NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: MICHAEL COONEY ON TECHNOLOGY UPDATE 08/30/04 Today's focus: Is security ripe for outsourcing?
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Fully interactive, hype-free content you can access 24/7. All yours for FREE! Register now! http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=78207 _______________________________________________________________ Today's focus: Is security ripe for outsourcing? By Michael Cooney There was a time when IT folks would consider it blasphemous to let anyone but their we'll-trained staff handle security functions. But that doesn't seem to be the case anymore. A story we wrote last week takes a look at the trend toward outsourcing security functions. Our story, written by senior editor Jennifer Mears ( <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ) says that security demands for online applications such as e-commerce and Web services are prompting more corporate customers to hand off security functions - such as intrusion detection and firewalls - to outside service providers. In addition, users are finding that third-party security service providers can also help augment an internal security strategy by preparing reports required by many new government regulations. "As we've seen the economy pick up over the past six or eight months, we've seen companies turn to outsourcing because they want to use their security staff to address security needs for e-commerce and VPN and Web applications - the let-the-good-guys-in sort of stuff to connect with customers, partners and employees," says Kelly Kavanagh, a principal analyst at Gartner. "The routine monitoring and maintenance of firewalls and monitoring of [intrusion-detection system] traffic for alerts are things they're finding have a great impact on their staff time and is something they can give to somebody who does that 24-7." For more on this story see: <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/082304outsecure.html> RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS Outsourcing resource center Network World http://www.nwfusion.com/topics/outsourcing.html To outsource security or not to outsource security? That is the question. http://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/outsourcing/005443.html Should you outsource network security? Network World Wide Area Networking Newsletter, 09/02/03 http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/frame/2003/0901wan1.html _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Michael Cooney Michael Cooney is an Associate News Editor. Aside from his news responsibilities, Cooney handles the Infrastructure and Enterprise Application sections of Network World. Cooney has been writing for Network World since 1992. 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