Managed security service providers: present state, trends, and future outlook of the space

Welcome to Venture in Security! Before we begin, do me a favor and make sure you hit the “Subscribe” button. Subscriptions let me know that you care and keep me motivated to write more. Thanks folks! Thanks for supporting Venture in Security! Pledge your support Security services enable businesses to outsource their cybersecurity needs to a dedicated, specialized third-party provider. I have previously touched on the evolution of security service providers in my article about the future of cyber defense and the move from promise-based to evidence-based security. As a holistic understanding of this topic requires a bit more context, in this piece I will try to go deeper and provide that context. When we hear “security service provider”, we tend to have an image of what that looks like, and that image tends to differ from one person to another. The term is ambiguous as there is a broad variety of vendors who offer security as a service. The easiest way to look at this problem is to think

Welcome to Venture in Security! Before we begin, do me a favor and make sure you hit the “Subscribe” button. Subscriptions let me know that you care and keep me motivated to write more. Thanks folks! Security services enable businesses to outsource their cybersecurity needs to a dedicated, specialized third-party provider. I have previously touched on the evolution of security service providers in my article about the future of cyber defense and the move from promise-based to evidence-based security. As a holistic understanding of this topic requires a bit more context, in this piece I will…

related reading

• Explaining the complex world of channel partners in cybersecurity and looking at their past, present, and futureventureinsecurity.net
• A Deep Dive Into The Cloud & Application Security Ecosystemsoftwareanalyst.substack.com
• Future of cyber defense and move from promise-based to evidence-based securityventureinsecurity.net
• Why there are so many cybersecurity vendors, what it leads to and where do we go from hereventureinsecurity.net
• The rise of security engineering and how it is changing the cybersecurity of tomorrowventureinsecurity.net
• Software Supply Chain Security (Part 1)softwareanalyst.substack.com
• Defining A Software Supply Chain Security Platform & Exploring New Techniques, Part 2softwareanalyst.substack.com
• Why we need more startups and venture capital in cybersecurity, and what needs to change for the industry to matureventureinsecurity.net
• Cyber insurance: state of the space, trends & the emergence of fully-integrated cyber solutionsventureinsecurity.net
• Investing in cybersecurity: a deep look at the challenges, opportunities, and tools for cyber-focused VCsventureinsecurity.net
• The dark side of the moon: demystifying cybersecurity business management for CISOs and security practitionersventureinsecurity.net
• Building practitioner-focused cybersecurity: nine principles for founders and product leadersventureinsecurity.net