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| “The cost of a compromise to an organisation is still disproportionate compared to the amount of resources employed by crooks. The damage is further amplified by the victimisation of their now more privacy-conscious customers” |  Fujitsu : Gerald Doussot |
| Attacks against organisations, be it for commercial or political gain or even activism, are supported by a tremendous amount of resources. Criminals have become more ingenious in their treachery and reinvest fraudulent money in better tools, government-backed offensives are incredibly sophisticated and stealthy and hacktivists are numerous, determined and relentless.The cost of a compromise to an organisation is still disproportionate compared to the amount of resources employed by crooks and other nefarious parties. The damage is further amplified by the victimisation of their now more privacy-conscious customers.Disruption to services and data breaches are common, with the latter more likely to anguish customers as they often have repercussions for life. Organisations have not kept-up with the security challenges. It takes several months on average for a company to discover a breach. Threats continue to evolve fast and there is no sign of abating.
Defending against hostile actions is a costly and complex undertaking, often undermined by the weakest link. A managed security service is underpinned by a pool of multi-disciplinary experts available 24/7 and shared across several accounts, driven by processes embracing the planning, resistance, detection and response phases of the enterprise security cycle, and supported by technologies containing the latest advances in information protection. It allows organisations to focus on their core business and to dramatically increase their security posture at a lower cost. Fujitsu’s Information Security portfolio comprises of a range of managed services and expert professional services to protect against the constantly changing threats faced by organisations today. 
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| Understanding the security needs | |
| “In order to retain competitive agility and time-to-market responsiveness, organisations must maintain a level of openness and connectivity with vendors, partners, customers and employees working remotely. This places network infrastructures at greater risk than ever before” |  Trilogy Technologies : Ian Butler, technical services director |
| As technology advances, the more critical security becomes. Networking, mobility, cloud and technology infrastructure all present fresh business opportunities and new security threats. Network security breaches can affect an organisation on many levels, from productivity losses to costly downtime, from operational disruptions to unprotected proprietary data. Network security today includes constant monitoring and management of both internal and external network operations, from the desktop to e-business transactions to global communications and file sharing.In order to retain their competitive agility and time-to-market responsiveness, organisations find they must maintain a level of openness and connectivity with vendors, partners, customers and/or employees working remotely. This increased need for external connectivity places network infrastructures at greater risk than ever before.
The need for managed security services is a challenge for any small to medium sized organisation with limited in-house security knowledge and staffing. A managed security service provider is responsible for managing existing or newly installed security products located at their clients’ sites. The provider takes the time to understand the security needs and capabilities of the client, maps services and products to the client’s infrastructure and then deploys those services and products as required as well as providing proactive security support on an ongoing basis. As the managed security service provider is familiar with all aspects of clients’ security needs and since data security is often tied to business needs like regulatory compliance, companies outsource this function to their expert provider as they can provide a path toward the clients’ compliance requirements.
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| Highly targeted and focused | |
| “These targeted attacks occur across all industries, and are stealthy and persistent enough to go undetected by traditional security technologies” |  Zinopy Ltd : John Ryan, CEO |
| Today’s cyberthreat landscape is rapidly evolving. Nation state threat actors, well-funded attack campaigns, highly motivated adversaries, and extremely sophisticated attacks have become daily headlines. This new generation of threat actors and advanced attackers are highly targeted and focused on acquiring something valuable and vital to your organisation, such as sensitive personal information, intellectual property, or insider information.These targeted attacks occur across all industries, and are stealthy and persistent enough to go undetected by traditional security technologies, such as next-generation firewalls, traditional IPS, anti-virus, and secure email or web gateways.
Given that more than 200 unique malware signatures are created every day, that’s 2.3 per second, it is impossible for individual organisations to keep-up. This fact is evidenced by the statistic that on average it takes 243 days for an organisation to detect advanced attackers on their network and that in 63% of cases the attack was detected by a third party. Recent cases in point are Brand Loyalty, Adobe, Target Retail and Mt. Gox to name but a few. With the vast majority of market growth in network security solution categories expected to come from outsourced/managed models, Zinopy Ltd. is strongly positioned to assist Irish organisations to transition to a managed service and avail of: • Better service levels and reduced risk
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