Datapac provides peace of mind with managed cybersecurity

Datapac, Ireland’s leading technology solutions and services provider, is helping customers to keep their organisations secure in this time of uncertainty with its managed cybersecurity solution.

Powered by the award-winning suite of security services from cybersecurity partner Sophos, Datapac’s solution affords businesses true peace of mind with the knowledge that their data and workloads are secured 24/7, 365 days a year, no matter where this data may live.

The cybersecurity challenge

Cybersecurity represents a challenge to organisations of all sizes, from SMBs up to the enterprise level. A recent survey of Irish SMB owners conducted by Datapac and data backup and business continuity partner Datto found that over a third (37 per cent) of respondents had experienced a known attempted cybersecurity attack in the last year.

The ever-evolving IT landscape, which in recent years has witnessed a growing level of complexity for many organisations, compounds this cybersecurity challenge. Remote and hybrid working models have changed how data is created and stored, and these new ways of working have expanded the threat perimeter beyond traditional on-premise infrastructures, significantly contributing to increased vulnerability to attack.

Proactive defence

The best way organisations can protect themselves from becoming a victim of cybercrime is to be proactive. The ongoing IT skills shortage can make it difficult to mobilise the necessary skills in-house to provide continuous threat hunting, detection and neutralisation, particularly outside standard business hours. As seen with many high-profile cyberattacks both at home and abroad in recent years, cyber-criminals are aware of this vulnerability and will specifically time attacks to exploit this weakness, often executing devastating attacks such as ransomware detonation outside standard business hours – in the early hours of the morning, at the weekend or during public holidays.

Managed cybersecurity

Datapac’s managed cybersecurity solution can help to solve this issue. Supported by teams of experts, it leverages the power of artificial intelligence (AI) through machine-accelerated active threat hunting to proactively identify and validate threats and incidents, stopping them in their tracks. The solution can be tailored to the individual needs of each organisation.

Expert analysts will detect, investigate and respond to threats in minutes, with scalable threat response options ranging from threat notification to full-scale threat neutralisation, enabling in-house IT teams to make the appropriate decision. Once the threat has been dealt with, detailed forensic investigation and analysis uncovers potential security vulnerabilities, empowering organisations to make informed data-driven decisions to further reduce cyber-risk.

“The growing complexity of IT infrastructure makes it more and more difficult for in-house IT teams to provide a sufficient level of security to their organisations,” said Damien Mallon, senior systems engineer, Datapac. “The best monitoring and detection tools in the world can’t defend against an attack if there’s nobody there to react to threats. What’s more, the volume and complexity of the notifications generated can be overwhelming for already stretched IT teams.

“Threats can occur at any time and active detection, monitoring and neutralisation capabilities, managed and delivered by a skilled team, can help to ensure optimum security for organisations.”

For more details, call 01-4263500, email info@datapac.com or see datapac.com