Interoute offers security as a service in
response to raised cyber threat.
Interoute, owner and
operator of Europe's largest cloud services platform, has responded
to the raised cyber threat level by placing security services in
its pan-European cloud. With threat mitigation services built
into the core of its network, organisations can turn to Interoute
to secure their messaging systems, halt malicious content and
distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that are intent on
disabling their websites or breaching their networks.
By managing high performance sensors
built into the core of its network, Interoute can protect
organisations from attack by diverting malicious traffic away from
their corporate networks and towards a mitigation device where the
traffic is cleaned. The cloud based threat mitigation
services operate within the core of the Interoute network, negating
the need for organisations to install new hardware and software in
order to respond to malicious attacks on their corporate
networks.
Jeff Finch, Security Services Product
Manager at Interoute says, "The recent spate of cyber-attacks
on organisations' networks is a stark reminder that businesses
cannot predict the scale, time or type of attack. The
unpredictability and continuously changing nature of threats mean
that organisations need to be prepared and have flexibility in the
solutions they deploy. Interoute understands this need for agility
and is providing flexible services to suit the shift in the
threats."
Offered as a service, organisations
can pay monthly for the threat mitigation services, which include
DDoS mitigation, intrusion prevention and email filtering. Moving
the security services onto the cloud platform results in a quick
and easy set up and significantly lowers the cost of ownership.
Organisations can simply log into Interoute's pan-European cloud
via its online portal, 'The Cloud Store', to monitor and assess the
threats and report on incidents as they happen.
In 2010, Interoute changed the way
enterprises procure network services, providing businesses with the
flexibility to move, add and change their minds at any time without
penalty. In 2011, the addition of security services to its
pan-European cloud brings the same flexibility to procuring
security services.
Interoute is actively developing its
security portfolio to encompass certification and encryption
capabilities, developing next generation application firewalls,
secure email encryption, archiving and managed endpoint protection
within the first half of 2012. With vulnerability and policy
management, secure storage, security information and event
management and validated threat feeds available in H2 2012. All of
these services will be delivered from Interoute's pan-European
cloud.
About Interoute
Interoute Communications Ltd
is the owner operator of Europe's largest cloud services platform,
which encompasses over 60,000 km of lit fibre, 8 hosting data
centres and 32 collocation centres, with connections to 140
additional third-party data centres across Europe. Its full-service
Unified ICT platform serves international enterprises, as well as
every major European telecommunications incumbent and the major
operators of North America, East and South Asia, governments and
universities. These organisations find Interoute the ideal partner
for computing, connectivity and communications and developing new
services. Its Unified ICT strategy has proved attractive to
enterprises looking for a scalable, secure and unconstrained
platform on which they can build their voice, video, computing and
data services, as well as service providers in need of high
capacity international data transit and infrastructure. With
established operations throughout mainland Europe, North America
and Dubai, Interoute also owns and operates dense city networks
throughout Europe's major business centres. www.interoute.com