Security on Demand ...!

Dear Friends,

In the field of Internet and Network security, every moment is witnessing lots of changes, threats, attacks, viruses etc;

Many Organizations are deploying Defense in Depth Strategy where in which they secure their network not only at Perimeter but also take proper security measures in each and every tier till user desktops (End Point Security).

Precisely emphasis is given equally to address the internal threats from unhappy employees and malicious individuals.

Deployment of firewalls and IPS with proper configuration in the network plays a crucial role in blocking the unsolicited elements but analyzing the IPS and Firewall logs too plays the important role in understanding the threats it blocked and check any intentional attacks have been carried out in the network.

Security Analysts now predicting the new buzzword called Security on Demand –

What is really mean for us?

Just log a call for vulnerability Analysis and Penetration Testing.
You will be given a security analysis report of your network at your door step or thru mail. If you need to patch the vulnerabilities, experts will be available at your convenience and fix those same.

There are some major actions happened in the industry already proving this trend.

IBM acquired Noonan's ISS (Internet Security Systems) for $1.3 billion and storage giant EMC snapped up RSA Security for $2.1 billion.

Big Companies are started thinking of how costly it is to keep their security defenses up-to-date. There's a lot of benefit to the approach of automated software updates and not just installing fixes.

The whole industry is moving in this direction.

One more example ....

Vulnerability auction launches online

A group of security professionals launched this week what they hope will become the eBay of security research.

The Swiss-registered company, WSLabi, boasts that its online portal will allow researchers to sell vulnerabilities they have discovered to software companies and other interested parties through an open market. WSLabi plans to verify the identities and claims of both the buyer and seller. Already, four software flaws -- including a Linux memory leak and a flaw in Yahoo! Messenger 8.1 -- are listed on the site and more than 200 people have registered, according to the firm.

The security professionals launched the service to allow researchers to get a fair price for their discoveries and prevent exploits from being sold to cyber criminals, said CEO Herman Zampariolo.

More Details - http://www.securityfocus.com

Qualys has already started selling the vulnerability fixing on Demand.

I am very eagerly watching major changes in these areas.

My next writing will be in Forensics - Next Big fish to cash in.
Like 4 years ago, how security professionals cashed big amounts for configuring the firewall and IPS/IDS, now it will divert to Forensics ….

Big Organizations started feeling the importance of Forensics Analysts for handling various legal issues against their own employees, business partners etc; It is going to be the next big area play for Security Officials as now a days networking devices started integrating the firewall and IPS capability in one box itself.

Just be there after a break, I will be back with great ideas on this front.

Best Regards,

PN:- Pl feel free to post your comments so that we effectively discuss on various emerging areas in IT Security.