Often, when one thinks of the word “cybersecurity,” they probably imagine basic antivirus protection running on their mom’s computer. While it’s hard to accept, most regular people need a bit more than that in today’s digital world. However, companies have more costly assets to protect, which simultaneously require a more progressive, yet nuanced, approach. For example, a ransomware attack could very well spell doom for smaller operations without dedicated security personnel, or bad implementations of security products.
Thankfully, security services exist to supplement these inefficient resources, setting businesses up the right way.
What is security as a service?
Security as a service (SECaaS) presents a way for businesses to stay on top of the constantly evolving world of cybersecurity, thanks to the support of the main providers of cyber protection, chiefly cybersecurity companies and managed service providers.
For example, extended detection and response (XDR) can be done in-house by a dedicated security operations team that is qualified to manage the protection of their business environment. However, for a company without such a team, a managed security service can step in to provide a high-powered alternative.
Related: How XDR and MDR help secure your tomorrow against ransomware
According to IBM, companies that leverage managed security service providers (MSSPs), for example, lower their breach costs by almost $100,000. In contrast, factors that can severely increase breach costs, to the tune of about $256,529, are prevailing security skills shortages. Thus, most factors that can have a positive impact (like posture management or proactive risk management) are addressable by procuring security services.
Such high-level digital security means strengthened business continuity, efficiency, and operational satisfaction. Relying on advanced threat hunting and response tools to investigate, identify, and resolve any threats that would penetrate standard defenses requires a more selective, keen-eyed, and knowledgeable approach that is best done by human experts, which SECaaS offers as its most important selling point.
About ESET Security Services
To level up the security of our customers, ESET Security Services offer unparalleled benefits for companies looking to maximize their protection.
From ESET Premium Support, offering prompt assistance from ESET experts any hour of the day to maximize your security potential with us, to our ESET Detection and Response services and ESET MDR tiers, which optimize business security to the max, year-round, and ESET Threat Intelligence, serving as the backbone of a decisive security operation, we work to support the agenda of businesses seeking to prevent threats from bursting in unannounced.
Read more about how ESET MDR stopped Mallox ransomware before it could cause a costly incident.
Sure, not all of these services are necessary for a business to prosper, but the more one minimizes their company’s attack surface, the less likely they are to experience a failure leading to a halt in operational productivity. The golden rule is to always expect the unexpected.
What about MDR?
As businesses now often need increased visibility into their endpoints and networks to ensure that emerging threats, careless employee behavior, or unwanted applications do not endanger their profits or reputation, managed detection and response (MDR) is a great way to go toward achieving a full measure of protection from threats.
What it means is that, for example, ESET PROTECT MDR, supplemented by the ESET PROTECT Platform’s modules, like ESET Inspect, receives additional help from human security experts. These experts, well-versed in the latest threat intelligence, weaponize their knowledge of ESET’s products and telemetry, proactively taking care of a customer’s security positioning.
ESET PROTECT MDR combines our best protection, products, and services—such as our ESET PROTECT product portfolio, plus ESET MDR, and ESET Premium Support—with direct assistance from ESET experts.
This synergy of technology and human knowledge represents a dedicated service that ensures a thorough coverage of a business’s entire attack surface—from endpoints (phones/PCs/servers) to cloud apps and mail as part of a prevention-first approach. Whether one has a capable IT security team or not, additional input is always welcome, and MDR helps businesses bridge knowledge and security gaps that might not be obvious at first glance.
Lost in the weeds
In 2017, Equifax was a victim of a massive data breach because they did not patch a vulnerability with an existing patch. The result? Threat actors got their hands on the data of more than 140 million Americans, at a cost measured in hundreds of millions of dollars. What this tells us is that even the largest businesses can lose out badly, without thorough security assessments.
Security services are essential in combating threats
The full picture is obvious—security services can be very beneficial for businesses, but to what degree a business requires such a service is for another debate. However, there is clearly value in having an endpoint security solution supported by an additional team of experts, especially when such internal resources could be lacking, or a business has some trepidation with regard to their security posture’s penetrability.
