Security-as-a-Service: A Successor to MSS?

Security-as-a-Service: A Successor to MSS?

Managed security services initially came into the market under the garb of consulting and started taking off because it helped organizations bring in some measurability, says Avinash Prasad, vice president and head of the managed security services business at Tata Communications."The on-premises model was the norm and MSSPs were sought after for cost saving and service visibility," he adds.

But the objectives with the emerging security-as-a-service model are different. The model, for example, helps distributed organizations, formed through mergers and acquisitions, scale to meet their growing needs.

Read this whitepaper to learn about:

  • The early days of managed security services;
  • Traction and challenges for the security-as-a-service model;
  • How security-as-a-service could be as important to security as the cloud was to IT operations.

Prasad heads the business area of managed security services globally for Tata Communications. He has a multi-functional focus on customer management, practice and solution development, business development, innovation and partnership. He previously served in leadership roles at Wipro and Infosys.




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