Managed service providers are reselling security as a service offerings from third-party providers to expand their service portfolios in the IT security arena.
Bret Laughlin leaves little doubt that partnering with third parties has enabled BrainTrace, the managed IT security services firm he founded, to offer what he considers to be the best enterprise-level security technologies to non-enterprise companies. One of those technologies is cloud-based active breach detection from Eastwind Networks, which BrainTrace signed on with a few months ago.
While Laughlin considered acquiring technology, when he found Eastwind, "it was a perfect fit." He particularly liked that it has "very fast search capabilities and keeps lengthy logs, and we believed with its combination of machine learning and human resources using that type of data … we could provide best overall service to our clients."
