Posted on Monday, May 8th, 2006 at 2:00 pm
The first email security management firms offered straightforward services for overworked admins. But the market is changing and these services will need to change with the times.
The arguments in favor of managed email security are easily made. Cost savings tend to be dramatic, with ROI often coming in months. The load on mail server infrastructure can be reduced to a tiny fraction as all spam and malware is blocked before it enters the client network. As a result, resistance to denial-of-service attacks and mail reliability are much improved.
The arguments against are fewer, but growing stronger. Compliance requirements might raise concerns about the guaranteed integrity of the EMSSP network, and while most are undergoing ISO17799 testing or similar, few are able to offer the assurance you would expect from an outsource provider.
