AlienVault Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP)
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Overview:

With a major shortage of skilled resources in today’s cybersecurity market, more and more organizations are opting to outsource key security monitoring services to a managed security service provider (MSSP). Whether for log management, managed detection and response (MDR), SIEM-as-a-service, or compliance management, organizations large and small are turning to MSSPs to deliver these solutions quickly and cost-effectively.

Thousands of customers worldwide trust AlienVault MSSP partners to meet their security monitoring and compliance needs. Let us help you find the right MSSP to be an extension to your IT team.

Managed security offerings from a certified AlienVault MSSP can include:

• Vulnerability Assessment and Remediation
• Managed Detection and Response (MDR)
• Threat and Malware Detection
• Log Management, Monitoring, and Archiving
• Managed SIEM or SIEM-as-a-Service
• Continuous Compliance Management
• Cloud Security Monitoring and more

What Does a Typical MSSP Customer Look Like?

Limited Staff
Many organizations look to MSSPs to provide their security monitoring because they do not have the security expertise or staff in-house. Building and maintaining a security monitoring infrastructure is often complex, time consuming, and requires qualified staff to assess and respond. Organizations with limited staff look to MSSPs to provide this infrastructure as a service instead of hiring in-house expertise.

Limited Expertise
Many organizations do not have the in-house expertise to adequately monitor their infrastructure for threats on a regular basis. Although tools like AlienVault USM help, having the expertise to understand the threats, separate real threats from false positives, and tune the security monitoring tools as the infrastructure and threat landscape change is a value-add that MSSPs can provide. The MSSP’s security expertise becomes an extension to the customer’s existing IT security team.

Complex and Expansive Architectures
Not every organization has a simple, easy to monitor infrastructure. For example, organizations that require custom security deployments, either due to overly complex or expansive architecture, or very specific implementations with disparate systems can benefit greatly from the services provided by an MSSP.

Dynamic Computing Environments
Organizations that rely on dynamic resource allocation (for example, compute instances being generated and terminated continuously for content delivery) and require a considerable amount of automation to effectively monitor their ever-changing environments can benefit from the expertise provided by an MSSP.

Discover the Value of Working with a Certified AlienVault MSSP

Protection Against Emerging Threats
Many organizations struggle to keep up with today’s rapidly evolving threat cycle. This is especially true for IT teams that are constrained by time, budget, or resources and simply do not have the capacity to constantly scour the global threat landscape for latest attacks.

An AlienVault MSSP can provide a cost-effective and reliable way to protect your critical IT infrastructure against emerging threats. In addition to their own security research, AlienVault MSSPs continuously receive the latest threat intelligence from the AlienVault Labs Security Research Team. This team constantly analyzes and validates the latest threat data, including the community-sourced, global threat data from the Open Threat Exchange (OTX). So, working with an AlienVault MSSP gives you multiple layers of threat intelligence.

High-Value Security Monitoring Services
AlienVault’s network of certified MSSPs leverage the power of our award-winning AlienVault Unified Security Management® (USM) platform for comprehensive security monitoring and compliance management across cloud and on-premises environments. AlienVault USM combines asset discovery, vulnerability assessment, intrusion detection, incident response, SIEM, and log management in a single pane of glass for simple, affordable, and effective management.

When you work with a Certified AlienVault MSSP, you share in the benefits and cost-savings of a unified solution that delivers powerful threat detection, incident response, and compliance management capabilities for all of your critical environments. Whether you outsource 100% of your security monitoring to your MSSP or co-manage with your MSSP, it’s important to know that AlienVault USM is fast to deploy, easy to use, highly extensible, and readily scalable to support your growing business.