Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC), the global leader in information security, and Alphawest, a leading IT Services provider to the government, legal, educational and business sectors, today announced a strategic partnership to deliver managed security services in Australia.
One of Symantec’s 10 certified partners in Australia, Alphawest is Symantec’s only Managed Security Services and Enterprise Solutions Partner based in Western Australia.
According to the Yankee Group’s July 2004 Security Solutions and Services Report, managed security service revenue will grow from US $1.5 billion in 2002 to US $3.7 billion in 2008. The Symantec and Alphawest partnership will aim to meet market demand for managed security services in Australia by offering a wide range of hosted security options that represent significant cost and time savings for large and small-to-medium enterprises.
“Driving this market growth in the managed security services market is the fact that enterprises are shifting away from internally managing and monitoring their own security infrastructure and moving toward utilising the expertise of a managed security service offering. Simple detection and alert offerings are no longer sufficient to help protect against evolving threats and so organisations are using trusted security advisors for complete protection,” said Gavin Lowth, director, Managed Security Services, Symantec Asia Pacific.
“Symantec’s Managed Security Services provides organisations with the industry's most extensive security expertise and around-the-clock security protection, advanced analysis, global intelligence correlation and broad response capabilities to ensure that security risks are managed and prevented,” said Steve Schupp, Business Solutions Group, Alphawest.
“This partnership demonstrates our commitment to offering our customers both the broadest and highest level of security options to Australian companies. With our combined experience, we are able to be the trusted security advisors for our customers,” he added.
Symantec Managed Security Services leverage global intelligence to offer fast and accurate analysis of security data to protect customers against emerging threats and reduce overall security risk. Its 24x7 real-time services enhance an organisation's information security posture through continuous monitoring and management, expert analysis, and immediate response to potential security threats. In addition, Symantec's Security Operations Centres have been fully audited and certified by independent third parties to meet industry leading standards, including BS7799 certification and SAS70 Type II audits.
