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Dark Reading's Security Services Tech Center is dedicated to delivering the latest news, product information, analysis, and opinion on security services and outsourcing. Our goal: to help your organization make the right decisions about security services.
Featured Commentary
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Amy Larsen DeCarloA False Sense Of Security
Cutting-edge security technologies are critical to safeguarding data integrity. However, organizations need to also focus on developing effective policies and practices to fully protect crucial information assets.
News
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Report: DDoS Attacks Getting Bigger, Faster Than Ever
DDoS attacks of more than 10 Gbps now happen several times a day across the globe, study says
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Desktops-As-A-Service Boost Security, But Beware
At RSA session, panelists argue that companies can better protect sensitive data and systems by using virtual desktop infrastructure, but warn that everything relies on the quality of the hypervisor
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More Intelligent Services Help Rein In Security Policies
From managed services to threat intelligence, companies are using security services to create better policies, as well as manage and tune existing ones
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Data Loss Prevention? There's A Service For That
Companies have started offering pay-as-you-go services for data loss prevention to reduce the complexity and the upfront costs
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Anti-Malware Startup Promises New Approach To Detecting, Analyzing Online Attacks
TaaSERA emerges from stealth, claims simpler, more effective anti-malware defense package
More Stories
- Securing File Sharing Without Losing Productivity Gains
- Six Security Services Every Small Business Must Have
- How To Get Your MSSP In Line With Expectations
- Protecting Data In The Cloud Without Making It Unusable
- Free Browser Scan Service Debuts
By The Numbers
Driven by increasingly complex IT environments and lack of security expertise, more companies will be turning to managed security services -- both cloud and on-premise -- driving revenues to $18 billion in 2016, up from $11.7 billion in 2011, according to Infonetics Research.
Source: Infonetics' "Cloud and CPE Managed Security Services" report
Commentary
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A False Sense Of Security
Cutting-edge security technologies are critical to safeguarding data integrity. However, organizations need to also focus on developing effective policies and practices to fully protect crucial information assets
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LinkedIn: Making Insecure Connections
The recent breach of millions of LinkedIn passwords highlights an all-too-common issue
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Overlook The Obvious And Risk Everything
Failure to follow fundamental common-sense security policies can produce disastrous results, as the state of Utah discovered
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Effective Security Policy: Emphasis On Execution
When it comes to mounting a successful defense in what is a fast-changing threat environment, best practices require consistent execution
Around the Web
Dark Reading Reports
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Six Security Services Every Small Business Must Have
Small and midsize businesses have a big security problem: They are vulnerable to the same kinds of attacks as large enterprises, but they often don't have the same resources for fending off, or recovering from, those attacks. Security services can help small and midsize businesses get and stay secure. In this report, Dark Reading examines the reasons why MSSPs make sense for SMBs, recommends the six categories of services that every SMB needs, and provides tips for evaluating and hiring providers.
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How to Get Your MSSP In Line With Expectations
A managed security service provider should lift at least some cost and resource burden from the IT department's shoulders. But what if it doesn't? What if you aren't any more secure after entering into a contract with an MSSP? And how do you even know if it's doing everything it promised? There is an art to managing the MSSP relationship after the initial deal is done. In this report, Dark Reading provides recommendations for testing the mettle of MSSPs and for dealing with providers if their performance isn't up to snuff.
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Keeping DNS Services Safe and Operational
If DNS is down-for whatever reason-your business is hobbled. IT prosmust understand what makes DNS work and what can cause it to fail, including hackers targeting the inherent weaknesses in the service. In this Dark Reading report, we'll detail what you need to worry about when it comes to DNS and provide recommendations for protecting your environment against DNS problems.
- The Safety and Hazards of Outsourcing Security
- Finding the Right Security Outsourcing Balance
- Using Service Providers To Manage DDoS Threats
- Hosted Web Security Services: Block Malware Before Your Border
- You've Got (Secure) Mail: Using Service Providers to Boost Protection
- Security Services Strategies For Small and Midsize Firms
- Security Software as a Service: Navigating the New MSSP Landscape
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In This Issue
- Endpoint Security: End user security requires layers of tools and training as employees use more devices and apps.
- Security Isn't A Piece Of Cake: It's time we rethink the conventional wisdom about security layering.
- BYOD Is Here To Stay: Trying to keep employees' devices off the network is futile.