BANGALORE, INDIA: Wep, a provider of IT solutions and services, announced the launch of its managed security services business recently.

Srinivas Chandrasekharan, VP & GM, Wep Solutions, said: "Internet is a key enabler of business today. With security threats proliferating and attacks on India Inc. rising, enterprise security is a key concern to business and IT managers."

Debaseesh Bagchi, CTO- managed security services, Wep Solutions, said: "IBM's cloud computing will not deter our market. Going forward SMBs and enterprises will recognize that MSS also serves the purpose of cloud computing. Now it depends on the companies to decide which 'cloud' to take up."
 
K Purushottam, joint CEO, Wep Solutions, said: "Managed security services is one of the fastest growing markets in India and is likely to reach Rs 200 crore in 2008. Spending of SMBs and large enterprises on security services is already sizeable and will accelerate in future."

Wep MSS offerings

Business Risk Mitigation:
Firewall monitoring services
Managed gateway security services
Manages UTM services
Application security service
Vulnerability assessment service

Business assest protection:
Privileged access monitoring service
Wireless prevention services

Business productivity
Health and availability monitoring of IT assets.