Forrester – one of the leading technology research firms – recently released two reports outlining the critical role Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) will be playing for their customers.
The reports – which include CyberProof as one of the vendors, provides an overview of both the Global and European MSSP market based on two factors: market presence and functionality. The reports highlight how the cyber security market is evolving and provides recommendations for selecting MSSPs based on size and functionality.
We believe the following points that Forrester covers in these reports demonstrate the critical role MSSPs will play for their customers and how the market is evolving to meet the needs of organizations at various stages of digital transformation:
1. The Strengths of “Pure-Play Providers”Forrester recognizes Pure-play providers – the category in which CyberProof is included – as having high segment functionality in security expertise.
This illustrates the importance of security as a “class A” problem in today’s cyber climate – and that it underscores the fact that only by working with an A team will you find the value you’re seeking.
Cyber security specialists that have hands-on, nation-state level experience are hard to come by, but “Pure-play providers” can help plug that gap.
Cyber security specialists that have hands-on, nation-state level experience are hard to come by, but “Pure-play providers” can help plug that gap. We believe that by offering specialized skills in areas like Threat Hunting, Digital Forensics & Incident Response and Managed Threat Intelligence, organizations can benefit from a hybrid engagement model and augment their security team where needed.
2. Orchestration and Automation Play a Vital Role for Overburdened Staff and 24x7 VisibilityForrester notes the importance of using MSSPs to ease the challenges of overburdened security teams, as well as high segment functionality of “Pure-play providers” in automation and orchestration.
Ideally, an organization should look for an MSSP that leverages SOAR capabilities to:
According to the Forrester reports, MSSPs are starting to recognize the need to proactively support customers with incident remediation.
Forrester’s Now Tech reports outline the role MSSPs should play in delivering value beyond alert notification. To expand on this, we believe delivering value goes beyond reducing alert fatigue and false positives; We believe proactive incident remediation begins at the onboarding process and continues throughout the engagement, for example by:
The best MSSPs should support the crucial needs of transparency, real-time collaboration with security and stakeholders across other functions, and the ability to draw on threat intelligence and forensics expertise to validate and speed up remediation.
Whether you call it Managed Security Services (MSS), Managed Detection and Response (MDR) or Security Operations Center (SOC) services, the real opportunity to recognize is a market where having a “next-generation SOC” is possible now.
Whether you call it Managed Security Services (MSS), Managed Detection and Response (MDR) or Security Operations Center (SOC) services, the real opportunity to recognize is a market where having a “next-generation SOC” is possible now.
These are the required capabilities that your cyber security partner should be able to leverage and provide to your organization:
Forrester’s Now Tech reports are available to Forrester subscribers or for purchase.
Contact us today to find out how CyberProof can work with you to realize your next-generation SOC.