{"id":107912,"date":"2020-03-19T06:00:29","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T13:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/?p=107912"},"modified":"2020-08-03T09:14:47","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T16:14:47","slug":"network-mssps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/network-mssps\/","title":{"rendered":"Do MSSPs Have What it Takes to Win Today's Cybersecurity War?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watching the last Super Bowl, I realized something \u2013 it takes a great coach and a great team with a little bit of luck to win.<\/span><\/p>\n

The coach needs a great team, players to rely on and utilize for best performance. A great coach understands football, provides the game plan and the right strategies to stop the opponent from breaching the team\u2019s defences. Clearly, defense plays a key role in the team's success!<\/span><\/p>\n

Much like the Super Bowl, nobody can win at cybersecurity alone. <\/span>Cyberattacks are growing in number and in scale, the strategies and techniques are increasingly sophisticated and the scope is global. <\/span>Businesses today, in spite of spending time and money on their security, sometimes still don\u2019t feel secure.<\/span><\/p>\n

For many businesses, teaming up with Managed Security Service Providers (MSSP) to fight attackers with best practices becomes the best choice. Additionally, it is critical for MSSPs to partner with the right cybersecurity vendor to bring excellence to their defence teams. <\/span>It takes a holistic, forward-looking and highly collaborative approach to win the cybersecurity war.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Battle Tactic #1: Enterprises should lean on Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) to improve their security posture.<\/b><\/b><\/h5>\n

In today\u2019s hyper-connected world, cybersecurity is more important than ever. A robust cybersecurity strategy is a critical part of organizations \u2013 large or small. Maintaining a strong security posture helps businesses increase their productivity by safely enabling applications, cloud services, mobility and connected internet of things (IoT) devices<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

However, many organizations lack the cybersecurity skills, automation and resources to keep up with today\u2019s rapidly evolving security threats<\/span>. <\/span>This is driving demand for MSSPs to deliver services that help any customer minimize business risk.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Managing security can be a daunting task! <\/i><\/b>As organizations expand across multiple locations, their applications are distributed across public, private and software-as-a-service (SaaS) environments. MSSPs are pressed to deliver seamless, scalable and automated security in order to demonstrate their ability to enforce higher standards of protection and compliance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This becomes even harder across a fragmented security vendor landscape that forces MSSPs to manually stitch together insights from many disconnected sources before they act. The <\/span>outcome? Increased operational costs and challenges that prohibit MSSPs from successfully defending customers from the dangers of an ever-evolving threat landscape.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Considering these factors, how should <\/span>MSSPs establish themselves as trusted security advisors and still remain competitive?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Battle Tactic #2: MSSPs should select a cybersecurity vendor with a unique approach to cybersecurity.<\/b><\/h5>\n

What MSSPs need is a comprehensive yet cohesive security solution that enables them to deliver unrivaled protection consistently to their customers without incurring high costs. They need a platform that enables any use case, from managing firewalls or cloud-delivered security as a service, to securing remote users or branches to automating security operations center (SOC) operations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

They need a security solution that is\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n