SECURITY SERVICES: Telcos get a look in

摘要

In a time when the market is inundated with security providers, questions still remain over whether telecoms operators are best-placed to offer security solutions alongside network services. According to a report published by the Yankee Group earlier this year, global revenues from managed security services are forecast to reach $3.7 billion by 2008, up from S1.5 billion in 2002 and $2.6 billion this year. "Everyone is trying to get into [managed security]," says Nick Hutton, principal consultant at 360is, a security professional services provider. "It's a profitable, high-margin business for [the telcos]," he says, noting that those who succeed in building a volume business can make margins of 60%-80%.