantec
Notebooks Symantec is the global leader in information security providing
a broad range of software, appliances and services designed to help
individuals, small and
mid-sized businesses, and large
enterprises secure and manage their IT infrastructure.
Symantec's Norton brand of products is the worldwide leader in
consumer security and problem-solving solutions. Headquartered
in Cupertino, Calif., Symantec has operations in more than 35
countries. More information is available at
http://www.symantec.com.
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