Security Services Should Meet Real-World, Enterprise-Specific Requirements

The security services market that includes the security testing services is growing at a healthy clip due to a confluence of several factors. The most notable reasons include an ever-evolving threat landscape, and an increasing compliance burden on enterprises. In short we are seeing a significant change in the services offered, but the demands from the customers are also changing and shaping some of those changes. For instance, customers are finding it more acceptable to use managed security services provider (MSSP) today as they see it a lot more than just a cheap alternative to doing the same work in-house. MSSPs are not just managing devices; they also provide insightful analysis that can help with business decisions. 
 

Security services for an enterprise include (but may not be limited to) Network Security, Data Security, Security Operations, Client Threat Management, Risk & Compliance Management, Application Security, identity Management and content Security. In a research on QA in application outsourcing, one of the questions IDC asked about 500 qualified respondents from across the world - Please select the top two specialized Quality Assurance (QA) services your organization uses or would consider using in the next 24 months; about 35% of the respondents named security testing. 
 

Enterprises that don’t take testing security aspects seriously, risk performance limitations, security failures and overspending. Testing procedures could vary for various enterprises based on procedures designed for each and the threat environment. Enterprises operate in the real-world and it is important to recognize that most of them have quality, security and reliability needs that extend well beyond the dictates of any compliance regime or set of standard control objectives.
  

Real-World Security Threats Demand Real-World Security Testing - no doubt about it.