“SaaS” will be the biggest IT security innovation in 2015, says Indusface

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Indusface has predicted that Security-as-a-Service (SECaaS) will be the biggest value-added "service innovation" that service providers will be forced to make in 2015. With multiple industry experts predicting 200–300% increase in SMB breach incidences, vendors will have to offer more customizable, flexible and cost-effective solutions, says the company. In its recently released security predictions for 2015, Indusface emphasized the need for fully- managed integrated security solutions that can effectively monitor and detect online vulnerabilities and defend against them anytime, anywhere. The year 2014 witnessed some of the most notorious security breaches with major attacks from Heartbleed, Bash, Poodle and Drupal core SQL injection vulnerabilities. Such incidents cannot be handled by just issuing random software patches. They have to be prevented or fixed immediately through a proactive defence mechanism, asserts the company in its report. Ashish Tandon, Chairman & CEO, Indusface, says, "We cannot see how SMBs and large enterprises will be able to protect their web assets without a solid Security-as-a-Service vendor protecting their perimeters. When thinking about IT as a whole, and security specifically, 'as-a-service' models are going to rule the checkbook. It is difficult to keep updating your security posture, unless you have experts to take care of them." Indusface's security experts assert that CISOs will have to look beyond their current reactive approach to managing security. Organizations need to have proactive security systems with a step-by-step approach that clearly defines "when we get attacked, this is how we will protect ourselves" – be it for DDoS attacks at the application layer or mass data breach attempts using one of the vulnerabilities.