F-Secure has launched a new intrusion detection and incident response managed service that combines human and machine intelligence with a promise to notify companies within just 30 minutes of a breach detection.
According to Gartner, the greatest area of unmet need is effective targeted attack and breach detection.
"Companies are finding that on their own they struggle with intrusion detection and incident response," said Pekka Usva, VP of Advanced Threat Protection at F-Secure.
"They need to find a staff of cyber security experts, build monitoring infrastructure and source good threat intelligence data.
'setting up a proper in-house system is difficult and expensive and takes years to do. That's why a managed service makes sense. It provides an immediate, tangible return on investment."
F-Secure's Rapid Detection Service leverages the strengths of both human and machine intelligence to provide an all-in-one intrusion detection and response service that's ready to go immediately.
The service consists of three main components: Endpoint and Network Decoy sensors that collect data about events and activities; F-Secure's threat intelligence and behavioural analytics, which analyses the data to identify anomalies; and the Rapid Detection Center, which is staffed 24/7 by a team of cyber security experts who identify and handle incidents.
When a breach is detected, an expert will contact the customer within just 30 minutes with incident response and to offer optional onsite investigative services if needed.
"The human component is an important factor," stated Erka Koivunen, Cyber Security Advisor at F-Secure. "Attackers are human, so to detect them you can't rely on machines alone. Our experts know how attackers think, the very tactics they use to hide their presence from standard means of detection. The human factor also eliminates false positives, which are an extreme waste of resources."