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In computing, managed security services (MSS) are network security services that have been outsourced to a service provider. A company providing such a service is a managed security service provider (MSSP) The roots of MSSPs are in the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the mid to late 1990’s. Initially ISPs would sell customers a firewall appliance, as customer premises equipment (CPE), and for an additional fee would manage the customer-owned firewall over a dial-up connection. According to recent industry research, most organizations (74%) manage IT security in-house, but 82% of IT professionals said they have either already partnered with, or plan to partner with, a managed security service provider.〔() Pressure to deliver new IT projects despite security concerns felt by 80% of IT professionals〕 Businesses turn to managed security services providers to alleviate the pressures they face daily related to information security such as targeted malware, customer data theft, skills shortages and resource constraints.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 date=February 11, 2014 )〕 Managed security services (MSS) are also considered the systematic approach to managing an organization's security needs. The services may be conducted in-house or outsourced to a service provider that oversees other companies' network and information system security. Functions of a managed security service include round-the-clock monitoring and management of intrusion detection systems and firewalls, overseeing patch management and upgrades, performing security assessments and security audits, and responding to emergencies. There are products available from a number of vendors to help organize and guide the procedures involved. This diverts the burden of performing the chores manually, which can be considerable, away from administrators. Industry research firm Forrester Research in late 2014 identified the 13 most significant vendors in the North American market with its 26-criteria evaluation of managed security service providers (MSSPs)--identifying IBM, Dell SecureWorks, Trustwave, AT&T, Verizon and others as the leaders in the MSSP market.〔() The Forrester Wave™: Managed Security Services: North America, Q4 2014〕 ==Early History of Managed Security Services== An earliest example of a cloud-based MSSP service is US West !NTERACT Internet Security. The security service didn’t require the customer to purchase any equipment and no security equipment was installed at the customers premises. The service is considered a MSSP offering in that US West retained ownership of the firewall equipment and the firewalls were operated from their own Internet Point of Presence (PoP)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970516211801/http://www.uswest.com/com/atwork/interprise/031297_security.html/ )〕 The service was based on Check Point Firewall-1 equipment.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.checkpoint.com/press/1997/isp3quote.html/ )〕 Following over a year long beta introduction period, the service was generally available by early 1997.〔〔 The service also offered managed Virtual Private Networking (VPN) encryption security at launch.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Managed security service」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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