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Alleviate Security Concerns with MSS|
- By Priyanka Akhouri, Aug 08, 2008 1626 hrs IST
- Tags : MSS, Forrester, Suresh A. Shanmugam, national head IT of Business Information Technology Solutions BITS and CIO of Mahindra Mahindra Financial Services, Vishal Dhupar, MD of Symantec India , Priyanka Akhouri
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MSS provides regulatory compliance, 24x7 monitoring and management. This in turn ensures critical support for regulatory needs, helping enterprises meet compliance requirements.
"We as a company are very clear about the need for MSS and use the products that allow us to provide efficient deliverables. It secures the access to our internal and external users and helps us to monitor and deliver the services in a secured way," said Suresh A. Shanmugam, national head (IT) of Business Information Technology Solutions (BITS) and CIO of Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services.
He said that security services are needed in a financial environment since it controls the timely services of the company and enhances the productivity and performance.
Enterprises realize that they need to spend more for prevention of security breaches, enforcement of security policies and user awareness. A study by Forrester revealed that Managed Security Services (MSS) is one of the major IT themes for 2008 and organizations continue to turn to security outsourcing.
Vishal Dhupar, MD of Symantec (India) said, "At an estimated market size of Rs. 181 crore in 2007, MSS is one of the fastest growing services in the Indian IT industry. As the role IT security becomes paramount, organizations of all sizes are turning towards MSS to provide them with security guarantees."
"For a company like our's, MSS allows to operate all the activities in the areas such as process, policy, and CRM. This allows us to secure all the corporate information, and enhance the productivity and performance level of the organization," said Shanmugam. According to him, the company has taken all measures to deliver as per the MSS requirement and if needed, will localize it depending on the situation.
Dhupar said, "MSS provides affordable, real-time protection services and aims to help organizations achieve compliance, reducing risks in today's ever-changing security threats."
MSS is applicable to any vertical market that is sensitive to security issues. Both Shanmugam and Dhupar said that the MSS market is poised to see high levels of growth over the next few years in the telecom industry, manufacturing, retail, insurance, healthcare, and pharmaceuticals.
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