IBM Upgrades Security Services
December 4th, 2008
(www.WebHosting.Info) IBM, a provider of IT infrastructure services, today announced a set of actions to upgrade its security solutions that can help clients save costs while navigating security threats created by a global economic slowdown, unprecedented cybercriminal activity, and costly and complex legacy security infrastructures.
The company explains that the actions by its Internet security systems division were prompted after IBM X-Force, an elite team of security experts, detected two startling developments. It further explains that first, they identified a 30 percent increase in network and web-based security events over the last 120 days, with the total number rising from 1.8 billion to more than 2.5 billion worldwide per day, according to data pulled from its managed security services client base of approximately 3700 clients worldwide. Second, it detected a 40 percent increase within the last 120 days in its client’s access of IBM virtual security operations centers. The company states that its managed security services clients - businesses and governments – can use the virtual operations centers to monitor and verify network and web-based attacks. A portion of the increase came from clients that had not previously logged in to the security operations centers in more than six months, it adds.
“We are currently in a perfect storm of security threats as businesses are cutting costs, insider threats are rising, and cybercriminals are using the ensuing confusion to create opportunities for themselves,” said Val Rahmani, general manager of IBM’s Internet Security Systems. “These services, in conjunction with our new and evolving security products, are unique in helping our clients successfully navigate this storm by reducing costs while improving overall security and compliance posture.”
