Why IBM Internet Security Systems?

When it comes to security, IBM Internet Security Systems is an industry leader. IBM Internet Security Systems has the expertise, solutions, knowledgeable security practitioners, proven methodologies and global reach to make us your security partner of choice.

IBM Internet Security Systems is part of IBM's robust portfolio of security solutions. Through world-class solutions that address risk across each aspect of your business, IBM can help you build a strong security posture that helps you reduce costs, improve service, and manage risk in your dynamic infrastructure, helping you cost-effectively embrace change and innovation without compromising security.
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Reducing the cost and complexity of security without compromise
Today's business reality means that you must manage more risks with fewer resources. You have to:

• Cut your operational expenses
• Manage increasing risks
• Maintain your compliance posture
• Improve service
• Enable innovation

IBM Internet Security Systems can help you strategically manage risk end-to-end across all security domains and help you reduce your security operations costs. IBM's framework-based security offerings provide the solutions and expertise you need to confidently:

• Mitigate, monitor and manage the latest security threats and vulnerabilities
• Lower the costs of applying the latest security expertise, processes and technologies
• Lower costs of limiting internal access to, and external release of, sensitive data
• Identify and mitigate the risks of regulatory noncompliance
• Lower the costs of identity and access management
• Mitigate the increasing risks from application-level vulnerabilities

Research Technology Solutions
IBM X-Force delivers increased operational efficiencies by helping to build integrated technologies that feature "baked-in" simplification. IBM X-Force research and development underpins the IBM Internet Security Systems platform and is the catalyst for continuous security innovation.

• IBM X-Force uses its broad and holistic intelligence infrastructure to provide one of the most accurate views of the current and emerging threat landscape.
• IBM Internet Security Systems uses this information to define the important and pressing security problems of today and tomorrow.
• IBM Internet Security Systems then focuses on solving these problems with new technology and solutions in our products and services

The IBM X-Force security research and development teams study the latest threat trends including vulnerabilities, exploits and active attacks, viruses and other malware, spam, phishing, and malicious web content. IBM X-Force publishes several publicly available reports every year:

• The Trend and Risk Report is published twice yearly. This report provides statistical information about all aspects of threats that affect Internet security, including software vulnerabilities and public exploitation, malware, spam, phishing, web-based threats, and general cyber criminal activity.
• The Threat Insight Report is published four times a year. This report is designed to highlight some of the most significant threats and challenges security professionals face every day.

In addition to advising customers and the general public on how to respond to emerging and critical threats, IBM X-Force also delivers security content that protects IBM Internet Security Systems customers from these threats.

IBM Internet Security Systems is the worldwide PCI services market leader
IBM Internet Security Systems is globally certified to perform all payment card industry (PCI) services and can help wherever you are in the compliance lifecycle.

• IBM is the only company with solutions for all 12 PCI requirements, offering efficiencies in interoperability, procurement, maintenance and management
• IBM has been helping clients meet PCI requirements since 2004
• IBM has experience with clients of all sizes, in all industries, all over the world
• IBM has unmatched security product expertise, including: IBM Internet Security Systems, Tivoli Security, Rational Appscan

IT analysts recognize IBM as a leading security provider
IBM Internet Security Systems is consistently recognized as a leading provider by major IT analyst organizations. Some of the most recent recognition includes:

Gartner

• Web Access Management Magic Quadrant (November 2008)
• User Provisioning Magic Quadrant (August 2008)
• Master Data Management for Customer Data Magic Quadrant (July 2008)
• Managed & Professional Network Service Providers, North America Magic Quadrant (May 2008)
• Business Intelligence and Performance Management Services, North America Magic Quadrant (May 2008)

IDC Market Share

• #1 Identity & Access Management (2008)

Frost & Sullivan

• Managed Security Services (2008, 2009)
• North American Network Security Infrastructure Protection Company of the Year (2008, 2009)
• North American Video Surveillance Software Developer Company of the Year (2008, 2009)
• #1 Vulnerability Assessment Provider (2006, 2007, 2008)

Comprehensive security operations and capabilities
IBM offers the most comprehensive security operations and capabilities with:

• 8 security operations centers (SOCs) around the world
• 7 security research centers
• 133 monitored countries
• 20,000+ devices under contract
• 3,700+ managed security services (MSS) clients worldwide
• 2.5 billion+ monitored events per day
• 15,000 researchers, developers and SMEs on security initiatives, including IBM X-Force
• 3,000+ security & risk management patents
• 40+ years of proven IT security success securing the z-Series environment

In-house research fuels innovative approaches to security

• Working in collaboration with IBM Research labs and IBM X-Force, IBM is engaged in ongoing development of new security technologies and methods in areas such as:
• Biometrics
• Cloud and virtualization security
• Collaborative data sharing
• Digital media technology
• Encryption technology
• Intrusion detection analysis
• Privacy technology
• Wireless security
• IBM holds numerous security and privacy copyrights and patents The collaborative efforts of IBM have yielded new technologies and methods such as:
• IBM Cancelable Biometrics - Technology for enhancing privacy and security in biometric applications
• IBM Smart Surveillance System (S3) - An open framework for event-based surveillance
• IBM VPS – behavioral virus prevention system
• IBM created the Data Centric Security Model to help our clients take a more holistic approach to protecting data assets.
• IBM co-founded the Trusted Computing Group with leading technology companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Intel, and Sun for security and co-developed a Web Services Security family of specifications.
• IBM opened four Trusted Identity Centers of Excellence in Dallas, San Jose, Bangalore and LaGaude, France, to help organizations tie together physical and digital security to better manage the identity lifecycle of their customers and workforce.

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