Archived content
NOTE: this is an archived page and the content is likely to be out of date.
Fujitsu Prepares Organisations for Cyber-Attacks with New Security Incident Response Management Service
London, October 01, 2018
– Fujitsu today announces a new Security Maturity Assessment service to help organisations maximise their ability to effectively respond to inevitable cyber-attacks.
The
Fujitsu Security Incident Response Management service is a fixed-price, fixed-scope check of an organisation’s ability to prepare for, handle, mitigate and learn from security incidents. This includes readiness for breaches only recognized after weeks or even years, which according to industry studies
1 happens in one-third of cases. While some attacks, such as ransomware, are designed to be noticed quickly, others still have an average ‘dwell time’ from breach to identification of 106 days
1.
Despite the threat to business continuity that is posed by security breaches and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks – which can knock an entire organisation offline – many businesses are still unaware of the full extent of the cyber-risks they face and are underprepared to cope. This absence of readiness is reflected by many companies lacking a robust security strategy for dealing with cyber threats, with many incident management processes being mostly manual and implemented on an ad-hoc basis.
Based on more than 40 years’ experience
2 in providing security and data center operations in highly secure public, private and military environments, Fujitsu’s new assessment service enables organisations to understand their maturity and ability to both recognize and respond to cyber-security incidents. This provides enhanced protection for organisations’ data assets and reputation while also helping contain costs and bolstering often scarce in-house cyber-security expertise.
The new service also helps organisations understand the further steps needed to improve the resilience and assurance of their business continuity contingency plan, outlining verified and demonstrable competence to recover from incidents quickly and completely. Organisations with a robust strategy in place for detecting and responding to cyber-attacks can also benefit from higher stakeholder confidence, and financial benefits through a reduced risk profile.
Fujitsu is providing its Security Incident Response Management service via a standards-based assessment in line with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-61 Revision 2 guidelines for computer security incident handling
3. The service checks an organisation’s cyber-security principles, processes, procedures, availability of documentation and tools, to assess readiness for attacks, indicate areas for improvement and provide clear recommendations for necessary remedial actions to improve security incident response processes.
Pricing and availability
The Fujitsu Security Incident Response Management service is available immediately to customers in Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa, directly from Fujitsu. Pricing varies according to country. Further information is available
online.
Notes to editors
1 https://www.sans.org/reading-room/whitepapers/incident/show-on-2017-incident-response-survey-37815
2 To help organisations prevent, detect and respond to cyber threats, Fujitsu created a new global
Cyber Security business in 2017. Based on more than 40 years’ experience of working in highly secure environments, this is a global team of approximately 2,000 cyber-security professionals providing a comprehensive portfolio intended to provide organisations with robust defenses against cyber-security threats. Fujitsu is positioned as one of the world's most important providers of Managed Security Services (MSS) for cyber-security, with an end-to-end offering that addresses organisations' full range of exposures. Fujitsu gained inclusion in the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Managed Security Services, which ranks the top 17 global MSS vendors. Fujitsu's inclusion underlines continued growth in this area, providing a solid recognition of the rapid progress since the Global Security business was created.
3 https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/specialpublications/nist.sp.800-61r2.pdf Online resources
About Fujitsu
Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company, offering a full range of technology products, solutions, and services. Approximately 140,000 Fujitsu people support customers in more than 100 countries. We use our experience and the power of ICT to shape the future of society with our customers. Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.1 trillion yen (US $39 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018. For more information, please see http://www.fujitsu.com.
About Fujitsu UK and Ireland
Fujitsu UK & Ireland employs over 9,000 people. We promote a Human Centric Intelligent Society, in which innovation is driven by the integration of people, information and infrastructure. We are committed to Digital Co-creation, blending business expertise with digital technology and creating new value with ecosystem partners and customers. We enable our customers to digitally transform with connected technology services, focused on Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things, and Cloud - all underpinned by Security. Our customers cover both the public and private sectors, including retail, financial services, transport, manufacturing, government and defence. For more information please see http://uk.fujitsu.com
All other company or product names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Information provided in this press release is accurate at time of publication and is subject to change without advance notice.
Date: 01 October, 2018
City: London