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The Value Proposition Supporting Managed Security Services

Overview This paper reviews the multiple advantages of teaming with Lucent Technologies in managed security services, the strength the alliance partners bring to the partnership and some know-how one needs to strengthen the security across the organization. This paper is designed to assist in understanding the critical issues as a person begins to explore contracting for managed security services. Among the topics covered are the factors influencing today's organizations in outsourcing security, the types of services that are most cost-effectively performed by an outside provider, provider selection criteria, security planning, design and implementation considerations and some security technology and features.

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Publisher	Lucent Technologies	File Format	PDF
Date Published	November 2005	Downloads	6
Format	White Papers
Topics	Outsourcing, Network Security, Security Management

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