Monitoring and managing your firewall is crucial to safeguarding your organization’s security. But as today’s threats grow more sophisticated, and the skills needed to address them become increasingly scarce, successful firewall management can quickly become complex and costly for your organization. IBM’s Managed Firewall Services provide customized, around-the-clock firewall protection at a fraction of the cost of traditional solutions, allowing you to stay ahead of the threat while also freeing up valuable resources.
Here are just a few benefits of IBM's Managed Firewall Services:
- Supports regulatory compliance with real-time views into your security posture
- Provides rapid, cost-effective resolution of security issues
- Improves overall security by preventing attacks from known and emerging threats
- Reduces staffing requirements and infrastructure costs
Managed Firewall Services features
Not all managed firewall services are the same. IBM maintains the largest catalogue of known threats in the world, and employs some of the best minds in the security business. Along with the top-notch protection of IBM’s Managed Firewall service, you get:
- Real-time access to IBM security experts
- Access to the state-of-the-art IBM Security Operations Center Portal
- 24x7 expert monitoring
- Integration of world-renowned IBM X-Force® research and security intelligence
- Flat-pricing model with flexible, performance-based service level agreements
- Vendor-neutral approach to help maximize your existing security investments
- Customized planning, design and configuration of contracted firewall devices
- Ongoing maintenance, including system patches, upgrades and security updates
- Support for VPNs
Inside the IBM Security Portal
Take a tour of IBM’s Security Operations Center Portal. This expert system is command central for your entire security world, providing you with everything from advanced correlation and event prioritization to real-time communication with security analysts.
Why IBM?
Managed Firewall Services are among the many Managed Security Services we offer our clients. We monitor, in real time, some of the most complex corporate networks in the world. We develop some of the most sophisticated testing tools in the industry, many of which are used by our competitors. And our team of highly skilled security professionals is constantly identifying and analyzing new threats, often before they are even known by the world at large. In fact, we maintain the largest single database of known cyber security threats in the world. In other words, choosing IBM for your firewall management needs may just be the easiest decision you'll make today.
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