Enhancing your business with MSSP Model

Cybersecurity monitoring is now a core part of business operations across the private and public sectors. The threats faced by organisations of all sizes from cybercriminals show no sign of decreasing. Quite the opposite.

The skills needed to build a team of cybersecurity experts who can monitor networks and servers for signs of cyberattack 24x7 are in short supply around the globe. Estimates of the shortfall in required staff to work in this sector regular report numbers in the hundreds of thousands.

This puts a premium on the benefits needed to attract and retain qualified staff. In reality, this means that most organisations that are not very large do not have the resources to build and retain a skilled cybersecurity monitoring team to protect their systems from attack, even if they could find the staff they need to hire.

This gap in the market for cybersecurity staff is an opportunity for managed service providers (MSPs) to extend the services they provide for existing clients, or attract new clients, by becoming managed security service providers (MSSPs).

What is the MSSP model & how does it work?

An MSSP provides a network security service to monitor their client's networks, and when anomalous behaviour is detected, they alert the designated contacts in the organisation. Depending on the level of the MSSP service in place, the MSSP may also respond to the detected activity in real time. This is widely known as Managed Detection and Response (MDR).

Providing MSSP services requires deploying and managing tools that can detect known and emerging threats, alert in real-time, and link to other systems to deliver a rapid response. Building a toolset to deliver this is complex.

Energy Logserver provides a suite of tools that enable MSPs to quickly deploy a monitoring solution that can provide:

Log management - centralisation of events and functions to enable precise analysis and visibility of log data from multiple sources while maintaining complete security of the collected data.

SIEM Plan - expands on the core Energy Logserver system with a package of features that transforms the log analysis into an effective SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) system.

Network Probe - a dedicated solution for deep network analysis with built-in traffic classification. This is a natural next step after starting the monitoring journey with Log Management.

Energy SOAR - security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) delivers an advanced, business-driven solution that enables MSPs to rapidly identify, investigate, and automate many business and IT processes. It streamlines the monitoring and response workflow to prevent cybersecurity professionals from being overwhelmed by alerts and incident data.

You can read more about these Energy Logserver solutions on their website.

What does MSSP mean for your business?

If you are an MSP, then adding MSSP services allows you to expand what you provide to your clients and opens up conversations with new organisations. Cybersecurity monitoring and protection are on the radar of all C-suite executives. They are actively looking for IT partners to help them protect their systems.

Energy Logserver has a dedicated partner route to market offering its solutions to MSSPs. Renaissance is the distributor for the Irish marketplace. The Energy Logserver partner program is documented on their partner page.

Why is it worth building a business based on Energy Logserver and Energy SOAR?

Building an MSSP cybersecurity offering around Energy Logserver solutions opens up many service offerings for your clients. They include:

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) - monitor, analyse and report on business-critical applications to identify any issues that need addressing.

Cloud Monitoring - monitor your client's data flows and usage in AWS and Azure. Ensure that the use of these cloud services is right-sized and that costs get controlled.

Compliance - monitor systems to ensure that compliance with government regulations and industry standards are in place and maintained. The solution has built-in knowledge of GDPR, PCI DSS, NIST 800-53, HIPAA, and ISO 27001.

Infrastructure Monitoring - ingress and analyse multiple data sources from client IT infrastructure via logs, APIs, and protocols to get the overall picture of the state of the systems.

Log Management - analyse and archive log data at scale to monitor systems in real-time and do post-event analysis as required.

Mitre ATT&CK Framework awareness - use the frameworks from the Mitre organisation to report on event data in ways understandable to humans. Focus attention on the principal risks and base responses on current industry best practices.

Network Analysis - understand your clients' typical network flow patterns so it's easier to spot anomalies that might be indicators of compromise.

Read more on these offerings at https://energylogserver.com/use-cases/.

Advantages of Energy Logserver and Energy SOAR in the MSSP Model

The main advantage of using Energy Logserver and SOAR to build and deliver MSSP services for your clients is that you get to build on a system that has both deep and broad knowledge of the threat landscape and how attackers look to exploit vulnerabilities.

The tools provide a jump-start platform that can get you to market faster, and also grow with you over time as your MSSP business grows and the threat landscape evolves. Using these tools in your MSSP business provides:

Clear terms of collaboration between the MSSP and Energy Logserver
Increased value to your clients
No need to worry about the platform development - this is done by Energy Logserver
Support from an experienced team of cybersecurity professionals

Find Out More

To find out how you can adopt the Energy Logserver products to build or enhance the security offerings for your MSP business, contact Renaissance today to start a conversation.