Fun read from a VC: "Perhaps not, but contrary to what many believe, SMBs understand full well that they face the same risks and regulations as large corporations. [...] This unmet market need represents an enormous opportunity for the new generation of security companies developing on-demand solutions, or Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). Instead of deploying their own servers and infrastructure, SMBs can now subscribe to security solutions priced by the drink (so we can buy a quart of milk instead of the cow)."
The future?
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"The future?"
Um, yes.
Security SaaS is already here in many forms: Qualys, Veracode, etc. and quite frankly any MSSP who offers off-prem centralized secure "anything" is technically providing SSaaS.
I started a business in 1995 (which I sold to a nationwide DSL provider in '99) that did just this.
Services in the cloud (or clean pipes) is really the same thing...it's security software implemented as a service.
You bet it's the "future" -- and not just for SMB's.
Check out this link for an example.
http://rationalsecurity.typepad.com/blog/2007/07/services-in-the.html
/Hoff
Well, I still think that only a small portion of security is really SaaS now. Yes, everybody knows Qualys, but there is not much else credible.
Yes, until recently I piled MSSPs with SaaS, but somebody explained a few key distinctions to me so I kinda became enlightened :-) MSSP is the present, for sure, but moving many security products to SaaS model seems like a trend to watch, not reality...
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