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A managed security service provider (MSSP) is an IT service provider that focuses on delivering outsourced cybersecurity monitoring and management services to organizations. Different than a Managed IT Services Provider (MSP) that focuses on managing, maintaining, and servicing an organizations IT environment, MSSPs concern themselves with the continuous state of their customer’s security stance.
What services do MSSPs provide?
Not every MSSP offers identical services to the next. But, in general, there are a few common services MSSPs offer across the board:
Continuous security monitoring and management – MSSPs work to ensure security devices and systems are functional and show no existing or eminent threats. The use of continuous monitoring provides the MSSP with real-time visibility into an organization’s current state of security while monitoring for cyberthreats. This includes analysis and reporting of security events from a…
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August 04, 2020 at 09:10AM
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