MSP early entrants
Early players in the security MSP industry include subsidiaries of well-known organisations as well as some players without pedigree but that offer best-of-breed products.
MyCIO.com, a wholly owned subsidiary of Network Associates, markets a wide range of security services including audits, policy development, intrusion detection, PKI, vulnerability assessment, SOC operations, monitoring, virus detection -- all integrated with Network Associates, McAfee, PGP, and Sniffer credentials. As a January, 2000 startup with 130+ employees, the company reports over 1,000 business subscribers but admits the majority are small to mid-sized firms.
JAWS Technologies was an early MSP security entrant in 1999, and reports a full range of managed services including firewall and virus management, authentication, security product integration, PKI, secure transactions, professional services including assessments, attack and penetration protection, and incident response. This Canadian company's website reflects the newness of their security services: a full list of managed services has yet to be posted, according to Roger Davies, JAWS' North American Western Region Director.
Ernst & Young started their MSP e-security venture, eSecurityOnline.com LLC, in June 2000 to initially focus on corporate infrastructure vulnerability analysis. While this service is just one MSP security component, Ernst & Young's 1,200+ IT and security consultants touting of eSecurityOnline's developing services to clients worldwide should underwrite further service rollouts.
