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| “An MSS can remove the complexity associated with this changed threat landscape and provides both tiered and integrated solutions that work together in targeting multiple threats” |  Datapac: Karen O’Connor, general manager service delivery |
| Irish companies are well aware of security treats and their potential impact on the business so the key concern when considering managed security solutions is finding the right partner. Safeguarding data and networks in today’s business environment is a complex endeavour. Most businesses do not have the in-house capabilities, skills and time to guarantee round-the-clock protection from growing volumes of security threats. Therefore, it is no surprise that more and more organisations are looking to managed service providers for easy and reliable access to advanced security services and expertise. It also ensures they can continue to focus on their core competencies. However each organisation comes with a unique set of business needs so there is rarely one solution what can fit all.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 they are optimising security across their organisations. 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 this changed threat landscape and provides both tiered and integrated solutions that work together in targeting multiple threats. Our solutions incorporate next generation technologies from global security leaders like Sophos, Citrix and Cisco, which cover the entire security spectrum including: secure web and email gateway, web server protection, archiving, anti-virus, mobile control, encryption, device control, Wi-Fi, VPN and authentication. Our comprehensive security offerings combined with our team of experts, add real value to our customers; delivering peace of mind while minimising risks to their data and assets. 
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| “Putting your IT security into the hands of any third party, however, requires the highest levels of trust. Reputation is now the most critical factor in choosing a provider” |  Ward Solutions: Noel O’Grady, sales director |
| As the threat landscape has evolved, it is no surprise that businesses of all sizes are increasingly considering managed security services. The single most important concern driving this decision is the increased complexity and frequency of attacks which are making securing any business noticeably harder.Add in the demands for compliance, the increased boardroom awareness of IT risk and combine it with the difficulty of sourcing expert security staff while delivering key business demands such as employee mobility. Outsourcing security to a managed security service provider becomes more attractive very quickly.
Putting your IT security into the hands of any third party, however, requires the highest levels of trust. Reputation is now the most critical factor in choosing a provider, who needs to be more a security company than a “vanilla” service provider. Businesses should look for accreditation standards such as ISO 27001 at a minimum and take a long hard look at the security expertise levels within the service provider. Only after this should you start to evaluate factors such as cost effectiveness, SLA, resilience, and scale. Ward Solutions’ heritage and expertise in Information Security and IT security solutions removes these concerns for our clients, who fully understand the quality and depth of our security team. Along with ISO accreditation, Ward has a large number of expert IT personnel who live and breathe security with a practical real world view. We proactively manage information security risks and attack types every day for our hundreds of clients and apply a security first approach to everything we do.
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| “FWaaS is ideally placed to allow businesses to assign predictable costs to this area of information security, receive next generation security protection and meet compliance objectives” |  E-MIT Solutions: Eamon Moore |
| When considering a managed security service many enterprises strive to find the balance between cost containment and expertise. While many businesses recognise that the management of their IT security is best left to the experts, there are often concerns about the ongoing costs in terms of scalability and flexibility.As an alternative to managing security in-house E-MIT Solutions has just launched a new Firewall as a Service (FWaaS) which will provide Irish businesses with a cloud-managed unified threat management system and real-time security intelligence to help combat the growing volumes of security breaches in Irish organisations. We are first to market in delivering Dell SonicWALL Firewall as a Service, helping companies to protect their networks from unwanted intrusions and data breaches including targeted security attacks, malware, spyware and viruses. FWaaS includes the Dell SonicWALL appliance, security management software plus all related support and subscription services, neatly bundled together for a monthly subscription price.
E-MIT hosts and manages a full suite of Dell SonicWALL technologies and applications delivered to businesses via secure cloud throughout Ireland. For a fixed monthly fee, businesses will have their IT infrastructures, applications and devices proactively managed and protected 24×7 from increasingly sophisticated security threats. An additional benefit of this service is that our 24 and 36 month contracts include an Evergreen clause that allows a business to refresh a firewall appliance after the first 12 months. Businesses can also scale up and move to another SonicWALL appliance within the range by simply swapping out their current device and adjusting their monthly fee. Our Firewall as a Service offering is ideally placed to allow businesses to assign predictable costs to this area of information security, receive next generation security protection and meet compliance objectives, safe in the knowledge that they are backed by E-MIT’s expertise.
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