A new 24 × 7 × 365 managed security services was announced by Host.net for their clients’ cloud computing through a partnership with the network security vendor StillSecure. ProtectPoint Using StillSecure ™ managed security service as a virtual device , Host.net can now provide 24 × 7 × 365 security monitoring and management of virtual infrastructure, immediate response to security threats and compliance information for businesses using its cloud computing service for online of complex business applications and hosting.
Virtual security services including firewall, VPN, detection / intrusion prevention (IDS / IPS), vulnerability analysis, web security and email security can be purchased at Host.net on a subscription basis or as a standalone solution a package of services. Services can be configured to monitor both the gateway and the internal connections, providing complete protection against internal and external threats. All security services are backed by a 24 × 7 × 365 SAS-70 Type II audited Security Operations Center (SOC), which consists of certified security analysts.
The new virtual-based security services offer the same protection guard, control and management, hardware-based device service with the added benefits of the standard as high availability, fault recovery almost immediately in the event of a failure virtual machine and quickly increase capacity and add system resources (CPU, RAM and disk) when traffic from a specific customer demand for more power workload firewall.
“Host.net is a step ahead of most data centers because they truly understand the importance of integrating security into the virtual environment,” said Steve Harris, vice president of Managed Services at StillSecure. “Customers save time and money Host.net leveraging pre-built, pre-configured and ready to run the VMware version of our ProtectPoint managed security services.
“We had the rare chance to team up with StillSecure during the phase of the strategy and design of its new platform. The result is a product that protects customer’s mission with the CIA (confidentiality, integrity, availability),” said Roger Barranco, Host.net ‘s Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Operations. “Host.net only weaves security throughout the platform rather than just layers of security on top of their infrastructure from other vendors, as they do. Is an essential complement to our portfolio of services that help maintain virtual infrastructure our customers safe from inside and outside attacks. ”
StillSecure new Host.net ‘s-managed security service extends the competitive advantages of Host.net’ s cloud computing platform, which focuses on performance, high availability and data protection. Benefits Host.net ‘s cloud computing services are 300-500% more than standard increases performance SAN solutions hosted by the recovery of virtual machines within a minute of a host failure, all data backup one in the place and a storage subsystem off-site within the host. own national network of virtual private data centers (CPDA) of the network to recover almost immediate disaster, and replication elsewhere Host.net optional for added security and redundancy.
As a single source for the virtual enterprise server, storage, SAN, backup and restore, disaster recovery, hosting, Internet access, multinational transport, MPLS, Metro Ethernet, managed security and voice over IP leverages its Host.net capabilities to ensure the integrity and availability of customer data.
