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IBM Offers Cloud Security Planning And Assessment Services: Page 2 of 2

IBM is augmenting its cloud security offerings with three new professional services to help enterprises plan for and implement appropriate security policies, processes and controls in migrating to the cloud. These include Security Strategy Roadmap for organizations planning to purchase or provide cloud services, Security Assessment for existing and/or planned cloud initiatives, and Application Security Services to determine appropriate controls to secure business applications and the sensitive d
October 21, 2010

The hosted SELM service enhancements include streamlined installation and registration, a device health monitor that improves the level of device reporting available with inline guides for troubleshooting connectivity issues, the ability for organizations to parse and normalize unrecognized, text-based system activity logs to enable new platform support, the ability to create custom correlation rules and alerts based off of system activity logs, a daily PCI audit readiness report to simplify compliance by summarizing log-related activity and the alerts received and the tickets that were created to investigate suspicious behavior.

The trend is moving toward increased adoption of hosted services and managed services by large enterprises in a market that was focused on small and medium businesses not long ago, said Stratecast's Stadtmueller. They are turning to managed network, security and WAN optimization services because they are either downsizing or not adding IT staff as they adopt new services, such as automated business processes, social networking and tele-presence.

"Enterprises are willing to buy these services because it puts security management in the hands of the expert," she said. "Data center environments are getting to so complex that it's getting harder and harder for enterprises to have the right expertise in house to keep on top of it all."

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