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You may be asking yourself what information security and managed security service providers (MSSPs) have to do with “going to eleven”. It’s all about getting an extra security push when you need one.

Fans of the 1984 movie “This is Spinal Tap” will recall Christopher Guest’s character, Nigel Tufnel famously saying, “these go to eleven” as he proudly showed off his special Marshall guitar amps. Seeing how most amps only go to ten, he was proud to show off how he could go to eleven anytime he needed “That extra push over the cliff”.

Let’s not bother with the fact that the amp manufacturer could have made the volume at ten louder (as Rob Reiner’s character points out in the movie); it’s the fact that when Nigel needed an extra boost, he could go to eleven on his amp.

As a security professional, what do you do when you need to “go to eleven”? Let’s say that your company has a malware outbreak or is the victim of a malicious attacker or APT. In the vernacular of the Ghostbusters, “Who you gonna call?”

Many times, IT and security teams are already stressed and overworked before disaster strikes – they are already playing at ten. If they need that extra push, or some extra security expertise, they often have to look outside the organization to find it. This is especially true with more focused, specialized companies, or with SMBs.

With an MSSP, that extra push, the extra 1 on the volume knob, is already there. MSSPs, like Solutionary work as an extension of the internal team, providing security intelligence, visibility and knowledge. During a security incident, the MSSP works with the client team to identify and remediate the issue. The client team is not left on their own to fend for themselves. After all, even the best bands have a strong team of people behind them to make them sound great and to make sure the show goes off without a hitch.

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