Managed security services platform

Verizon Business has announced its next-generation managed security services (MSS) platform that is designed to safeguard corporate networks by proactively identifying vulnerabilities and prioritising threats across the extended enterprise, resulting in better visibility, enhanced security and reduced risk.

The company’s platform enables the management of multiple security platforms, changing business requirements and increased security compliance requirements. It also enables enterprises that lack in-house security expertise and have limited resources to effectively secure their networks while obtaining a consistent quality of service at an affordable, predictable cost. It incorporates State and Event Analysis Machine (SEAM), which enables Verizon and its customers to identify the threats that are potentially more harmful by gathering information from the company’s global IP network as well as customer network- and premises-based security devices.

The system uses this data to correlate risk from three key sources: threat information received from security devices in real time, vulnerability and technical asset information gathered from periodic scans and asset criticality information received from the customer. In addition, an online portal provides customers with critical information about their entire security infrastructure, including details that enable security executives to see their company’s network security status at any given time.