Just when you thought that aaS acronyms could not get any longer Tech Data has launched a security operations centre as a service (SOCaaS) offering.
SOCaaS is being billed as a “flexible, efficient, and affordable foundation on which partners can build their managed security business”. It can be white-labelled and presented as the partner’s own service offering and includes a comprehensive audit, preparation of an incident plan, 24/7 monitoring with response capabilities and regular reporting.
Tech Data, UK & Ireland, director, security, Advanced Solution said Alison Nixon said: “Customers of all sizes now need to shift to a viable and proactive threat detection posture in order to fully protect their systems against cyberattacks. SOCaaS has been highlighted as a huge opportunity by analysts, but many small and mid-market partners just don’t have the skillset, or the investment capability to build and offer a managed security service quickly enough to address the immediate opportunity.
“With our SOCaaS offering, they can offer a comprehensive and reliable service right away, without having to make the significant up-front investment, time and effort that would be required to establish their own SoC and managed service. It increases their ability to support their customers’ digital transformations and lowers risk for both the end customer and the partner. Crucially, it also means partners can extend and enhance the range of services and value they offer to their customers.”
The company said it will monitor different aspects of the customer’s systems to detect anomalies and trigger an effective response. It detects and contains threats, minimising impacts on customers and providing fast restoration of systems following a security incident. It can be offered as an extension of a partner’s own services proposition, and policies, processes, and procedures can be tailored to the customer’s specific operational and regulatory environment.
Partners that want to build a long-term security business can use Tech Data’s Security Practice Builder to define their strategy, follow a tailored development pathway, and become trusted advisors on security and data protection for their customers. They can then choose to develop their own offerings or make use of SOCaaS or any of the other as-a-service and managed security services that the Tech Data security practice plans to launch several over the coming months, Tech Data said.
These will address areas such as vulnerability management, edge protection, access and identity management, and penetration testing. They will let partners extend their security services offerings at a time when their customers are transforming and adapting to hybrid working .
