With security expertise becoming an increasingly expensive but important commodity, security companies plan to focus on managed security services as a key selling point at the RSA Conference 2001 this week in San Francisco. In addition, companies are pushing systems to . . .
With security expertise becoming an increasingly expensive but important commodity, security companies plan to focus on managed security services as a key selling point at the RSA Conference 2001 this week in San Francisco. In addition, companies are pushing systems to handle the growing need for authentication of online transactions in the e-commerce world. The cost and labor savings of outsourcing a security framework, whether as a pay-as-you-go model or as a monthly subscription, are becoming more valuable as enterprise budgets tighten, according to industry analysts.

In turn, the MSSP (managed security service provider) market is expected to grow from $140 million in 1999 to $2.6 billion by 2005, according to The Yankee Group in Boston.

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