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What is Security as a Service?

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Security as a service is the cloud delivery of information security functionality. This is an alternative to owning and operating information security related software and hardware in areas such as authentication, anti-virus, vulnerability scanning, security testing tools, DDoS protection and security event management.

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Security as a service is a broad term that simply denotes that a particular security tool is delivered primarily using a cloud model potentially combined with thin clients. This can have particular benefits in areas such as DDoS protection where services such as a web proxy can scale to handle an attack.
Overview: Security As A Service
Type
Definition
Cloud delivery of information security tools and managed security services.
Also Known As
SECaaS
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