Johannesburg, 04 May 2012
For today's enterprises, any downtime in their Internet data centre (IDC) operations can dramatically impact the bottom line. So it is no surprise that the increasing scale and frequency of distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks are now having a much greater impact on the business continuity and profitability of these companies. What's more, while DDOS attacks may have been driven by non-economic reasons in the past, they now have major monetary drivers, including extortion, competitive advantage and corporate revenge.
DDOS threats that impact the availability of services represent a significant opportunity for Internet service providers (ISPs). Enterprises and their IDC operators are more concerned about DDOS than ever before, and ISPs can help them combat these threats. This white paper explores the security challenges affecting today's enterprises and IDC operators, and examines how ISPs are in a unique position to respond by delivering revenue-generating, managed DDOS protection services.
The managed security service provider (MSSP) market is expected to grow to around $4 billion by 2016 in North America alone, according to Frost & Sullivan. Moreover, the managed security and security monitoring services segment will continue to yield the highest percentage of total revenue in the MSSP market. “Although budget cutbacks have resulted from the economic slowdown, companies are continuing to implement measures to upgrade security,” says Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Martha Vazquez. “Outsourcing security to an MSSP will free up time for organisations to focus on core business processes.”
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