Keppel Data Centres Holding Pte Ltd (Keppel Data Centres), a subsidiary of Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation Limited (Keppel T&T) has partnered Quann, a homegrown Managed Security Services Provider and a business unit of Singapore’s leading security organisation Certis CISCO, in a strategic collaboration.
The partnership will allow Keppel Data Centres’ customers to benefit from a range of holistic cyber security solutions provided by Quann that covers consultancy, network protection and monitoring, and incident response.
Under the terms of the collaboration, customers colocating in facilities managed by Keppel Data Centres will be able to leverage Quann’s end-to-end security services.
The services include Quann Security-as-a-Service, a pay-as-you-use utility model covering DDOS protection, DNS security and web application protection; Quann Security Operations Centre (SOC)-as-a-Service, a 24x7 security monitoring service which operates on the company’s proprietary technologies providing real-time, advanced threat detection and big data analytics to swiftly alert clients of both known and unknown threats.
Also included are Quann Consultancy Services, offering vulnerability and risk assessments along with customised security roadmaps; Quann’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), cyber-attack incident responders who can rapidly identify the full scope of the breach, eradicate the threats behind it and set remediation measures to prevent reoccurrence; and Quann’s Plan-Build-Operate SOC, which allows Keppel Data Centres’ customers to build SOCs tailored for specific business requirements.
Availing some of these services on a pay-as-you-use utility model will enable hosting customers to achieve cost and operational efficiencies as this eliminates the need for physical infrastructure investment and provides deployment flexibility and scalability depending on their business needs.
The partnership takes effect in August 2016 and will, starting with Singapore, cover regions where both Keppel Data Centres and Quann operate.
The partnership comes at a time when cyber threats are evolving at a rapid pace, making it imperative for enterprises to ensure the security of their digital environments. An Asia Pacific report from Micro Market Monitor reveals that the Asia Pacific cyber security market is projected to grow from US$ 17.19 billion in 2015 to US$ 30.39 billion by 2020.