Security as a Service (SECaaS)
In recent years, headlines have spotlighted crippling cyberattacks against major corporations. While each corporate cyberattack resulted in millions of dollars in damages, most stories fail to mention the many data breaches that affect much softer targets: small businesses.
According to Verizon’s 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report, 43% of breaches impacted SMBs. You may not know when the next attack could occur, but taking proper precautions can hamper or completely overthrow a hacker’s attempt at gaining access to your network. To help you avoid the mistakes of Target and, most recently, more than 20 government agencies, we’ve compiled info on why your SMB could be at risk and how to avoid a similar fate.
Security as a Service (SECaaS) can most easily be described as a cloud delivered model for outsourcing cybersecurity services. Much like Software as a Service, SECaaS provides security services on a subscription basis hosted by cloud providers. Security as a Service solutions have become increasingly popular for corporate infrastructures as a way to ease the in-house security team’s responsibilities, scale security needs as the business grows, and avoid the costs and maintenance of on-premise alternatives.
Cost Savings
The Latest Security Tools and Updates
Faster Provisioning and Greater Agility
Free Up Resources
Cost Savings
One of the biggest benefits of a Security as a Service model is that it saves a business money. A cloud delivered service is often available in subscription tiers with several upgrade options so a business only pays for what they need, when they need. It also eliminates the need for expertise.
The Latest Security Tools and Updates
When you implement SECaaS, you get to work with the latest security tools and resources. For anti-virus and other security tools to be effective, they must be kept up to date with the latest patches and virus definitions. By deploying SECaaS throughout your organization, these updates are managed for you on every server, PC and mobile device.
Faster Provisioning and Greater Agility
One of the best things about as-a-service solutions is that your users can be given access to these tools immediately. SECaaS solutions can be scaled up or down as required and are provided on demand where and when you need them. That means no more uncertainty when it comes to deployment or updates as everything is managed for you by your SECaaS provider and visible to you through a web-enabled dashboard.
Free Up Resources
When security provisions are managed externally, your IT teams can focus on what is important to your organization. SECaaS frees up resources, gives you total visibility through management dashboards and the confidence that your IT security is being managed competently by a team of outsourced security specialists. You can also choose for your IT teams to take control of security processes if you prefer and manage all policy and system changes through a web interface.