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RE: Managed Firewall Service - Opinions
From: Paul Robertson <proberts () patriot net>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 13:39:58 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 17 Apr 2003, Paul Stewart wrote: [Disclaimer: TruSecure does managed services, and directly competes in this area *and* I moderate this list. ]
In regards to running your own firewall, if you have an experienced IT department that is security anal (sorry, best word I could think of) then you should be fine running your own. If you would rather have a team of people look after this equipment and give you peace of mind, then outsource in my opinion.
I think those shouldn't be the metrics you use to decide if something should or shouldn't be outsourced. Mostly, it should be a business decision which answers the question: "Can I get the same level, or an increased level of protection and service by doing this in-house, or by having someone else do this AND which one saves me money?" The answer is normally "it depends." That's where an analysis comes in, which is probably the next stage of the game once he's got the lay of the land. Advantages: Most outsourced providers have 24x7 operations, enforced SLAs, a good view of what's hitting all the customers they manage (current non-targeted threats), strong processes, detailed product experience. Disadvantages: Very little control over who (individual) does the work, must extend trust out to a 3rd party, support can be a finger-pointing exercise if the vendor isn't big enough or the contract's terms don't have a good opt out for service in them, operations are now remote, must extend trust out to a 3rd party, must extend trust out to a 3rd party. Paul ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Robertson "My statements in this message are personal opinions proberts () patriot net which may have no basis whatsoever in fact." probertson () trusecure com Director of Risk Assessment TruSecure Corporation _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com http://honor.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
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