In the just ended decade cyberspace has change the way we live and operate.
However, with so many cyber incidents and data breaches that impacted global business economy, the market understands that cybersecurity is a vital investment for businesses that wants to sustain their success. With this conclusion the cybersecurity realm received an enormous burst of interest and the cybersecurity solution industry began to rise.
Today’s buzz words are "Cloud services", "Cyber something AI" and "Everything as a Service", which are emerging trends that provides the software industry with yet ever faster, secure and better services.
The problem with these buzz words solutions is that the individual responsible to implement them (CISO?) also needs to stay in budget. There is an oxymoron there. Although slightly changing, most CISO's do not get enough attention from their senior management and even less from their Board of Directors, for their responsibility to address cyber related (emerging) business disruptions.
Not to mention small or medium business owners. With every cent that counts they simply can’t afford the traditional solutions, hardly advanced ones.
If we look on the current security software portfolio of many companies, we will see a range of applications like Anti-virus, FW, WAF sometimes SIEM, etc. Most likely that they are still managed within the company (both on the application and infrastructure aspect).
Security Software as a Service is the field of managed security services that require you to manage on the application side, and that’s it.
Before we jump in, let's have a quick overview of the benefits that traditional Software as a Service (SaaS) provides:
SaaS is software that is centrally hosted and managed for the end customer. It is usually based on an architecture where one version of the application is used for all customers, and licensed through a monthly or annual subscription. Office 365, Salesforce, Google Drive are all examples of SaaS solutions. What are the main benefits?
Now that we understand SaaS benefits, let's dive into the benefits of using Security SaaS solutions:
Obviously, Security SaaS Services has some drawbacks, such as:
As we listed the pros and cons of using Security SaaS solutions, we understand that moving from on premise, self-operated security systems to SaaS modelling is becoming mandatory (unless you are disconnected from the internet, good luck with that) and even more inevitable.
We didn’t cover Security SaaS pricing compared to self-hosted security systems because it goes the same as any SaaS module, you pay for what you use.
One last thought, try go over the fastest security system that you’ve deployed, factor it with labor, hardware and management efforts, now request a demo of the same class system in Security SaaS module and deploy it. We urge you to compare the TCO.