| Key drivers | |
| “Ultimately when the conversations take place it is clear that the skills needed can only be made available utilising a managed security service and the resources and products that a managed security provider can supply will offer the business a far better chance of having a secure environment” | 
Renaissance Contingency Services Ltd Michael Conway, director |
| One of the key challenges facing organisations in 2016 and beyond is the availability of skills and resources to provide a secure IT environment for their organisations. This is one of the key drivers when people are looking to move their organisation to a managed security service.Initially when people look at the whole prospect of outsourcing their data security they raise concerns about who will be looking in at them and also who will be minding their business. Ultimately when the conversations take place it is clear that the skills needed can only be made available utilising a managed security service and the resources and products that a managed security provider can supply will offer the business a far better chance of having a secure environment.
Renaissance delivers the technologies to partners to allow them to supply these data security services. These technologies continue to evolve and meet the latest threats and demands of businesses. It is essential that the technologies continue to evolve and many of the later technologies give excellent reporting, information and protection without having to have too many expensive resources. The emergence of these technologies and their adoption is key to managed security providers being in a position to offer the best technologies and the best services to their clients at an economical price. 
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| Knowing the business | |
| “We’re seeing increasingly more businesses turn to service providers to deliver the effective cybersecurity strategy they need, with the skills they can’t retain in-house” | 
Asystec Brendan McPhillips, director, security and governance practice lead |
| A key concern many have is trusting a managed service to know their business, but with a global shortage of cybersecurity professionals, many companies are struggling to recruit and maintain their in-house security capabilities. We’re seeing increasingly more businesses turn to service providers to deliver the effective cybersecurity strategy they need, with the skills they can’t retain in-house. They’re also able to take advantage of comprehensive global threat information, such as Symantec’s Global Intelligence Network, which monitors 10 trillion security events per year worldwide to provide visibility across the global threat landscape and provides faster event mitigation that trying to manage all in-house.The companies Asystec work with are under pressure to drive down expenditure, so managed services offers them a more cost-effective way to protect themselves. Businesses are also concerned about reputation and need the assurance that their company brand will remain protected. Many only discover they need a managed service at the time of a breach, so services help to shift companies towards a proactive approach to security, giving them forewarning on any threats which could affect them and allowing for improved preparation and response. | |
| The right partner | |
| “Ensuring data and network security has become a specialist task and there is never one catch-all solution. Choosing the right partner that will understand the nature of your business … is a key concern” | 
Datapac Karen O’Connor, general manager service delivery |
| Throughout 2016, information security, data protection and compliance will be key areas of focus. Cybersecurity threats are growing and becoming more and more sophisticated, and organisations are eager to do all that they can to prevent the financial and reputational damage that a data breach can cause.Irish companies are well aware of security threats and their potential business implications but they may not always have the skills and resources to provide the highest level of protection to their business. Ensuring data and network security has become a specialist task and there is never one catch-all solution. Choosing the right partner that will understand the nature of your business and be able to employ a comprehensive IT security strategy to meet your specific requirements is a key concern.
Outsourcing to a trusted managed service provider not only gives you peace of mind when it comes to your IT security but also frees up the technical resources so they can focus on other business critical tasks. At Datapac, we take the time to fully understand our customers’ existing and evolving requirements. We thoroughly review their infrastructures, policies, and procedures to ensure that they are optimising security across their organisation. Our team of highly trained and accredited ICT security architects works very closely with each customer to develop and design the best security solution to suit their unique and evolving needs. Datapac’s managed security service aims to remove the complexity associated with the ever-changing threat landscape, and provides integrated solutions that work together to target multiple threats. Our solutions incorporate next generation technologies from global security leaders like Sophos and cover the entire security spectrum.
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